Casemiro has bewildering glimpse of topsy-turvy life at Manchester United

Cheers for the new signing before victory over Liverpool were drowned out by chants of ‘We want Glazers out’

Manchester United's new signing Casemiro on the pitch before the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester. Picture date: Monday August 22, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story SOCCER Man Utd. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA Wire.

For Carlos Henrique Casimiro it was a most bewildering introduction to the often nonsensical world of Manchester United. But a perfect education all the same.

Nothing demonstrated the inconsistencies of Erik ten Hag’s new team, or the scale of the new manager’s task, better than their ability to reduce a Liverpool team with Premier League title pretensions to mediocre fodder at Old Trafford. And just nine days after they had plumbed further depths of their own at Brentford.