Heroes come in many shapes and sizes. Ruben Amorim will take any oblong that comes his way. The fact Saturday’s saviour was the teacher’s pet will have felt even sweeter.

The way Amorim gushes over Mason Mount has been quite disconcerting at times. What has he seen that everyone else hasn’t? Even with £200m of new striker toys to play with this season, Mount still has four league starts to his name, despite battling yet another injury at the start of the new campaign.

His selection on Saturday was immediately justified as a goal of incongruous quality, given what has come before, earned Amorim a stay of execution.

Mount could have easily called it a day on numerous occasions, given the unrelenting injury setbacks he has suffered. But back he comes, with maverick performances like this a

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