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Man Utd equal humiliating 132-YEAR record as horror relegation omen emerges

  /  autty

MANCHESTER UNITED equalled a humiliating 132-year unwanted record with the defeat to Crystal Palace.

And now a horror relegation omen looms over the fallen giants.

Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice for the Eagles as they leapfrogged above the Red Devils into 12th in the table with their fourth win in six trips to Old Trafford.

The result was the SEVENTH Premier League home defeat of the season already for United - from just 13 matches.

That is their joint-worst record at this stage of the season in the club's history.

In 1893-94, when still called Newton Heath, they went on to lose eight of their 15 home league games.

And, crucially, the club finished bottom of the First Division and were relegated.

Then in 1973-74, United went down again - with seven home league losses.

Now Ruben Amorim will be desperate history does not repeat itself as the problems mount up at Old Trafford.

Amorim himself hit a new low in his brief but turbulent tenure at Old Trafford.

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The Palace defeat was his fifth home Premier League defeat - after just seven matches.

Predecessor Erik ten Hag's losses to Liverpool and Tottenham do not look too bad considering Amorim has been beaten by Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Newcastle, Brighton and now Palace.

The only matches in which he has avoided defeat at home were the 4-0 thumping of Everton in his Old Trafford debut - thanks to Marcus Rashford and Joshua Zirkzee doubles - and an Amad Diallo-inspired comeback victory over Southampton.

And Amorim now holds the undesirable honour of the Manchester United manager to reach five home Premier League defeats.

His tally of seven is half the previous record of 14 held by David Moyes during his ill-fated 2013-14 campaign.

Ten Hag is third on 28 followed by Louis van Gaal (30) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (31).

Sir Alex Ferguson needed a whopping 88 home Premier League games to rack up his five losses.

But Jose Mourinho and Ralf Rangnick did not even reach five league losses at Old Trafford during their stints in the dugout.