Erik ten Hag has just endured his longest week in football. He was back on the training field within 24 hours of that 4-0 defeat by Brentford, the most embarrassing and inept performance from a Manchester United team in living memory.
I have no problem with Ten Hag putting his players through a Sunday running session. He felt they didn’t do enough to deserve a rest day and it’s going to take incredibly strong leadership from United's newest boss to resolve this crisis.
United have had six different managers since Sir Alex Ferguson. That's six different philosophies to adapt to and believe in.
When that happens, the basics can be forgotten, and there was evidence of that at Brentford last weekend. David De Gea has played under all six post-Ferguson managers and he is experienced enough to know he should not give a marked Christian Eriksen the ball on the edge of the box.