Roy Keane can say what he likes about the current recipient of the United captaincy but no one has done more for this team over the past five years than the indefatigable midfielder from the Norte region of Portugal. And no one continues to do more, either.

Chances had been very few and quite far between for Manchester United at a quiet Old Trafford on Sunday where neither the Red Devils nor the Gunners had tempted the scoreboard headed into stoppage time.