The new season is just getting worse for Manchester United as they lost their third game in a row. After losing the previous two games Manchester City and Feyenoord, Jose Mourinho’s men were looking to get back their season on track but a 3-1 defeat against Watford have now left them 6 points behind table-toppers Manchester City after only 5 games.
Etienne Capoue opened the scoring in the 34th-minute when he side-footed in Daryl Janmaat’s pass. But Marcus Rashford equalised for the Red Devils in the 62nd minute when he tapped in a ball after it bounced off the arm of Valon Behrami from a Zlatan Ibrahimovic shot. However, substitute Zuniga found the back of the net with seven minutes left and Troy Deeney sealed the game for the Hornets when he converted a penalty in injury-time after Marouane Fellaini fouled Zuniga in the box.
United, who started their season with three consecutive wins, are now sixth in the table with 2 back to back defeats.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Can United Win the league? #WATMUN pic.twitter.com/j6uy7uQbp9
— BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) September 18, 2016
Half a billion team losing to Watford with the worst possible way. Don't know who to laugh at more, Manchester United or Pogba? #WATMUN
— E (@simplyebad) September 18, 2016
#WATMUN
Two sides of the same coin ? pic.twitter.com/JzCSnqT8WW— ♚DerangedThought♚ (@DerangedThotz) September 18, 2016
#ManchesterUnited looking a lot like a team managed by a bloke who was sacked by his last club for being 16th. #WATMUN
— simply Arsenal (@GunnaGraham) September 18, 2016
I can explain why Mourinho was looking puzzled at Watford's late substitute.
He's forgotten what Success looks like. #MUFC #WATMUN— Ian Hyland (@HylandIan) September 18, 2016
Three defeats on the trot for United? Bugger… Sorry to hear that guys ? #WATMUN pic.twitter.com/7qetXHKHdb
— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) September 18, 2016
Looking forward to hearing what the "Losing One" has to say after this one. #WATMUN
— Dapper Laughs (@dapperlaughs) September 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/BigSportGB/status/777490137374715904
With a smile you get from a job well done, Eva Carneiro puts the voodoo dolls back in the cupboard till the next game. #Mourinho #WATMUN
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) September 18, 2016
£150m spent in the summer & a poorer start than under LVG last season! If there was ever a stat to make me smile that's it! #WATMUN
— Barry Devlin (@irishbazdev) September 18, 2016
Somewhere in Netherlands.#WATMUN pic.twitter.com/H5iHRvbS8j
— Osiris (@Alvvoo) September 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/sanjbharadva/status/777492075940044801
Turns out signing a manager sacked twice by the same team & signing players based on shirts sales doesnt gaurantee sucess #WATMUN
— Aamir Khan (@aamirrkhann10) September 18, 2016