Amad has proved Manchester United right after what they said

From You'll Never Walk Alone to a walk-off. Manchester United supporters did their utmost to drown out the Liverpool anthem at Old Trafford as the teams prepared for extra time. Amad ensured there would not be a second rendition from the away section.

Football-baseball crossovers are rare yet Amad hit a home run in an FA Cup quarter-final for the ages. A walk-off home run ends the game. Amad did that with his unique goal-and-card double.

Hardly anyone inside the ground noticed the red card after Amad brandished his red shirt. Amad sought forgiveness. The back-slapping from United staff in the mouth of the tunnel confirmed there was nothing to forgive.

His second goal for United came three years and six days after the first. That, against the mighty AC Milan, was also in front of the Stretford End, only there was no crowd present as Covid-19 continued to impinge on the public's freedom. This time, more than 60,000 United fans were scrambling over each other to embrace a player who has entered a unique pantheon.

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Greenhoff, Solskjaer, Forlan, O'Shea, Amad. It is an eclectic list. Their status ranges from the legendary to the cult. Whatever Amad goes on to achieve at United, he will be remembered for sweeping the ball past Caoimhin Kelleher.

Sometimes the stars align. United played without a defensive midfielder and their gung-ho approach yielded four goals. Facundo Pellistri, available for the first half of the season, was the right-sided forward farmed out on loan in January, not Amad.

It is telling that Erik ten Hag has only introduced Amad when