Ratcliffe was watching his side suffer another humiliation... raising the same old questions about the direction of the club and, particularly, the position of head coach Erik ten Hag.
Instead of a rebirth, however, just three games into the season, Ten Hag finds himself back in all-too-familiar territory, under pressure after his ramshackle side were outplayed by Liverpool.
What is particularly difficult for Ten Hag to justify is how much better coached Liverpool looked than United.
Yet Arne Slot, the new Reds head coach, has taken just two months and three games to earn a landmark result with his brand of high-tempo, possession football.
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