As the final whistle was blown there were jeers all around Old Trafford as the year ended with a bitter taste of embarassment as the side that were once neck and neck with Manchester City opened the gap to be a potential 17 points and truly unassailable. The manager clearly was fuming about the decision not to award a penalty against Maya Yoshida’s blatant handball and questioned further decisions against his players in the Leicester and Man City matches as well and clearly believed his side earned the penalty today as well as the ones in the respected games.
Some positives to take would clearly be how well De Gea continues to perform and hopefully how the Spanish shot-stopper will hopefully renew his contract for a lengthy stay at Old Trafford, but also how the partnership between Victor Lindelof and Phil Jones combined to form a more compact unit than the likes of Smalling, Rojo or Blind. But the injuries to Lukaku and Ibrahimovic are severe blows to Manchester United and might make Mourinho ponder whether to buy a new attacking player such as Gareth Bale, Antoine Griezmann, Malcolm or Ivan Perisic to bolster a ‘tired’ looking United and put them back on the pedestal they earned from the early performances of the season.