Individual awards are sometimes accepted on behalf of the collective and that was the case with Raphael Varane as the Manchester United coach pulled away from Anfield.
Varane took a picture of the man of the match tube he had been presented with and tagged teammates Andre Onana, Diogo Dalot, Jonny Evans and Luke Shaw on his Instagram Story.
In a rock-steady back five, Varane was the conductor and the vocalist against Liverpool. As privileged as Scott McTominay was to have donned the armband, United's de facto captain was Varane.
When Varane speaks, players listen. He singlehandedly ushered his defensive teammates towards the halfway line in the first half and Mohamed Salah was flagged by the linesman.
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