We know what you're thinking. Manchester United: unstoppable? It has certainly not been plain sailing for Erik ten Hag throughout his debut campaign in English football, but the weekend win over Nottingham Forest was evidence of the undeniable progress they have been making.
United responded to a devastating double injury blow by strengthening their top-four ambitions and proving that they are still a side capable of winning comfortably without their best players. Read next: United plans for Amad next season Any team would miss its star performers, but the sign of a good one is that it will still find a way to win without them.
Even without top scorer Marcus Rashford and their two best defenders, they did just that. United fans would have been happy with any win given the circumstances heading into the trip to Nottingham, and it says so much about the professional performance that by full-time there was a gluttony for even more goals to reflect their dominance.
The key to that was not the trio of brilliant players that were missing, but the trio of elite midfielders who have made United unstoppable as a force this season.