Terrace Talk: Man United - A throwback to when Fergie out-toughed Wenger

“They will have do a lot better than this at Watford and Arsenal,” I groaned last Monday, after Mourinho’s grisly week. I think it’s safe to say United achieved that, don’t you? Seven goals and six points harvested from two of the most purely enjoyable matches travelling Reds will have seen in yonks equals ‘job done’ in any book.

Terrace Talk: Man United - A throwback to when Fergie out-toughed Wenger

You know you’re entering festive period fantasy-land time when the likes of Jesse Lingard are picking up man of the match nominations.

No-one was expecting even to see him on the pitch this past week and yet, alongside De Gea and Martial, he’s been one of the stars of the week.

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