I imagine Andre Villas-Boas is having a few sleepless nights at the moment.
Flattering
Not always, because there was a heck of a contract between Wednesday's performance and the one at Cardiff last Sunday, where to say they were poor would be flattering in some respects.
So they've got to produce these sort of performances with the same level of consistency, something they haven't done this season; the results have been very hit and miss but I think this is the platform for them to build on.
It's a fabulous performance away from home and sends the message around the Premier League and Europe that United are still a force to be reckoned with.
I don't want to go absolutely over the top about Manchester United but there are just the signs that they are starting to gel as a team.
They've often been written off this season but the side are responding and beginning to produce what Manchester United sides have over the years.
They were my pick for the title at the start of the season and I still don't think they'll be too far away.
JEFF'S GEM OF THE WEEK
Tranmere won 5-1 at Coventry last weekend. They've had an absolutely atrocious 2013, they were brilliant at the start of last season top of League One and then they hit a spell where they couldn't win a game and only just avoided relegation.
They started this season dreadfully as well, but Ronnie Moore has got so much experience at this level and at times of crisis he always seems to wring that little bit extra out of his team and he's certainly done that because Coventry have been flying and Tranmere haven't been scoring goals, so to go there and score five was fantastic.
Ryan Lowe scored a hat-trick and his stats are impressive as well because he's got at least 10 goals in all of the last five seasons and he's got nine already this season, so he's a banker to make it six. He's also another one of the old men like Giggs and at 35-years-old it strikes another blow for the elder statesmen of football.
