Members of the Manchester United coaching staff were reportedly concerned after one damning result in particular under Erik ten Hag.
Erik ten Hag was sacked as manager of Manchester United on Monday morning with the club sat in the bottom half of the Premier League table, with just one win in eight games in all competitions.
Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Ten Hag's assistant at Old Trafford, is set to take interim charge at the club whilst Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos look for a permanent replacement for the Dutchman. Which looks to be Ruben Amorim.
The Dutchman looked to be on the brink at the end of the previous campaign at the club but survived after United beat Manchester City 2-1 in the FA Cup final.
Despite this, there was one game last season that reportedly 'set alarm bells ringing' about Ten Hag and his players.
United finished bottom of their UEFA Champions League group with the Red Devils' only victory in the competition coming against Copenhagen, which was mainly down to a very late Andre Onana penalty save.
The Red Devils began that European campaign with a 4-3 defeat to Bayern Munich and it is this defeat at the Allianz Arena that is said to have raised alarm bells among those at the club.
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According to a report from The Times, United players were reportedly hugging and high-fiving in the aftermath of the defeat to Thomas Tuchel's side.
The report goes on to claim that the reason behind this was that the players were happy to have shrunk the margin that they lost.
United had been two goals down but late goals from Casemiro meant the Red Devils only lost by a single goal in Munich.
United's loser mentality summed up If this report is true and players were indeed hugging and high-fiving each other after the defeat to Bayern, it points to a concerning trend amongst the United players.
The standards have been lowered to levels not seen at Old Trafford for years and it does appear that a change was needed sooner rather than later.
With a new manager set to take charge at United, these standards have to be raised if the Red Devils are to return to the summit of English football.
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