Lisandro Martinez, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui all limped off in the latter stages of the win at St Mary’s. But all three were passed fit by ten Hag this week with Mazraoui and de Ligt coming off the bench in the second-half against Barnsley with Martinez remaining among the subs.

Two wins and 10 goals from their last two games means that for once the atmosphere around Manchester United is relatively buoyant, no matter that those triumphs came against a likely relegation contender and a League One opponent.