When did Man Utd last play away against the same side in consecutive games?

Just over 72 hours later, Sir Alex opted to shuffle his pack, with only right-back Rafael retaining his place in a youthful side, which featured rookies Scott Wootton and Michael Keane at centre-back.

In an end-to-end tie, United took the lead on three separate occasions in normal time, through Ryan Giggs, Hernandez again and Nani, only to be pegged back each time by goals from Luiz, Gary Cahill and – at the death – an Eden Hazard penalty.

That spot-kick seemed to knock the stuffing out of the young Reds, with the home side adding further strikes from Daniel Sturridge and Ramires in extra-time, but Giggs slotted home a penalty of his own to give United a glimmer of hope shortly before the final whistle was blown.

The Reds would go on to make a third sojourn to the Bridge later that season in the FA Cup, when a Demba Ba goal settled a sixth-round replay.