Erling Haaland scored his 20th Premier League goal of the season, but Manchester City still managed to drop two more points and could end the week eight points behind leaders Arsenal.

One reason for the continued expectation on the shoulders of Amorim was United’s hefty transfer spend. For all the cost-cutting elsewhere, funding for new players has been in spritely supply under Sir Jim Ratcliffe: over £500million has been spent on new players in less than two years of his involvement.

Following the news of Ruben Amorim's sacking, BBC Radio 5 Live will be doing a live phone-in from 11:00 GMT. Radio Manchester are also taking live calls and going through the reaction with Joe McGrath, the co-host host of The Devils' Advocate podcast.