Man United embarked on their first European campaign under the guise of new manager Jose Mourinho on Thursday night with a trip to Rotterdam to face Eredivisie side, Feyenoord, but it didn’t quite go to plan.
The Europa League is a stage that the former Chelsea boss has admitted he would rather not be playing on, however, he is a manager with the attitude of; ‘if it’s there to win, you may as well win it’, as he did with Porto in 2003.
The Red Devils fell to a shock 1-0 defeat on the continent as the Dutch outfit stood firm and held onto the lead they snatched with a controversial Tonny Vilhena goal.
Mourinho made a raft of changes, with Marcos Rojo, Morgan Schneiderlin and Marcus Rashford getting their first starts of the season.
Fans from the red half of Manchester were desperate to see a comfortable win off the back of the loss to the blue half on Saturday, and it’s fair to say they were far from pleased with what they saw…
Pathetic. Horrific. Embarrassing. Terrible. Woeful. Shocking. #MUFC
— Matty Condon (@MattyCondon) September 15, 2016
Performance summed up two weeks in a row. #MUFC https://t.co/3vKLmU9lTO
— Manchester United (@ManUtds_News) September 15, 2016
That was garbage #mufc Listless and unimaginative. Terrible game too. Ah well.
— Mark Charnock (@markcharnock) September 15, 2016
Many were quick to dig out individuals after the game, with recalled defender Marcos Rojo taking the brunt of the abuse…
Retweet if you are a better defender than Marcos Rojo. #MUFC
— Man United Media (@ManUnitedMedia) September 15, 2016
Rojo should never play for united again. Never ever, can't run, can't tackle, can't cross, all in all can't do anything. Worst player #mufc
— Chandan Sharma (@wickedchandy) September 16, 2016
Some Red Devils fans even began to turn on their beloved record signing…
We should go and collect our £60m change from Juventus. This Pogba is rubbish
— Bee (@Bee_mufc) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/MaxBentley1/status/776494271838978050
One fan on Twitter even called for an LVG return…
Come back Louis van Gaal, all is forgiven. That was as bad as last season. #mufc
— John Brewin (@JohnBrewin_) September 15, 2016
And finally, best of all, fans took to the airwaves to call for the end of Mourinho’s reign just five games in, which caused fans from the wider footballing family to poke fun at their Premier League rivals…
Manchester United fans on TalkSport calling for Mourinho to be sacked. Glorious.
— FK (@fkhanage) September 15, 2016
https://twitter.com/naptownmcfc/status/776574837548613632
https://twitter.com/BadManHugo/status/776703040095158272