A first home loss at the hands of Burnley since 1962 felt like the final straw for a lot of Manchester United fans, who voiced their displea...
A first home loss at the hands of Burnley since 1962 felt like the final straw for a lot of Manchester United fans, who voiced their displeasure at the way the club has been run in recent years before evacuating Old Trafford in their thousands before full time.
Ed Woodward and the Glazer family were the main targets of the vitriol from the stands, but questions have also been asked of the players and manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Reports suggest that there are no plans to sack the Norwegian, but he has lost more league games than he has won since his permanent appointment last March and another defeat away to a struggling League One outfit this weekend would pile a huge amount of extra pressure on his shoulders.
It was just a week ago that United were beaten 2-0 by Liverpool on Merseyside and, while that result offered more positives than defeat by the same scoreline against Burnley, it does leave United facing the prospect of losing three games in a row for the first time since April.
The fact that losing to Tranmere is such a realistic possibility speaks volumes about United’s current plight, and anything other than victory would only further darken the mood ahead of a difficult run which sees them face Manchester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea in their next three games after this.
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