Ruben Amorim has kept insisting that winning the Europa League this season is not the most important thing for him and his restoration project of epic proportions.
The £100m-plus that a Champions League return would bring is not a just an additional bonus. It is absolutely essential to boosting the transfer kitty, which is down to loose change at the moment.
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Perhaps Amorim was trying to take the pressure off his besieged strugglers prior to a trip to the Basque Country to face Real Sociedad.
The build-up did feel low key, with Spanish sports newspaper Marca claiming it felt like Southampton were in northern Spain rather than the might of Manchester United, such was the lack of buzz ahead of a knockout European encounter.
The hosts – who came into the encounter having lost three of their previous five matches in all competitions – matched United for wayward passing and lack of imagination, with the only attack of note a blocked effort from Bruno Fernandes, with the rebound flicked just wide from Joshua Zirkzee.
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What followed after the break took everyone by surprise. United returned from the interval a different force altogether, one with an attacking intent that has deserted them for far too long.
United needed a helping hand from a poorly positioned Alex Remiro in the home goal to finally see their endeavour pay off, Zirkzee firing his second goal since mid-December down the middle of Remiro’s goal.
From a Sociedad corner that was heading nowhere, Fernandes flung up an arm, an infringement spotted by the VAR, and after consulting the pitchside monitor, the referee pointed to the spot. The European handball rule takes no prisoners.
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It would have been typical of United with their penchant for a European collapse to allow the hosts to complete the turnaround.
“The pressure is going to be on us in our stadium,” Amorim said. “We have to be ready and fresh.
The performance, for 20 second-half minutes, was much more like it. More of the same, for a prolonged period is required next week to give United the best chance of salvaging another season of woe.
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