Comment: Ten Hag can thank fellow Dutchman for a flying, if fragile, fresh start

Joshua Zirkzee's late winner gives just the slightest sense that the air may be changing at Old Trafford. How his manager needed it

RED REVOLUTION: Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag with mascot Fred the Red during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester. Pic: Martin Rickett/PA Wire

Erik ten Hag, who was described as a lucky manager to keep his job at Old Trafford, must be thinking he’s on a roll after new signing Joshua Zirkzee earned a late goal against Fulham that could change the narrative of a season.

It was looking rather bleak for United before Zirkzee, with only his seventh touch in a Red Devils shirt, cleverly turned home a cross from fellow substitute Alejandro Garnacho with six minutes to go of a match which Fulham probably deserved to take at least a point from. So, this is one victory which could have a bigger impact than it deserves.