Following Manchester United's damning 3-1 defeat at the hands of rivals Liverpool on Sunday, Jose Mourinho was touted as the bookies' favourite next to face the axe.
Indeed, that prediction would later turn out to be true as the 55-year-old was sacked on Tuesday morning by the Red Devils.
While questions were asked whether Mourinho would make it to Christmas or not, the statistics surrounding United's disastrous start to season proved that the club needed a change of management sooner rather than later.
With the season approaching the midway point, United managed to win just seven of the 17 league games β their joint lowest number of victories at this stage in the Premier League era.
It doesn't stop there as Mourinho's men have already conceded 29 times this season, the most at this stage and even more than the whole of last season.
Their leaky defence meant United recorded their lowest points total which has left them sixth in the table and 11 points off Chelsea in the Champions League places.
It hasn't always been like this for the Special One.
Since bursting on to the scene with Porto, Mourinho changed the football landscape as he enjoyed trophy-laden spells in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain before returning to the United Kingdom for his second spell at Chelsea.
The 55-year-old was then sworn in at Old Trafford after failed spells from David Moyes and Louis van Gaal left the club in turmoil since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement.
However, despite winning the Europa League, League Cup and Community Shield during his first season at Old Trafford, Mourinho was continually questioned as to whether he could lead United back to their glory days.
The Portuguese boss managed to finish second behind Manchester City last season but with his woeful start to the current campaign, Mourinho's overall win record at United is 58.3 per cent, the lowest yet during his managerial career.
And while his record at United has bettered that of Van Gaal's and Moyes', the club's board decided enough was enough before showing him the exit on Tuesday morning.
All stats courtesy of Opta
Woaaenrz
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Bunch of traitors. Let's see you qualify for top 4
lonelywolf89
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klop has won nothing yet.
never got sacked
Kicckmno
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klop has won nothing yet.
Alakiri
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klopp is a destroyer he always make team to sack mourihno 1 when klopp was in Dortmund he won Madrid 4:2 and they sacked Mourihno 2 when klopp was in Liverpool he won Chelsea 3:1 and they sacked Mourihno presently klopp won Manchester united 31 and they sacked Mourihno why Klopp??????
numeral
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Shame Mou and so many MU players!
yaosila
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This will shame Mou , also MU and leaderships and so many MU players.
gangsta
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MU become like this ...Nobody could say they are innocent.
pygmy
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This is a shameful recording...
fazeza
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Nothing to say but good luck to both Mou and MU.
dafflike
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Mou causes this? It is so hard to say...
herrlishr
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Mou will never be like this π
Realplayer
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This MU actually always make me disgusting... But as a supporter , now I am a little bit lost...
Salina
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Blame on Mou or Pogba? Can anyone give me an answer?
Mangrove
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Actually this is tough to say who is right or wrong in this ... Just hope MU could soon recover from this.
kipadrs
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there is nothing worst in that defeat liverpool is big team so you can't say they won't win Manchester United
Moydinrtz
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zidane e o novo trenador de mach until
vomcikmrt
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AF must be enjoying this.This site never spoke anything good of Jose even when deserving
Jhoxua11
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BREAKING: Manchester United announce Jose Mourinho has left the club on a vacation π π π
mighty96red
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sethfinntrillo
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Their main problem was mourinho