The end-of-year international breaks tend to be a bigger buzz-kill than the guy whipping out an acoustic guitar at a house party.
The new Premier League season has just got going and is starting to take shape but all the momentum and excitement is brought to an abrupt halt.
Two weeks between games and you begin to wonder what to do with yourself. But this time around, it's actually come as a welcome relief for Manchester United.
Though they did manage to pick up a win against Brentford before the pause in action, it was only a late turnaround that stopped another dreadful defeat and the majority of the performance was no different to the abject ones that came before it.
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