Man Utd 2-1 Chelsea (Fernandes 14′, Casemiro 37, Casemiro sent off 45+5 | Chalobah 80, Sanchez sent off 5′)

OLD TRAFFORD — Ruben Amorim’s desperation prompted him to evoke memories of Sir Alex Ferguson’s greatest escape before the victory over Chelsea – and now he’ll be hoping the course of history has changed for him.

The current Manchester United boss was a few weeks shy of his fifth birthday when a victory in the FA Cup at Nottingham Forest in 1990 saved Ferguson from the sack and enabled him to realise his destiny.

But that didn’t stop Amorim talking about how a single moment can turn famine into feast in a TV interview the day before the world champions came to town.

Whether this will be his Mark Robins moment remains to be seen. But there is no doubt that the Portuguese got th

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