Amorim's leftfield choice on right is United's hero

The spot on Manchester United's right wing has been filled by George Best, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo.

- RICHARD JOLLY

If many another has struggled to live up to their standards, they have had few more unlikely successors than Patrick Dorgu. And yet, if only for one night, he was a revelation as a right winger.

For United, there was something endearingly improbable about. A leftfield choice in one respect, the right man in another, Dorgu played out of position, delivered a barnstorming display and capped it with a wonderful winner. United, who have spent the last few weeks missing the chance to go fifth, took this opportunity with a weakened team. It was Newcastle United who were left to rue the result when a glance at the teamsheets suggested they could chalk up a sixth win in seven attempts against another United.

They looked confounded by the way Ruben Amorim configured his team: with a back four, for only the second time in his reign, and with Dorgu, often the left wing-back, on the right of midfield.