Champions Humiliated at Fulham

Manchester United were handed a lesson at Fulham on Saturday and look far from the team that has won three titles on the bounce. Is the fragile defence the problem or are there greater problems at the Old Trafford Club.

This was Manchester United’s 5th defeat of the season and we are only half way through. This is as many defeats as they had in the whole of last season. Many people are pointing to the injury crisis affecting their defenders and that they are having to resort to playing midfielders in defence. This can be part of the reason for conceding goals but Man Utd were also lacking any sort of attacking threat and I can not recall any real chance on the Fulham goal.

What does everyone else think, is it just a temporary blip until the defenders are fit again, or are there more underlying problems at Old Trafford?