When Manchester United lost 4-1 to Manchester City in the derby in March of this year, it felt like the club had completely hit rock bottom.
Despite making a decent start to the game - drawing level through Jadon Sancho after Kevin De Bruyne had opened the scoring for the home side - the Reds fell to pieces in the second-half. Unsurprisingly, then, they felt the wrath of several former players and pundits for the performance after the tie.
The defeat led to widespread criticism of the players and then interim manager Ralf Rangnick, with many suggesting that the squad, even in the midst of an extremely underwhelming season, had let the club down against their bitter rivals. While United were not expected to arrive at the Etihad and turn Pep Guardiola's side over, they failed to even compete.
