BEFORE Nottingham Forest arrived at Old Trafford Ruben Amorim had a couple of glimpses of the size of his task.
But the sight of Nottingham Forest fans dancing with delight in front of the Old Trafford faithful - a first in 30 years - truly rammed home the magnitude of the job facing Manchester United's new head coach.
A truly shocking seven-minute second-half defensive collapse left Amorim tasting a first defeat at home.
Goalkeeper Andre Onana culpable for a clanger that gave Forest a 2-1 lead was a main culprit but there were plenty of others. And a late cavalry charge and siege of Forest's goal couldn't rescue a point as United followed up their defeat at Arsenal with another loss.
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