Manchester United fans didn’t see this one coming.
Louis van Gaal’s side might be missing a few players with injuries, but few expected them to lose to 19th-placed Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
Anthony Martial drew the visitors level after Wahbi Khazri’s early opener, but a late David De Gea own goal decided the tie.
And the Van Gaal out voices only got louder as the game went on.
https://twitter.com/BobbyHare/status/698514964768813056
United should be challenging for the title. It's dire under-performance.
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) February 13, 2016
the side. Mata poor second half, Lingard plain not good enough, Rooney back to bad habits from earlier in the season, Martial far less
— Diarmaid Hill (@DiarmaidHill) February 13, 2016
11 points in 8 games against the current bottom 5 teams
— Space Monkey (@SpaceMonkeysFPL) February 13, 2016
This really is one of the most average United teams ever assembled in the modern era
— Gary Andrews (@gafootbl) February 13, 2016
85 mins: yeah but remember when we beat Stoke though.
— Out of Context Bandwagons (@bifurcated_MBM) February 13, 2016
Van Gaal’s substitutions were also met with scratches of the head.
Depay for Lingard has worked out well for LvG then this week.
— abhay (@ab5y) February 13, 2016
So Herrera is still on the bench n Keane is brought in. I don't get it..are we even desperate to equalize? LVG doesn't think so #SUNMUN
— The.Minerva (@me_sharan) February 13, 2016
Suddenly Sir Alex Ferguson looks a whole lot better.
https://twitter.com/UtdRantcast/status/698515416931549184
But what next?
https://twitter.com/_RedDevilsClub/status/698516680620838912
https://twitter.com/malcolmcoles/status/698514058203504641
All we need now is for West Ham to finish ahead of us, so Mourinho's United won't have a Europa League distraction.
— Hesham Bilal-Hafiz (@hesham786) February 13, 2016