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Mourinho then had a public falling out with Pogba during a United training session regarding a social media post – another sign of the discontent around Old Trafford.

Paul Casey, who last played at the 2008 Ryder Cup, also shone on his return – halving with Brooks Koepka to prevent the USA from reeling off four straight wins to start Sunday.

When Phil Mickelson’s tee shot at the par-16th found a watery grave, the longest-serving Ryder Cup player on the usa team graciously pulled off his ballcap, conceded the deciding point in the matches and extended his hand to Europe’s star of the moment, Francesco Molinari.

Leading 10-6 going into the 12 singles matches, there were some nervous moments on an exciting afternoon as the Americans occasionally threatened a comeback.

Ian Poulter, “Mr Ryder Cup”, then produced probably the loudest cheer of the week when world number one Dustin Johnson conceded on the 18th green to leave Europe on the verge.

The pressure on Mourinho is increasing after every matchday as the Portuguese tactician has seemingly run out of ideas to arrest a slide at United.

While the Reds still created chances against Sarri’s men – Daniel Sturridge, in particular, enjoying and enduring a busy evening – it was at the other end of the pitch that the notable difference between our starting XI and our “back-ups” lies.

Jim Furyk opted to field the same four lineups that went 3-1 in Friday four-ball, but as the four matches made it to the back nine, Team Europe held commanding leads in three of them. “There’s a few guys sitting out who you would normally see in the first session but...

Fleetwood, a long-haired, bearded Englishman, has been nicknamed by some fans “Ryder Cup Jesus”.

Leno joined Arsenal from Bayer Leverkusen for £22million in the summer but proved unable to force his way into Emery’s team.

Andreas Pereira is also close with Pogba and was filmed laughing at team-mate Luke Shaw in the Instagram video from the Derby defeat that so angered Mourinho.

Eden Hazard, who came off the bench at the hour-mark, started causing all kinds of trouble to Liverpool’s defence from his first minute on the pitch.

The grandstands around the first tee at Le Golf National hold almost 7,000 people. Furyk said on the eve of the matches.

Rory McIlroy will take Danish rookie Thorbjorn Olesen under his wing in the second match of the day against world number one Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler.

It came amid other reports that Mourinho had dressed down the World Cup victor in front of his team mates, telling him he would never be captain at United again.