The narrative around Lingard’s performances compared to the actual performances have been pretty disconnected this season. He’s had a bad season cause he’s not played enough, not the performances. Tonight is typical, did well, but got pulled after an hour.

Same thing happened v Norwich in the cup. He’s consistently the best of the 2nd strong but gets subbed early or is denied any minutes alongside the first XI.

If United had great depth i'd understand it, but he started 9 league games all year. Mata started 8, Pereira 18 + James 26 - so it's not like he was kept out by quality. Seemed to take the brunt of blame for defeats but no residual credit for wins v City, Spurs or Chelsea.