The last time Manchester United lost as many games before the turn of the year was in the 1930-31 season.
Manchester United returned to the surface of the earth in the Premier League of English football after the impressive rise on Boxing Day. Four days ago, ManU came from a 0-2 defeat at home against Aston Villa to a 3-2 home win, but now the team experienced a 1-2 away defeat to Nottingham.
The victory was sweet for Nottingham, as the last time the team had beaten Manchester United was 29 years ago.
United have already lost 11 games this season, including all competitions they have been involved in. The last time Manchester lost as many games before the turn of the year was in the 1930–31 season.
The team from Manchester is seventh in the league table, 11 points behind the top.
“Horrible to watch”
Skysports’ football experts Jamie Redknapp and Gary Neville were dismayed by United’s performance.
– Manchester United is so inconsistent. That’s horrible to watch. They have no hunger or passion, the game is compulsive. They have no ambition or desire, former top player Redknapp charged.
Former England national team defender Neville was on the same lines.
– I don’t really see what they want to do on the field. They don’t seem to have any game patterns.
United have now lost nine of the season’s 20 Premier League games.
– The statistics are ugly for them, Neville summed up.
ManU coach By Erik Ten Hag the position has been in trouble for some time. On Saturday, the club’s supporters expected the Dutchman to be fired in the stands.
– You get fired in the morning, the fans sang.
Ten Hag started at United’s helm last season and the result was third place. There were as many losses in the Premier League last season as there are now. This season, only Burnley and Sheffield United have scored fewer goals in the league than United.
– Last season we overachieved. Now we have underperformed. We need to play better and brace ourselves, Ten Hag stated.
On Christmas Eve, it was reported that the British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe buys a quarter of Manchester United. At the same time, Ratcliffe’s company Ineos Group takes over United’s football operations. Director of Ineos Group Dave Brailsford watched the Nottingham defeat from the stands on Saturday.
– He must have seen that we have problems. We want to build Boxing Day around winning. Now we had a striker problem when Rasmus Højlund was on the sidelines due to illness.
See the league table via this link.