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 yr on a dropping be aware.
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 aspect 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 yr
The win moved Forest to fifteenth place on the Premier League desk, 5 factors away from the relegation zone.
“What we are attempting to do is to create an concept. 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 duty in how we defend. However they should imagine within the concept. The areas have 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 laborious.”
In accordance with 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 have been on the Metropolis Floor as United have been crushed by Forest for the primary time since 1994.
However regardless of Ten Hag’s declare that Ratcliffe desires to work with him, tonight’s outcome might propel Ratcliffe to think about sacking the previous Ajax supervisor.
