On July 6, 2018, Roberto Martinez managed to do what few coaches manage to achieve in a career : to leave his trace, put a paw clearly visible on a match of capital importance, in this instance, for the red Devils. And a successful coup de bluff that will forever remain in the annals.

In deciding to put Romelu Lukaku on the right flank to block the surges of Marcelo, and strengthen the midfield by giving Chadli the opportunity to be transplanted in the axe to come and support Witsel and Fellaini once the ball was lost, the Catalan has surprised everyone, starting with the selection auriverde. De Bruyne, repositioned " 9 ", and Hazard, untenable for the "blue" Fagner, have completed a masterpiece which, it is true, it might never have come to fruition if the (bad)luck was involved.