Horror stats show Man United in trouble and footage caught fans visibly turn on Erik ten Hag

Will Erik ten Hag survive? The Manchester United manager's future is far from certain.

From dancing with his players to celebrate winning the Carabao Cup to a distinct lack of movement from his bench during a resounding defeat — life has come fast at the boss.

Manchester United's grip on the trophy they've won six times was loosened by the team they beat in last season's final, Newcastle, who served them a 3-0 humiliation at Old Trafford.

The scenes at Wembley just over eight months ago will feel like eight years for the under-pressure Ten Hag.

This was supposed to kick-start a new glory-filled age that's deserted the club since the great Sir Alex Ferguson left a decade ago.

Instead, it looks like Ten Hag is experiencing the same woes David Moyes, Louis van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all succumbed to.

And while there are a plethora of problems at Old Trafford, talkSPORT's Dean Ashton believes there should've been more from Ten Hag as his players toiled on a wet Wednesday night.

Asked if Ten Hag can survive this latest setback, Ashton said on commentary for talkSPORT: «I'm not too sure.

»What was startling was when that second goal went in for Newcastle in that first half the one thing I thought I'd see was the manager step forward into his dugout and into his technical area and to be honest, at the very least, give his players some support.

«You could just see the confidence was on the floor and they needed some guidance, some energy, a shouting voice from the side, something.

Lost eight of first 15 games this season — most defeats at this stage since 1962/63 season

Lost five of ten Premier League matches this season — two more than any previous Premier League season

15 points from ten Premier League matches