Manchester United face Watford in the Premier League on Saturday, where Ralf Rangnick will take on the same team that ended his predecessor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's career at Old Trafford.
There is no suggestion that if Rangnick was to face a similar defeat he would also lose his job, given he is only United's interim manager and as such is unlikely to be at the helm past the end of the season, but a defeat would be still be problematic.
With any chance of the title now impossible given how United started the season, finishing in the top four has to be the aim for Rangnick.