Instead, he continued to file patents on his newest ideas, even as he drove us forward.

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United forward Wayne Rooney was deployed on the left of midfield with the licence to go forward but his struggles continued and he looked unlikely to score his first goal from open play since March.

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But he remained and - with a ninth-place finish last season and Sunday's showpiece to look forward to - has continued a rough repeat of the turnaround he once oversaw with Hibernian.

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To their credit, Aalborg continued to come forward and Thomas Augustinssen went close to pulling a goal back when he curled his shot agonisingly wide from the edge of the area.

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