Monday, December 11th, and the analysis room at Carrington was dark except for the screen.
Players drifted in with takeaway coffees and water bottles, boots and training bags shoved under the seats, a few still pulling on their training tops against the cold that had followed them in from the car park. Bruno sat in the second row with his feet up on the chair in front. Mainoo slid in beside Demien without a word and uncapped a bottle of water.
The first clip went up before anyone had properly settled.
It wasn't United against Bayern.
It was Eintracht Frankfurt 5–1 Bayern Munich.
The room shifted slightly. Someone near the back let out a low whistle. Garnacho leaned forward in his seat. McTominay said, "Saturday?" and one of the analysts nodded.
"Saturday," the analyst said. "First league defeat of their season. Thirteen unbeaten before this."
