Utterly extraordinary. Weasels looked dead and buried at 2-0 and could have had no complaints if an extraordinarily profligate La Ball had been five up at the time – and Cavani’s amazing backheel for the second cannot go unmentioned! But the introduction of Lallana galvanised Selimovic’s men for a late rally, with him, Sterling and Silva all displaying sensational savvy movement on the counter to blitz through a defence that didn’t quite know how to react.

By Michelle Fitzbernard