Ruben Amorim suffered the first home loss of his Manchester United tenure as his side fell victim to Nottingham Forest.
Nikola Milenkovic put the visitors one up after two minutes as his free header went straight past Andre Onana. Later on in the first half, Rasmus Hojlund scored the rebound from Alejandro Garnacho's initial shot to make it 1-1.
Forest controlled the opening stages of the second half as Morgan Gibbs-White and Chris Wood got their second and third in the 47th and 54th minute respectively after some poor defensive work from United.
Bruno Fernandes gave the Old Trafford faithful some hope when he scored to make it 3-2 but it wasn't enough as Nottingham Forest secured their first Old Trafford win since 17th December 1994, coming up to 30 years.
What were the key talking points after the game?
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Amorim doesn't know his best eleven
Whilst it's sort of understandable why, it is clear that Amorim does not know his best line up yet.
The Portuguese is five games into his tenure at Old Trafford and has a two wins, two losses and a draw to his name. He has implemented a 3-4-2-1 formation and it is clear to see which players are suited and can play in this style.
The most convincing win of the five came against Everton which ended up as a comfortable 4-0 win vs the Toffees.
Players such as Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Amad Diallo and even Joshua Zirkzee shone during that match but some of those names were dropped in the next game against Arsenal and Saturday's fixture against Forest.
As mentioned earlier, it is understandable why Amorim is changing the team regularly. It is a new formation which not many of the players are used to, with some also coming back from injuries.
Despite this, Everton and Nottingham Forest are around the standard of teams United should be beating at home, wherever the teams are in the league.
Why not keep the same team that beat Everton and play them against Forest? It surely would have been worth a try. It will be interesting to see what Amorim does next.
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Plenty of players had an off day (again)
It was a far from average performance against Nottingham Forest from the Reds, going 3-1 down in the 54th minute.
Andre Onana looked like last season's incarnation of himself but It is important to note that the United keeper is not the only person to blame for goals, as all the defenders had a bad day at the office too.
There were not a lot of positives to take from the game but could it be a blessing in disguise for Ruben Amorim?
On Amorim, Sky Sports' Jamie Redknapp said after the game that "he will learn a lot more quickly whats happening at the moment than if he got fooled with a couple of wins or if they turned it around today".
This is a perfect analysis of what happened as both Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and eventually Erik Ten Hag had new manager bounces during their first season which covered over the cracks.
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Players needed in the January window
Any fan of Manchester United will surely agree that the Red Devils need to do some sort of business during the summer.
Arguably, the most likely positions the Red Devils will swoop for are a left-back and a striker with a midfielder not a bad shout either.
Reports are suggesting that Man United could a put in a bid for goal machine Victor Osimhen who is currently on loan at Galatsasary from Napoli.
With players like Hojlund and Zirkzee struggling to find consistent form, a decent striker is what Amorim's side really needs.
With the left-back position, depending on how much United spend on a striker which is the priority, there is chance it could be left until the summer when better names become available.
. A crucial few games coming up
The weeks up to and after the festive period are huge for the Red Devils.
There are trips to Manchester City and then a Carabao Cup quarter-final tie at Tottenham Hotspur.
In the new year, there is also a trip to Liverpool before United start the defence of their FA Cup triumph with a third round game at Arsenal.
In between, there are games against AFC Bournemouth, Wolves and Newcastle United which will be far from easy too.
At the end of this period, it will soon become clear to Amorim which players are ones to keep and ones not so much.
