Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free It was the calm before the storm on Saturday night.
Manchester United players arrived at The Lowry Hotel to no fanfare or fans. Security present were confident Sunday's protests would pass without incident and that there would be no protesters at The Lowry.
They were lulled into a false sense of security. The hundreds who congregated outside the team hotel on Sunday afternoon arrived earlier than the photographers planning to snap United's departure.
Militant United supporters had The Lowry in mind as the prime target for the day of the Liverpool fixture as far back as two weeks ago, before 20 of them rocked up at Carrington
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