Serious question. When did you last see Manchester United win a game of football and think they deserved it? Had no complaints, no misgivings? Didn’t feel robbed or cheated or just mildly aggrieved? When did you last watch United celebrating triumph and think, yes, they were the best team?
Wins are not easy to come by, as it is. Just one in all competitions since February. Yet while Erik ten Hag sees improvement and process and United on top, neutrals see a team getting pasted and enjoying an enormous amount of luck. An expected-points table — I know, I know — placed United 15th in the Premier League. And expected points depend on expected goals and some will judge accordingly but, on what we’ve seen
