Manchester United’s new era starts with familiar failings and another Old Trafford defeat
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A first defeat to Fulham at Old Trafford since 2003 made for an inauspicious start after the new co-owner’s investment was confirmed. Even as Ten Hag fielded his first-choice midfield, of Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo and Casemiro, United didn’t really have a midfield. Yet he was an indictment of Ten Hag’s greatest error: the £85m misfit Antony eventually came on in the 99th minute, after Forson, Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo had all played on the right wing. United had glimpsed respite, perhaps even a great rescue act, when Harry Maguire levelled, tucking in from close range after Bernd Leno rather limply parried Bruno Fernandes’ shot.