The most striking moment in Champions League defeat, a low of deep ocean shelf proportions, came with the return of Antony
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag brings on Antony during the club's latest defeat on Tuesday night, the Brazilian continues to co-operate with police inquiries regarding allegations of violence towards women which he denies. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PAThe great thing about hitting rock bottom, Hollywood movies are fond of pointing out, is that there is only one way left to go. But there is another option. Hollywood movies: meet Manchester United.
The most striking moment, a low of deep ocean shelf proportions, came with 85 minutes gone, United down to 10 men and losing 3-2 at home against Galatasaray. Cue, from the substitutes’ bench, an £85m winger who is being investigated over allegations of domestic violence. In a time of pain a hero will come. Just not, perhaps, this one.
He has an unusual body shape, with a long torso and the powerful legs of a squatter, shorter man. Here he just clicked straight into sprint mode, feet battering the turf, bumping the last defender away. The real beauty was the switch from full thrust into a moment of delicacy, Højlund retaining the clarity to freeze the moment, drop the revs and execute a lovely little dink finish. It was a one-man band of a striker’s goal, a goal with every instrument in the orchestra.
There is of course a sense of something mannered about all this, of learned behaviour. This is now a club where the only energy is dark energy, where the entire brand is now Hot Mess. This is a club now basically retailing their own disaster-drama. Despair, outrage, sackings, periods of tender hope, a cast of captivating ham characters: this is all still product.
That sense of wasted time and talent was present also in the shape of Wilfried Zaha who scored a poignant first equaliser for the visitors. In many ways Zaha was the first of the Lost Boys, a proto‑Sancho. Ferguson’s last signing, he played only 167 minutes for United.
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