This riveting affair took in the pantomime of Ipswich Town’s goals, Patrick Dorgu’s early bath for an industrial challenge and a trio of Manchester United set‑piece finishes to deliver three points that lifts Ruben Amorim’s charges to 14th.

Ipswich departed as they arrived – in third-bottom – and the United soap opera now moves on to Fulham’s FA Cup fifth-round visit on Sunday.