Plenty can change over the course of a few days in football, so five weeks can feel like five months in comparison.
That's certainly the feeling around Manchester United right now. Back on July 12, there was boundless optimism after Erik ten Hag's first game in charge of the club.
There are few better ways to introduce yourself than by masterminding a 4-0 win over your fiercest of rivals, just as the Dutchman did in his maiden outing against Liverpool. But fast-forward a little over a month and the bubble has well and truly burst. A crushing defeat to Brentford - by the same 4-0 scoreline - left United licking their wounds at the bottom of the Premier League table without a point to their name.
