ICYMI: Jose Mourinho saw great things in Diogo Dalot but only since Erik ten Hag has that been realised at Man Utd. He is an actual undroppable.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Noussair Mazraoui are a year older. Achraf Hakimi, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Pedro Porro are the same age. Reece James and Tariq Lamptey are a year younger. Yet it was Diogo DalotThe 23-year-old has rarely looked as such. There is obvious mitigation in that regard, not least the fact his four years at Old Trafford have been spent playing under three permanent managers and two caretakers in between one loan spell at Milan.
But with the steady hand of Erik ten Hag giving Man Utd a semblance of seriousness and gravity, Dalot has clearly benefited. Three outfielders have featured in every game under the Dutchman but while Lisandro Martinez and Bruno Fernandes were both introduced as substitutes in the Europa League defeat to Real Sociedad, Dalot is alone in matching David de Gea as a permanent fixture in the starting line-up.in 2022 yet few would argue Dalot has not earned the moniker.
Gary Neville – there’s a man who knows a thing or two about right-backs – was palpably infatuated with his latest successor midway through the second half against West Ham. David Moyes – there’s a man who knows a thing or two about an overreliance on crosses at Old Trafford – seemed to direct his side to loft some deliveries towards the back post in the forlorn hope of finding a breakthrough, but Dalot was positioned perfectly each time to head clear.
By the 82nd minute, when Pablo Fornals searched for Michail Antonio, only for Dalot to interject again with glorious timing, awareness and concentration,
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