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His countryman Mourinho, David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick tried and failed to revive and sustain the glory days since Sir Alex Ferguson stepped down in May 2013.

While discussing the matchups with Darvish on Tuesday, Ohtani noted that “there was a gap” between his memories of facing Darvish in the past, and the way his fellow Japanese countryman attacked him in the NLDS.

But Ricciardo wasn’t satisfied with just any spot on the grid, and by 2014 he’d earned a call up to the main Red Bull team, replacing fellow countryman Mark Webber.

While the 23-year-old - who emulates countryman Soren Kjeldsen's triumph at this course in 2015 - can celebrate a superb victory, it is yet another agonising near-miss for McIlroy in a season where he has squandered a golden chance to win the US Open and seen his Olympic medal hopes slip through his grasp.

Zirkzee may not get close to Ruud van Nistelrooy's 150 goals in five seasons for the club but given his fellow countryman has returned to United as manager Erik ten Hag's coaching assistant, there was shared delight in his smartly taken 87th-minute effort.