Carlos Fernandes gave the perfect reply to what Manchester United need to do under Ruben Amorim

A Manchester United fan was staying in the same hotel as the team in Plzen, 300 metres away from the stadium. On the morning of the game, they entered the Marriott Courtyard lift at the same time as Ruben Amorim's assistant, Carlos Fernandes.

"We have to stop those crosses coming in," the fan quipped.

"We need to stop everything!" replied Fernandes.

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A contact in Portugal assured me that Amorim is prone to jokes during press conferences and his assistant evidently shares a similar sense of humour. Unfortunately, Fernandes did not stop Amorim from selecting United's back-up goalkeeper at Tottenham.

Son Heung-min's winning goal, direct from a corner, cannot be pinned on Fernandes, now tasked with overseeing United's defensive and attacking set-piece drills. It was rather cruel of Tottenham to replay the goal on the quartet of giant screens yet Altay Bayindir required a dose of reality after he had the gall to claim he was fouled.

United practice set-piece defending during pre-match warm ups. None of the crosses floated in by Christian Eriksen doubled for attempts at goal but that may have to be added to the drills.

In Amorim's rotation policy of trial and error, Bayindir was very much the latter. He has already played three times as many games as last season - under three different managers - and it would be a mistake to give him a fourth outing.

Amorim did not entertain a desperate query about a possible foul by Lucas Bergvall. For a manager who answers at length, he gave the question such short shrift his answer was