👉 A brief summary of the game: Aside from Van de Beek's lovely goal, there are no positives to take away from this game.
A plethora of chances was missed by both Ronaldo and Bruno while the defence and midfield were a joke until VDB came in.
The Red Devils looked better after the break but Maguire's reckless challenge led to a red card and things just became worse after that.
Watford scored two more goals before the final whistle and in a nutshell, we made a 16th-placed team look like Champions League winners.
🏁 FULL-TIME!
⚽ GOAL! An unmarked Denis scores Watford's fourth goal.
⚽ GOAL! Joao Pedro makes no mistake as he scores for the Hornets.
🔄 SUB: Diogo Dalot comes on for Shaw.
🕐 80' Ronaldo's effort is ruled offside while Bruno misses the goal yet again. That was a good chance to draw the score.
🕐 75' Sancho sends a nice cross Ronaldo's way but the Portuguese misses the net.
💬 AdamCrafton_ via Twitter: "No Maguire or Varane at Chelsea next week for Manchester United. The next episode of doom."
💬 elvis_prate via Twitter: "Did Ole just give Maguire a high five after that shocking challenge to get his red car?"
💬 Utd_Agenda via Twitter: "Maguire shouldn’t be our captain. No way."
🟥 Red card for Maguire. A reckless tackle that. The captain has been sent off.
🕐 67' The second half has become all about VDB and rightfully so. He almost assisted Matic as well but the Serbian hit the ball wide.
🕐 58' Why wasn't VDB playing all this while? The Dutchman sets up Ronaldo but the effort is saved.
💬 AlfieH11 via Twitter: "What's that? Van de Beek is actually a half-decent player and Sancho looks much better on the right wing? Especially with someone who will link up with him with one-touch play (that being VDB)? Fuck me that's took me by surprise."
💬 VintageReds_ via Twitter: "Some tidy link-up play between Sancho and Van de Beek since the second-half started. They just simply have to play more. But no- pay hundreds of millions just to not play your new, incredible signings."
🕐 54' Lovely pass from Van de Beek to Sancho, who almost assists Bruno but the midfielder misses the net.
💬 MLAntonyyy1 via Twitter: "Put a few ballers like Van de beek and Martial around Sancho and he starts balling"
🕐 53' De Gea makes yet another sublime save to deny King. This is better from the visiting side but will it be enough to get a comeback win?
⚽ GOOOOALLLLLLLLLL!!!!!! Van de Beek opens the scoring for United with a splendid header.
💬 VickyNotKaushal via Twitter: "Donny van de Beek scoring in Ole’s farewell game. Poetic."
💬 N195Q via Reddit: "A slap in the face for Ole from Van de Beek."
💬 elhard22 via Twitter: "Put some fucking respect on Donny's name and get Ole the fuck out. Enough is enough now."
🕐 46' We're back with action at Vicarage Road!
Half-time changes:
🔄 SUB: Donny van de Beek for McTominay
🔄 SUB: Anthony Martial for Rashford
United players rated in first half
Good: De Gea - 8/10, Maguire - 7/10.
Average: Shaw - 5/10, Lindelof - 4/10, Rashford - 4/10, Ronaldo - 4/10.
Horrible: Wan-Bissaka - 1/10, McTominay - 2/10, Matic - 2/10, Bruno - 1/10, Sancho - 2/10.
⚫ HALF-TIME!
🕐 45+1' Sigh. Here we go again.
💬 DevilsofUnited via Twitter: "Sack him now."
💬 HarryRiches9 via Twitter: "Worst performance of the season so far. Spineless pathetic."
💬 SubbuNair via Twitter: "Sack Ole now . This is such a nightmare."
⚽ GOAL! Sarr finds the back of the net to make it 2-0 for the home side.
🕐 38' A couple of good blocks from Harry Maguire but United could concede again at any point. The defence has been worse than what we did against Man City and Liverpool.
💬 SamHorace1001 via Twitter: "Lindelof in possession with a despairing appeal for a willing recipient for the ball, and possession turned over to Watford again. It's been a shocking half from United."
🕐 35' Fans are baffled at Bruno going down because of a slight touch from Sissoko. That could have been a good chance for the Red Devils on the break.
💬 LucasSnyder555 via Twitter: "What was Bruno Fernandes doing there!?!"
💬 Paaaaiiiinnnn via Twitter: "Bruno Fernandes stopping a dangerous Man United counter-attack in order to feign injury, what a very funny individual."
🕐 32' Only a matter of time before the goal went in for the home side. Marcus Rashford tries to find the back of the net but the ball is saved by Ben Foster.
⚽ GOAL! King tucks it into the net to put Watford on top.
💬 saqibmufc via Twitter: "I have seen championship sides having a better team structure and ability to hold on to the possession than this Man United side.. something is well and truly fucked up on the training ground but the United Board are doing F all with their blinkers on."
💬 ezhlhmy via Reddit: "Man Utd all over the places. Literally owned by Watford. Dennis looks superb today too."
💬 gupshup__ via Twitter: "Why is Ronaldo playing LCM?"
🕐 23' Watford fans chanting 'Ole's at the wheel'.. and why wouldn't they? We look embarrassing on the field. The defence is chaotic, Aaron Wan-Bissaka gave the ball away sloppily more than once.
🟨 McTominay booked for a foul on Dennis.
🕐 18' United need more control in the game. They look threatening going forward but leave far too many gaps to exploit when not in possession. Once again, there is absolutely no cohesion.
💬 Ravi_trivedi00 via Twitter: "Amazing to see the Ronaldo playing so deep and asking midfield to control the tempo."
💬 s_waid via Twitter: "Look at United as your fav 90-minute sitcom or something and everything’s a lot better."
💬 brentmaximin via Reddit: "United don't really have any *good* midfield combinations. But this is one is easily the worst."
🕐 10' David De Gea saves the penalty this time! Phew. That was close.
💬 UnitedPeoplesTV via Twitter: "De Gea goes from saving no penalties in years to 3 in a row. Incredible. We're a soap opera aren't we?"
💬 Red4Life11999 via RedCafe: "WOW!! DAVID DE GEA SAVES UNITED AGAIN!!"
💬 markgoldbridge via Twitter: "De Gea saves again!!!! Never disrespect my keeper again."
🕐 9' Penalty to be re-taken after VAR signals 'possible encroachment' from Kiko.
🕐 6' McTominay fouls Josh King inside the box, referee awards penalty to the home side. Bruno Fernandes made a mistake as well, which put McTominay scrambling at King.
🕐 1' Action is underway at Vicarage Road. LET'S GO DEVILS!
🤩 AAAND WE KICK-OFF!
💪 Scott McTominay will make his 100th Premier League appearance today!
🗣️ A word from the boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "We've had a good week of training, preparation.
"It boils down to a little bit of what has been happening on the training pitch but also the opposition we are playing against. We are facing a team with lots of pace and strength so that is why we went like we do.
"A couple of injuries too, illnesses."
👀 A look at our rivals - here's how Watford will take the field
👉 Here's how Man United are lining up: De Gea, Shaw, Maguire, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka, Matic, McTominay, Fernandes, Rashford, Sancho, Ronaldo.
👋 Hello Reds and welcome to Tribuna.com's LIVE coverage as Watford take on Manchester United at Vicarage Road.
