Manchester United continued their poor run within the 2023/24 season as they fell to a disappointing 2-1 defeat to struggling Nottingham Forest at Metropolis Floor on Saturday in a Premier League match to finish the 12 months on a shedding word.
Nicolas Dominguez put Forest forward within the sixty fourth minute earlier than Marcus Rashford equalised for United earlier than Morgan Gibbs-White’s late winner handed Forest their first win over United since 1994 to pile extra distress on Erik ten Hag.
The defeat means Ten Hag Man United’s tutored facet seventh place within the Premier League and misplaced a complete of 21 video games in all competitions in 2023.
This was United’s 14th defeat in all competitions this time period and a depressing finish to the 12 months
The win moved Forest to fifteenth place on the Premier League desk, 5 factors away from the relegation zone.
“What we try to do is to create an thought. The expertise is there, so it’s the arrogance to play,” mentioned Forest supervisor Nuno, who changed Steve Cooper earlier this month.
“It’s our accountability in how we defend. However they need to imagine within the thought. The areas had been there and it’s a credit score to the gamers as a result of we now have solely been right here for 10 days and they’re those actually working very exhausting.”
In response to Opta stats, Man United have misplaced as many as 9 of their first 20 league video games in a season for the primary time since 1989/90 and it’s as many defeats as they suffered in the entire of 2022/23
British billionaire and INEOS CEO Sir Jim Ratcliffe bought a 25 per cent stake in United for round £1.3 billion on Christmas Eve and can take management of United’s soccer operations from the Glazer household.
INEOS’s head of sport Dave Brailsford alongside former supervisor Sir Alex Ferguson had been on the Metropolis Floor as United had been overwhelmed by Forest for the primary time since 1994.
However regardless of Ten Hag’s declare that Ratcliffe needs to work with him, tonight’s consequence might propel Ratcliffe to think about sacking the previous Ajax supervisor.
