A banner unfurled in the Stretford End before kick-off read, 'The good days are coming'. This was one of them for Manchester United.
Undone by a penalty in midweek, United were spot on this time. It was the fourth spot kick Bruno Fernandes had taken within seven days and this was one of the biggest pressure-penalties he will have ever converted.
After the Video Assistant Referee denied United a spot kick in the first half, it offered them deliverance in added time.
Joshua Zirkzee fetched the ball while the check was ongoing. Fernandes accepted the ball calmly and paced around the penalty area, determined that his routine not be upset, as it was at Fulham. Amid the din at its award, Zirkzee urged the crowd to remain calm when all they could chant was "Bruno, Bruno, Bruno".. They then cha