'Disgusting, disgraceful and embarrassing' - Man Utd at 'rock bottom'

The second-half downpour reflected nan wider temper astatine Old Trafford aft Manchester United suffered different achy defeat, which erstwhile again brought head Erik 10 Hag's position nether scrutiny.

Sunday's dire 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Tottenham, successful which skipper Bruno Fernandes was sent disconnected pinch nan hosts already trailing earlier half-time, near United 12th successful nan Premier League pinch conscionable 7 points from their opening six games.

The quality of nan performance, peculiarly pinch 11 players still connected nan transportation successful a disjointed first half, received dense criticism.

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville called nan show "disgusting" and "disgraceful", while chap Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp said it was "embarrassing" and nan nine had deed "rock bottom".

Chris Sutton added connected BBC Radio 5 Live: "That's nan type of capacity which gets nan head nan sack."

The stats do not make for pleasant reference for Ten Hag and his players:

Ten Hag came nether unit past play but was yet backed by nan owners pursuing co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe's reappraisal of nan team's performance.

United vanished 3rd successful nan Premier League successful nan Dutchman's first play and ended nan club's six-year hold for silverware by winning nan Carabao Cup.

Ten Hag's 2nd play proved acold much challenging arsenic United vanished eighth successful nan convention and were knocked retired of nan Champions League astatine nan group stage. That was redeemed somewhat by an FA Cup last triumph complete Premier League champions Manchester City that denied their neighbours a Double.

However, nan commencement of nan 2024-25 run has not helped animate assurance that nan nine is moving successful nan correct guidance nether nan erstwhile Ajax boss, 54.

"I deliberation they've sewage to make a large determination this week - I deliberation his clip mightiness beryllium up," erstwhile Premier League midfielder Robbie Savage told BBC Radio 5 Live.

Neville, speaking connected Sky Sports, said: "It's 1 of nan worst performances I person seen nether Ten Hag - and that is saying something. It is really bad."

So bad, successful fact, that erstwhile United subordinate Ashley Young echoed Neville's calls for nan United players to clasp a "crisis meeting" this week.

"Today has shocked maine astir really debased they person gone," added ex-United skipper Neville. "That felt for illustration 1 of those days wherever they sank really low."

In a show of defiance, Ten Hag said "it is ever a caller day" erstwhile asked wherever United spell from here, but admitted his broadside "made galore mistakes" and "lost confidence" aft conceding wrong 3 minutes.

But Redknapp was besides scathing arsenic he added connected Sky Sports: "I conscionable don't spot really he [Ten Hag] tin support his job. He looks wholly mislaid and I don't cognize really he tin move it around.

"He has already had capable time. I conscionable don't spot really he is nan man to return it guardant - nan only problem is I don't cognize who is, it's specified a difficult job."

Manchester United were already being outclassed by Tottenham agelong earlier Fernandes' arguable 42nd-minute dismissal, though it near them pinch a upland to climb.

The midfielder appeared to gaffe arsenic he lunged into a tackle connected James Maddison and was shown a consecutive reddish paper by referee Chris Kavanagh, a determination nan video adjunct referee (VAR) did not overturn.

Ten Hag disagreed pinch nan result and claimed "the reddish paper changed nan game" arsenic he added: "It was only 1-0. We could person made a comeback and it had a large effect connected nan game."

Fernandes told BBC Match of nan Day: "I was nan man sent off, nan 1 that fto them down. The squad showed a batch of character, a batch of resilience, a batch of fight.

"[It was] ne'er a reddish card, that is my view. I work together that it is simply a foul. If he wants to springiness maine a yellowish because they are going to spell connected a antagonistic past I agree. But much than that, no.

"I person to admit each nan effort my team-mates gave to effort and return to nan crippled but it wasn't possible. They showed awesome effort and characteristic and I was happy for that."

Everton's 39-year-old full-back Young, who spent 9 years astatine Old Trafford, said connected Sky Sports: "I don't deliberation it is superior foul play, he slips. I deliberation nan referee has sewage it wrong."

But erstwhile Everton midfielder Leon Osman added connected BBC Radio 5 Live: "It didn't look great. He surely makes interaction pinch nan studs conscionable beneath nan knee of James Maddison. Maybe location was a slip, but that is cynical."