No doubt as to what was the dominant angry shout of the past week: “That was never a pen!” (Well, leaving aside Neymar’s dad yelling at King Eric.)

Nobody wants to say it out loud, but quite a few Reds are thinking it: has The Ole Bounce ended? A harsh suggestion, perhaps, after a ninth win in 10, and at a ground where even Manchester City have recently fallen.

It's back!

Pep Guardiola has clearly won his private, and long-standing, feud with Jose Mourinho for this season at least but, to listen to beaten manager Carlos Carvalhal on Saturday, the all-conquering Catalan should make the most of his current dominance.

David De Gea’s exceptional display saved Manchester United’s blushes as Jose Mourinho’s men somehow escaped with a goalless draw from a match dominated by Sevilla.

Goalkeeper Sergio Romero will start for Manchester United against Derby.

Jesse Lingard’s second-half heroics may have plastered over some of the cracks in Manchester United’s season, but Jose Mourinho was left to count the cost of a damaging six days.

Bristol City 2 Man United 1: Bristol City defender Joe Bryan believes self-confidence and belief carried them into the Carabao Cup semi-finals after last night’s dramatic 2-1 win over Manchester United at Ashton Gate.

Manchester United came from behind to beat CSKA Moscow and top their Champions League group as Jose Mourinho’s men took their unbeaten home run to a club record-equalling 40th match.

There was a split-second on Saturday evening, as Murphy took the ball on in the Stretford End box, when the season looked poised to crumble, and time itself stood still. Had the Toon buried that for 2-0, do we really think that United would have recovered, Pogba’s lively presence notwithstanding?

Italy 0 Sweden 0

Manchester United are set to be boosted by the return of Phil Jones for Tottenham's Premier League visit on Saturday.

Manchester United bounced back from their Huddersfield horror show with a comfortable Carabao Cup victory at Swansea last night.

Manchester United bounced back from their Huddersfield horror show with a comfortable Carabao Cup victory at Swansea.

Huddersfield Town 2 Manchester United 1: Jose Mourinho suggested his entire Manchester United team should come to the press conference to explain themselves after this bizarre surrender at newly-promoted Huddersfield but, showing the same sort of resolve they had displayed for the previous 90 minutes, his players firmly ducked the challenge.

Benfica 0 - Manchester United 1: Manchester United continued their charge towards the Champions League knock-out phase as Benfica’s Mile Svilar, the competition’s youngest-ever goalkeeper, was embarrassed by a Marcus Rashford free-kick.

CSKA Moscow 1 Manchester United 2: Striker Romelu Lukaku continued his remarkable scoring run with two goals as Manchester United swept aside CSKA Moscow 4-1 in Russia.

Man United 4 Burton 1: Marcus Rashford’s brace inspired holders Manchester United to as comprehensive a Carabao Cup victory as you would expect against much-changed Burton.

Daniel Storey shares the weekend’s storylines...

Jose Mourinho admits that Manchester United remain adrift of the continent’s elite ahead of his side’s Champions League return.

Jose Mourinho admitted a gap remains to the continent's elite ahead of Manchester United's Champions League return.

Giggs laughed off Keane's claim that he would be worth £2billion in today's exorbitant transfer market.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan believes Manchester United’s new signings have made the squad much stronger.

IS there such a thing as Second Season Syndrome, of some sort? Y’know, akin to the Second Album Syndrome, so beloved of pop geeks?

 knows a thing or two about winning the Premier League and has already seen enough to be confident of a Manchester United title challenge this season.

Manchester United 2 Sampdoria 1

Cristiano Ronaldo will be playing for Real Madrid next season and reports in Spain say Kylian Mbappe could be alongside him.

Manchester United new boy Victor Lindelof believes Jose Mourinho will take his game to another level.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is desperate to add another player "as soon as possible".

Manchester United last night completed the signing of Swedish defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica on a four-year deal.

Manchester United have signed Swedish defender Victor Lindelof from Benfica on a four-year deal.

Borussia Dortmund 4 - Benfica 0 (4-1 on agg): Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund beat Benfica 4-0 last night to ease into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 4-1 aggregate victory.

Benfica 2 Bayern Munich 2, Bayern win 3-2 on aggregate: Arturo Vidal’s thunderbolt and Thomas Muller’s tap-in comfortably put Bayern Munich through to the Champions League semi-finals for the fifth successive season, this time with a 3-2 aggregate win over Benfica.

In the future, women strip down to their underwear for no apparent reason…

Brad Pitt's 'World War Z' is set to undergo a script rewrite and extensive reshoots even though filming has ended.

‘Star Trek 2’ will not be about “the villain”, it has emerged.

Natalie Portman is favourite to be cast in Ridley Scott's upcoming 'Alien' prequel.

Hit castaway show Lost will end after three more seasons, fatigued executive producers have confirmed.