The full Boxing Day fixture list for England's top flight reads as follows: Manchester United v Newcastle United And that's it. So much for tradition. And yet! Never mind! Because this game could feasibly end up with a scoreline that would slot seamlessly into that 1963 results service, an ersatz pastiche of English football's most famous festive feelgood farrago. Kick-off is at 8pm GMT. It's on!
Seventeen minutes in and after a spell of prolonged possession on the edge of the Fulham box, Jeremy Doku got in behind Kenny Tete and pulled back a cross. Fulham had enough men across the six-yard box, but a dummy from Tijjani Reijnders sold both centre-halves and Haaland reacted to punch the ball through a sprawling Leno and into the net. A calm celebration followed, arms quietly aloft, but it was quite the achievement.