Coming into this game after Friday’s bloodbath, all Pekerman really wanted from Allegri here was the title held by he: a manager in stable employment. Kane got Nilwall on their way with a confident first-half strike but, when Aspas was brought down in the box after the break, the Englishman was denied a second by Ter Stegen. Emboldened, the MiB evened it up through Cavani. In truth, neither side were especially creative or clinical here, something which will inevitably disappoint the Mancs more than their struggling opponents, but Big Pek survives yet another week.

By Ed Byrne’s evil doppelganger