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sport news MANCHESTER UNITED FAN VIEW: You'll struggle to find a single Red who thinks ...

Defeat to Watford has pushed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to the brink at Manchester United and the boos rang out from the away end following a 4-1 humiliation at the hands of Claudio Ranieri's side.

Losing 5-0 to Liverpool was galling, losing so convincingly at Old Trafford to Manchester City was another but losing at Watford, who had not picked up a win since Ranieri took charge - until today - was something else. 

United fan and writer Scott Patterson, of the Republik of Mancunia website, gives an insight into the mood of the fanbase after this latest humiliation and why there is no way back for Solskjaer... 

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (middle) is hanging by a thread after Manchester United's loss at Watford

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (middle) is hanging by a thread after Manchester United's loss at Watford

Goalkeeper David de Gea labelled it as embarrassing for the richly-assembled side to lose 4-1

Goalkeeper David de Gea labelled it as embarrassing for the richly-assembled side to lose 4-1

Watford had lost four of their last five games in the lead up to Saturday afternoon's game against Manchester United. 

The impressive 5-2 win over Everton, sandwiched between those poor results, looked to be a weird anomaly that was unlikely to be repeated. But then Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side made the journey to Vicarage Road.

The first half made the United manager's press conference of the day before more cringeworthy with every passing minute. 

He had claimed that they had addressed the huge failings that had seen his team battered by rivals Liverpool and Manchester City before the international break.

'We've corrected a few things, put a few things right,' he claimed. 'We've of course made sure we've prioritised a couple of things that needed to improve the most. I'm sure we'll see a reaction and a good team performance tomorrow.'

If Watford were half decent, they'd have been four or five goals ahead after the first 45 minutes. 

They calved United open time and again, with United players creating more opportunities for the opposition to score than for themselves. The humiliation was delayed thanks to Watford repeatedly falling at the final hurdle.

David de Gea saved Bruno Fernandes' blushes, twice, when saving from the penalty spot after the Portuguese midfielder sliced the ball back towards goal, leading to the spot kick decision.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka could have let a stray ball go out of play for a goal kick but instead headed it back in to help set up Watford's first goal, with United having escaped the deserved deficit before that point, despite their wayward passing and sloppy concession of possession in their own half.

The centre back pair of Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof clearly felt like marking players in their box was unnecessary, with Josh King being presented with a free header and then there was no attempt to close down space when Ismaïla Sarr put his club 2-0 ahead.

Harry Maguire's critics came out in force as his miserable afternoon ended with a red card

Harry Maguire's critics came out in force as his miserable afternoon ended with a red card

Ex-United captain Roy Keane slammed Maguire's England goal celebrations as 'embarrassing'

Ex-United captain Roy Keane slammed Maguire's England goal celebrations as 'embarrassing' 

DAVID DE GEA LEFT FURIOUS IN DEFEAT 

'It's not acceptable - the way we were playing and doing things. It's easy to blame the manager or the staff but sometimes it's the players. We need to show much more than we are doing,' he said.

'Embarrassing first half - we could've conceded four goals in 45 minutes. It was hard to watch the team playing today - it was nightmare after nightmare. It's not acceptable.

'We are trying to give our best and fight for the team but for sure something is very wrong. You can see in the games - it's very low level, very poor. Sorry to the fans, once again.'

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One of the few positives to the afternoon was Jadon Sancho's second half performance and it was his ball in to Cristiano Ronaldo, who selflessly headed the cross down,

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