The surrender to Sevilla slips in to the growing list of Man Utd’s biggest embarrassments since Fergie left. It was bad, but not Anfield bad. Or even Brighton or Brentford bad.
Here’s how we’ve ranked the worst defeats since David Moyes took over in 2013. No Jose Mourinho, and conceding six in the derby doesn’t make the top 10…
10) Man Utd 1-4 Manchester City – 2013/14
There was so much dross in such a short reign while David Moyes was United manager. Losing at home to West Brom, Everton and Newcastle before Christmas; being turned over by Liverpool and City at Old Trafford after the New Year; the Champions League sh*tshow at Olympiacos. But the first sign of major problems came early in his reign when the reigning champions went to the Etihad and were humped by their derby rivals.
United had already lost to Liverpool when they went across Manchester for the fifth Premier League game of Moyes’ tenure. A team featuring Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney were two down at half-time before conceding another couple early in the second half. Moyes had to be thankful that Manuel Pellegrini’s men seemed to take mercy on them, taking their foot off the gas, with United’s consolation coming from a stunning Rooney free-kick. Moyes demanded a reaction; they lost at home to West Brom the following week.
What Moyes said:
“I’ve made the players aware of how I expect them to respond. If there was any group of players I would expect that from it would be Manchester United players. It is the way they have been brought up. Every manager has bad days and bad results and I’m no different. I’ve been here with Everton many times and I don’t think I have ever suffered a defeat like this.”
9) MK Dons 4-0 Manchester United – 2014/15
Louis van Gaal made a miserable start to his United reign. He lost the first Premier League game at home to Swansea and drew the next two at Sunderland and Burnley. Between those draws, he took United to Milton Keynes for the club’s first League Cup second-round tie in 19 years.
They were battered by the League One side. They didn’t manage a shot on target until the 72nd minute by which time they were 3-0 down. Defeat to a side which cost less than half a million to assemble came on the same day it was announced they had signed Angel di Maria for £60million. It’s hard to fathom which was the biggest disaster.
What Van Gaal said:
“Of course I’m disappointed, but I can…
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