Three Old Trafford failures now have perfect chance to deliver biggest Manchester United moment

Wembley stung. Losing an FA Cup final will do that. But when you lose an FA Cup final to your city rivals which sees them go within a game of winning the Treble... There aren't many words to describe the extent of that pain.

It's a huge testament to the great start Erik ten Hag has made to life as Manchester United manager that Saturday's defeat to Manchester City didn't spark a huge backlash. With a trophy already won, Champions League football secured and huge improvements made on the pitch, supporters were already satisfied with the season before the final.

But that's not to say the significance of the loss won't continue to hurt. Though Pep Guardiola's side were the overwhelming favourites, United went into the game with a fair degree of confidence having won the last Manchester derby, even if that did come before City found their unstoppable winning formula.

So to go behind after just 12 seconds, largely thanks to a lack of concentration from the off, was a hammer blow. United did well to survive the early onslaught and claw their way back into the game but there was only one team who deserved the trophy.

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The loss has even more dire consequences as it means City are now just one game away from matching United's famous treble triumph of 1999. Inter Milan stand in their way in the Champions League final on Saturday but once again the Blues are overwhelming favourites.

They have been in this position before, though. Everyone expected them to sweep Chelsea aside two years ago but Kai Havertz flipped the script and inflicted heartache. Guardiola knows full well his team will need to show up to win and has pinpointed the challenges of