Saturday, November 4th, and the hotel moved through its routine without drama — breakfast, pre-match meal, activation work with the rest of the squad, nothing that hadn't already been covered two days earlier.
At the final short meeting, Ten Hag confirmed the eleven.
MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1)
Onana.
Dalot — Maguire — Evans — Shaw.
Eriksen — Demien.
Garnacho — Bruno — Antony.
Højlund.
"When we attack, you can go forward if the structure allows it," Ten Hag told Demien, one last time before they left the room. "But somebody stays connected to the center. Case isn't there to clean it up if it goes wrong. Palhinha will try to disrupt our central possession. Robinson will try to hurt us in transition the moment we lose it. That's the match."
Nothing Demien hadn't already heard on Friday, just said once more so it sat fresh in his head walking out the door.
He wasn't nervous about Palhinha.
