Luke Shaw had been due to speak to the dedicated Manchester United correspondents in Seville. Instead, he had the preferred scenario of discussing an uplifting win that has kept United's season alive into June.
Shaw did not look like someone who had just endured a mentally and physically taxing two hours when he strolled into the Wembley mixed zone. This was his first start in 18 days and his midweek return from a muscular strain was a chastening 45 minutes in the deafening Estadio Ramon-Sanchez Pizjuan.
This was also a return to centre half with three recognised centre halves absent through injury and suspension. Shaw has started there on seven occasions and United have still not lost. Many United supporters will argue Shaw was an upgrade on the club captain, Harry Maguire, against Brighton.
