Telling Erik ten Hag decision points to his Manchester United frustration

Manchester United were humbled on their visit to St. James' Park as Newcastle dominated their opponents even though the Premier League showdown only finished 1-0 to the Magpies.

Anthony Gordon settled the scores as United suffered their sixth defeat this campaign. It ended what had been a promising run for Erik ten Hag and his players - with five wins coming from their previous six games.

United welcome Chelsea to Old Trafford on Wednesday night in another fast turnaround and they have an swift opportunity to put things right. Here are the United winners and losers from the Newcastle match.

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Luke Shaw: An eye-catching inclusion. After missing a chunk of the season owing to injury, Shaw has now played three matches since completing his rehabilitation, and in that time has shown United exactly what they have been missing. He was deployed at centre-back against Newcastle.

He excelled there last campaign and there was some merit to the decision. Ten Hag favours a left-footer inside as that can open up different passing lanes. Even though Shaw moving to centre-back left United light elsewhere, he was one of their better performers and it wouldn't be unthinkable to see him stay put.

Alejandro Garnacho: The supremely-talented Argentine underlined his credentials as a starter with goals in back-to-back games against Everton and Galatasaray respectively. It was quite telling that Garnacho remained on the field and Marcus Rashford was sacrificed when United needed a goal.

He wasn't quite at his best in the Newcastle defeat - and nor was anybody for that matter - but Garnacho is now first choice in