A gimme for Giggs as Norwich doomed

Manchester Utd 4 Norwich City 0

But amid the almost hysterical reaction to United’s biggest home league victory of the season, it was easy to overlook one simple fact pointed out by Lou Macari on the club’s in-house television station. Hardly renowned for its free-speaking philosophy, Macari was swift to point out that the same players who produced an exciting, dominant, attacking display against the Canaries were the same personnel who have overseen the club’s worst campaign of the Premier League era and brought about the sacking of David Moyes less than a year into his reign.

“The person who has the correct answer to that would be a genius,” said veteran defender Rio Ferdinand, who had hardly been stellar in his displays for Moyes, when asked to explain the phenomenon. “If we knew why, then I’m sure the change of manager wouldn’t have happened.