Defeat at the hands of FC Midtjylland
Yes, the ‘dt’ is silent and the pronunciation is pretty hard. When United dropped to the Europa League, they were drawn against a team which most of the football world hadn’t heard of. So what did our two-time Champions League winners do? They lost 1-2 to a side that is even younger than the youngest United player – Timothi Fosu-Mensah.
Needless to say, United had touched the Mariana Trench of their footballing history. The scoreline would have been even more embarrassing if not for Sergio Romero. Yes, United did manage to overturn that and progress, but it is one result that Van Gaal will remember for the rest of his life.
Edited by Staff Editor