How many times has this happened at this level, that a player is able to take the ball and run 40 yards through a packed opposition half without having to dribble, beat a player or even swerve around some tangible object?
During the match, a player took the ball on the edge of the centre circle and ran 40 yards in a straight line through empty spaces without having to dribble, beat an opponent, or swerve around any tangible obstacle.
Manchester United produced another listless performance during a defeat at Chelsea, where the match ultimately deteriorated into a shooting practice session for the opposition.
The broader question remains whether any managerial change will make a difference unless someone pronounces on the people who oversee every area of interim mediocrity installed at the club.
Michael Carrick finds himself pre-doomed and pre-sacked in the managerial role, with everyone aware that the club is simply waiting with its finger hovering over the gunge tank.
The club operates as a giant ATM that is simultaneously ludicrously profitable and ludicrously in debt, taking a bite out of everyone associated with it.
Sacking a manager at this stage carries almost zero tension, feeling instead like an event that has already basically happened.
The obvious question after this 2-0 defeat to Chelsea is how much longer United will continue to lose games under the current manager, as opposed to losing games under the next one.
Cole Palmer buried the penalty to make the score 2-0, with United a man down and not existing, just a little bit more.
Michael Carrick is now a little more pre-doomed, pre-sacked, but is miles away from being the actual story On and on and on.