That is their worst ever tally since the Premier League began in 1992, with Erik ten Hag breaking his own record after amassing just nine points in the first seven league games la

Former Premier League referee Keith Hackett says ‘petulant’ Marcus Rashford should have been sent off during Manchester United’s goalless draw with Aston Villa. United ended a chaotic week with a hard-fought draw with an Aston Villa side who beat Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in the Champions League in midweek.

Erik ten Hag went into the last week knowing that he probably had two games to save his job as Manchester United manager. He has won neither. But he has, also, lost neither with the fortunate 3-3 draw away to Porto in the Europa League on Thursday followed by this more encouraging goalless stalemate,