In conventional wisdom, taking off your best striker when you're in desperate search of a goal in a game you have to win is seen as a rather peculiar decision.
But for Erik ten Hag, taking off Rasmus Hojlund against Sheffield United might have been an admittance of where his priorities lie at present.
About maintaining a promise. Manchester United managed to find that vital winning goal at Bramall Lane, from the unlikely source of Diogo Dalot.
It was far from a convincing performance but it was progress as the side won back-to-back Premier League matches for the first time in the campaign. ALSO READ: Dalot opens up on meetings with Sir Bobby Charlton ALSO READ: Ten Hag explains Rasmus Hojlund substitution It's hardly worth screaming from the rooftops over but United are starting to build what could eventually become momentum at an opportune time.