ANOTHER DEFEAT FOR MANCHESTER UNITED

Manchester united accepted yet another defeat at home against Norwich united.
Despite all of United's possession, it was Norwich who took the lead in the first half through Cameron Jerome.

It got worse for the home side in the second half as Jerome broke clear to feed Alex Tettey, who poked in.

Anthony Martial fired in to halve the deficit for United, but their winless run extended to six games.

Juan Mata saw a free-kick from the edge of the area pushed away by Declan Rudd as the hosts went in search of the equaliser in the second half.

Centre-back Chris Smalling could have earned a point late on, but headed narrowly wide as United dropped to fifth in the Premier League table and Out of the top-four spots.United suffered their first home defeat of the season and their third defeat in a row. The last time they went six without victory in all competitions was in 1998 - the season they went on to win the treble. That won't happen this time, having been knocked out of the Champions League.

They now face a testing festive period which sees three games in the space of eight days, starting on Boxing Day at Stoke.

Will van Gaal be given the opportunity to turn the club's form around after back-to-back losses to promoted sides?  or will he be following another famous manager out of the managerial spot,well,it is something we are waiting to see.



Source:BBC.COM/FOOTBALL