The centre-back’s long pass to Amad earned United a hard-fought victory in the Manchester derby in mid-December, and he opened the scoring against Liverpool in an exhausting draw at Anfield. His goal against Fulham followed his late assist for Fernandes against Rangers in the Europa League.

Lisandro Martinez found the back of the net for the second time this season on Sunday evening, as Manchester United edged out Fulham with a 1-0 victory in the Premier League. The Argentine defender’s strike took a wicked deflection off Sasa Lukic before sailing past Bernd Leno with just 12 minutes remaining.

LIFE now begins for birthday boy Ruben Amorim – and he will now hope his team can also start enjoying themselves. Amorim will be blowing out 40 candles on a cake today and at least he will