What a difference 12 months can make.
Exactly a year ago Manchester United were in disarray. They had just lost 1-0 to Wolves at home and thrown away a two-goal lead to draw at Aston Villa. Ralf Rangnick had been drafted in to steady the ship but did nothing but rock it harder both on and off the pitch. Sadly his clinical analysis of the club's problems were undercut by his side's continued poor displays.
There would be eight more defeats before the season finally reached its sorry conclusion: elimination from the Champions League to Atletico Madrid, a penalty defeat to Middlesbrough in the FA Cup, a 4-1 derby battering, a loss to Everton(!), 4-0 batterings by Liverpool and Brighton, a 3-1 hammering to Arsenal before finishing off in fitting style with a turgid loss at Crystal Palace. Sealing United's worst-ever Premier League campaign.
