They were defeated 2-0 by Stoke City, with the goals scored in the first half of the match.
Expectations that United were ready to shed their unimpressive show in the last few weeks, were quickly exploded when Bojan Krkic struck in the 16th minute.
Seven minutes after, Marko Arnautovic added the second goal.
The United boys never recovered. The defeat was United ‘ s third in succession.
They now fall sixth place on the League table, while Stoke go eighth. And this also exacerbated Louis van Gaal’s future at Old Trafford.