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Six in a row?

You do not have to go far back for Manchester United's last six-match winning run. That was in January of last year when they extended it to nine successive triumphs.

That was also the last time they strung five consecutive Premier League wins together in a season. Erik ten Hag ended last February with the Manager of the Month award and would be a shoo-in if United make it 15 points out of a possible 15 this February.

Lindelof at left-back?

Aren't they words to send a shiver down the spine? Victor Lindelof has had two second-half warm-up acts at left-back and both have been utterly unconvincing.

His is a thankless task and he has been put in an invidious position by Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia, who both need to reassess their conditioning. Ten Hag, too, chose to end Sergio Reguilon's season-long loan last month.

However regularly United sign a centre half, Lindelof manages to get a decent quota of games and, like the run-in last season, he seems certain to have a long run in the team for this season's run-in. That could be handy ahead of the summer transfer window in a year he turns 30 with his contract up next year.

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Yet he will be pitted against quicker players, starting with the evergreen Willian. Then next week it is Phil Foden.

Will Casemiro get booked, cooked or hooked?

Casemiro has seen the yellow card (and one red) eight times in his last 10 appearances for United. Ten Hag blindingly defended him at Luton, where he was rightly booked for upending Amari'i Bell and somehow not booked for fouling Ross Barkley five minutes later.

The yellow at Aston Villa was incorrect