Erik ten Hag's problems continues to mount as Man United stumble again

Erik ten Hag may wish to cheer himself up by taking a quick glance at Manchester United's fixture list for the next fortnight.

An FA Cup semi-final against a Coventry City side whose hopes of reaching the Championship play-offs have been all-but-extinguished, then back-to-back home games against strugglers Sheffield United and Burnley.

Surely even this wildly unpredictable United team cannot lose those?

Well, quite frankly, in a season with more corners turned than the average maze, nothing is guaranteed.

A fresh week brings a fresh set of headaches for Ten Hag, who will feel the piercing gaze of United's new ownership more intensely than ever.

In theory, United should be beating Bournemouth but they produced yet another abject performance and were fortunate to return from the south coast with a point.

That made it four games without a win - including seven points thrown away from winning positions against Brentford, Chelsea and Liverpool.

United's Champions League hopes appear to be over now and that's even before you consider the Premier League could yet lose its fifth spot if European exits batter the coefficient this week.

Only winning the FA Cup, you suspect, will save Ten Hag's job now. That or a dearth of plausible candidates for Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos to appoint in the summer.

It's hardly an enviable position for a coach to be in with every passing day raising more issues.

Was Garnacho 'thrown under the bus'?

With United trailing Bournemouth 2-1 at half-time on Saturday night, Ten Hag decided to hook Alejandro Garnacho and bring on Amad Diallo.

United were being totally overwhelmed down their right-hand side, where Garnacho wasn't offering Diogo Dalot any defensive cover as Bournemouth targeted them.

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