Manchester United effectively boiled their season down to one game – and in the end the risk paid off, as they defeated Ajax 2-0 in the Europa League final to secure qualification to the Champions League next year.

Ken was there for us, and saw in United’s performance not the beginning of something special, but a portent of how they will play when up against the real giants of European football.

Jonathan Wilson was also at the Friends Arena last night, and we all try and figure out what exactly the Football Men have against the under-performing but hugely talented Paul Pogba.

What we’re left with is a victory for Mourinho over the birthplace of the ‘total football’ tiki-taka style that he has aligned himself against his entire career, and the realisation that poets don’t win titles.

And there’s also time for grunge’s last stand, Jose’s three titles, Herrera the company man, some black swan talk, and the Man United battle tortoise.

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