Manchester United have endured a difficult season but their teenage midfielder is giving them cause for optimism
is 18 years of age. Hours after Sunday’s full-time whistle, while the smiles are still broad and emotion is still high, that fact still beggars belief. had just beaten 4-3 in an quarter-final at Old Trafford, the winning goal coming in the final minute of an extra-time period during which central midfielders were playing in their back line while the side’s centre-backs were up the pitch chasing goals.
Advertisement Yes, United were 2-1 down when Mainoo was substituted, but he received a standing ovation as he began to walk off the pitch as more than 70,000 fans wished to paint him as a gallant hero in what looked like ending as a noble defeat. But just before he took his seat, the midfielder appealed to the home crowd to make more noise; if he couldn’t drive his team to success on the field anymore, he was going to ask those around him to take up the mantle.
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