Now comes the test for Paul Pogba after Saturday match, can he learn from his derby experience?

The sense you get from the top of Manchester United is that their spending is now done until next summer. The strategy when it comes to the January window is only to act if an opportunity unexpectedly becomes available and the solitary transactions in the past two winters have been Juan Mata (£37.1m) and Victor Valdes on a free. Nothing feels different this time around.


And so it is that the missing United component in a Manchester derby performance which offered substantial grounds for encouragement must come from within. Which is to say - on-field leadership at the back of the team which allows United to deal with the threat they are facing. The man who can deliver it – and who has most to learn from a sobering Manchester derby experience – is Paul Pogba.

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