If there was any semblance of hope still left in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after Manchester United's thrashing at the hands of Liverpool in October then it was extinguished two weeks later.
That was when Manchester City turned up at Old Trafford and did a similar number on Solskjaer's team. The scoreline might not have been as X-rated but this was a one-sided and comfortable a 2-0 away win as you're ever likely to see.
Somehow, Solskjaer was allowed to stumble on for another two weeks and through the November international break before being sacked after the horror show at Watford, but whatever had happened at Vicarage Road the writing was on the wall for the Norwegian.
