Erik ten Hag has failed to deliver on both of his key Manchester United promises

Seven games into the 2024/25 Premier League campaign, only newly-promoted Southampton have scored fewer goals than Manchester United.

Sunday's 0-0 draw with Aston Villa at Villa Park marked a third successive league game without a goal for the Reds, whose opening seven outings this term have yielded just five goals. Only Southampton have celebrated fewer, netting four.

After conceding six goals in their two previous outings ahead of the trip to Villa, sieving three at the hands of both Tottenham Hotspur and FC Porto, Erik ten Hag set his team up with the ambition of not losing in the Midlands.

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Securing a fourth Premier League clean sheet of the season, United earned themselves a point. Had they not made the trip to Villa Park on the back of a four-game winless run, a point and a clean sheet against a team that had beaten Bayern Munich just a few days earlier would have been considered as a solid result.

But with United currently struggling for goals and victories, Sunday's stalemate was met with a feeling of frustration and disappointment. United are becoming increasingly frustrating to watch once again after it felt like a corner had been turned when they dispatched of Southampton and Barnsley and performed so well for 45 minutes against Crystal Palace last month.

However far United may have fallen over the past 11 years, there is still an expectation for them to win every game and to entertain their supporters. However, United have lost any form of identity they ever had under Ten Hag, becoming increasingly hard to watch with a solid understanding