It is just that, as Eve learned the hard way, the devil beguiles and deceives through third-party innocents, whom he manipulates and uses to his own ends.
It is also home to the Tasmanian devil - the Australian hyena, less than one-third the size of its African ecological counterpart, and made famous by the Warner Bros. cartoon.
This strategy led to a Theo Walcott goal in the third minute that should have been called offside, and in general it frustrated United and generated four Red Devil yellow cards in 30 minutes including one for the erstwhile Gunner striker van Persie.