They were cheers normally reserved for the ball hitting the back of the net. Teammates rushed to congratulate him as if he had discovered a new energy source.

But all Senne Lammens did was catch a relatively routine cross against a newly-promoted side.

This is how low the bar is at Manchester United when judging the quality of their recent goalkeepers.

It took six years to properly replace Peter Schmeichel, with the evidence of the past few years indicating it appeared supporters were set for a similar period of goalkeeping purgatory as they look to move on from David de Gea.

That was until towards the end of the first half at Old Trafford on Saturday. Lammens plucking the ball out of the air was just part of an all-round assured performance against Sunderland rarely seen around M16 in

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