Ahead of kick-off at Brentford on Saturday, not many fans would have been able to foresee the capitulation that was to come.
One or two eyebrows could have been raised by the decision to play Christian Eriksen in a deeper midfield role, especially after he had been played as a false nine a week prior.
This experiment, like the one on the opening weekend, failed miserably. By half time the questions over the team selection were in full flow.
A 4-0 loss to a team that were only promoted to the Premier League last season is yet a new low in a post-Ferguson era which has been littered with them. ALSO READ: De Gea makes worrying admission about United rebuild Erik ten Hag's arrival this summer was meant to herald a new dawn for United with the old guard departing and new, hungrier faces arriving.