On August 21, 2008, Metallica released The Day That Never Comes, the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic.
The music video for that song depicts soldiers in a hostile situation, but the song itself is about forgiveness and redemption, as drummer Lars Ulrich later explained. “Waiting for the one,” the chorus starts, “the day that never comes.”
Watching Manchester United throughout the last decade, it has always felt like they are waiting for the day that never comes — the one where they once more win football games with complete, dominant performances, even against the top sides in the Premier League.
“I think it was the best team performance so far this season,” new manager Erik ten Hag said after his side beat Tottenham Hotspur convincingly at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
“First, you get organisation, in and out of possession,” he told the game’s UK broadcaster Amazon Prime Video. “Then, when you have that right, you need the right intensity. You have to dictate the intensity, and I think that is what we did today.”
What impressed Ten Hag the most?
“It was so many things that were so really good,” he continued. “Our pressing organization was fabulous, magnificent. Also, I think the rest defense and the counter-press was good, but also in possession. A lot of dynamic (movement) in front.”
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