Gary Neville let out a short laugh.
"That's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. He waited twelve minutes for that duel, and when it came, he didn't even use his foot for the first touch."
Lukas burst down the right with the ball now under control, Dorgu chasing from behind and United's back three beginning to slide across in alarm. Haaland immediately pointed toward the penalty area, Foden drifted between Shaw and De Ligt, and Bernardo Silva sprinted toward the edge of the box to offer the cutback. The miss in the opening seconds was gone from Lukas' mind now. His head was up, his stride was lengthening, and for the first time in the derby, United's defensive shape had been broken.
The attack was on.
