There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and Manchester United dropping points away from home against the Premier League's elite.
For the third time this season, Erik ten Hag's side, on Saturday night, went head-to-head with one of the division's big hitters and lost.
Anthony Gordon's second half goal sealed a deserved 1-0 win for Newcastle United, who made light work of a United side with the same ambition of qualifying for next season's Champions League.
Gordon's tap-in, which was created by Kieran Tripper, who went close to opening the scoring himself prior to the interval with a free-kick that hit the woodwork, added to the defeats that United have suffered at the hands of Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal on the road already this season.