Some Texans players considered staging a walkout following a comment by team owner Bob McNair that appeared to compare NFL players to "inmates," a source told ESPN. About 10 players, including Pro Bowl wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, left the facility Friday. Sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Hopkins' absence from practice was directly related to McNair's comment, and running back D'Onta Foreman also did not practice over the quote which McNair has twice apologised for.
In other football news, a late second-half strike from super-sub Anthony Martial secured a significant 1-0 win over fellow title challengers Tottenham Hotspur in wet conditions at Old Trafford. Martial, who replaced Marcus Rashford midway through the second half, latched on to Romelu Lukaku's flick from David De Gea's long kick to give the Reds three hard-earned points. Jose Mourinho opted to go for three at the back as Phil Jones and Chris Smalling partnered the returning Eric Bailly in central defence. Further forward, Ashley Young, Antonio Valencia, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Lukaku - who all sat out the midweek Carabao Cup win over Swansea City - returned. Harry Kane was left out of the Spurs squad due to injury. Prior to kick-off, a minute's silence was impeccably observed in memory of those who gave their lives in armed conflict. Some kneeling would have been in order during that minute, but I'll just settle for the three points.
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