The Manchester United team he played in did not win every game and they certainly did not play well all the time. As brilliant as he was, Scholes had bad matches, his form dipped. If he had played in a game like this, that United won in unconvincing fashion, he would have been furious had anyone suggested they should be “depressed” about the way they had played. Not that he would have said anything at the time because Scholes was notoriously reluctant to be interviewed and diligently avoided sharing his thoughts in public.