This was a triumph for Newcastle, another fiasco from Manchester United and, maybe soon, a real problem for Erik ten Hag. A problem of the job security-nature because after declaring himself confident that he and his players could revive their season following Sunday’s 3-0 humiliation here by Manchester City continuing their Carabao Cup defence was a prerequisite.
Be knocked out by Newcastle and the vultures would circle over the manager despite Eddie Howe’s side having downed City in the previous round. Yet this is precisely what occurred on a night when all of the goals conceded by United were self-inflicted and spoke of a paucity of cohesion and troubling confidence-deficit.
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