Manchester United win vs Liverpool could force a Sir Jim Ratcliffe rethink

The roar prompted Amad to dub it the greatest moment of his young career. Erik ten Hag started to run down the touchline. Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes could hardly hear the ITV interviewer during their on-pitch interview.

The videos then went viral on social media, accompanied by the usual captions: "limbs", "what a noise", "this is what it means". Manchester United fans went home from the Liverpool game with ringing in their ears, as Old Trafford provided the world with a reminder of its potential as a truly special footballing venue.

Few other stadiums in world football would have produced the kind of scenes we witnessed on Sunday, as United downed their old rivals in an instant FA Cup classic. There was bedlam in the Stretford End, one of the true special spaces of English football fandom.

Days like these, eh? It would be a shame if those days were numbered.

Because, for all his good intentions regarding the regeneration of Old Trafford and the restructuring of United, Sir Jim Ratcliffe might seek to end it all with his ambitious plans for a new stadium.

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With every passing week, Ratcliffe's blueprint seems to ratchet up a notch. Earlier this month it was the news that a new task force had been created, as the new United part-owner enlisted the help of Lord Sebastian Coe and Gary Neville, among others, to look into options regarding the future of Old Trafford.

This week, Ratcliffe gave another interview in which he doubled down on what appears to be his preference for a full rebuild, a brand spanking new 100,000-seater