If dropping points wasn't bad enough, Manchester United now need to play their next four domestic matches without the help of arguably their most important player.
Casemiro's reckless red card against Southampton was the headline of their weekend draw and left supporters with as much dread as the two dropped points.
It was the type of game that United would likely have lost in years gone by, and there is a crumb of comfort to take from the fact they managed to hold on and almost win it themselves. Read next: United planning to let two forwards leave on loan United's mentality has changed enough though that it was still viewed as two points dropped regardless of the circumstances, and that is partly due to the players signed last summer.
Even without star signing Casemiro available for well over an hour, the backbone of Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez held firm, proving to be solid foundations from which they almost forged an unlikely three points.