Manchester United players were taunted by Bayern Munich fans as they warmed up before the crunch Champions League tie.
United went into the game against the German side with a mountain to climb, needing the beat the German champions and hope that Copenhagen versus Galatasaray ended in a draw.
And the Red Devils – who have endured a nightmare campaign so far – found themselves out of Europe completely after losing 1-0 on the night, thanks to Kingsley Coman’s goal.
Ten Hag’s men finished rock bottom of their Champions League group having won just one of their six group matches and losing four – and before the game even started the travelling Bayern fans added insult to injury with chants mocking the struggling team.
They taunted the players over their woeful recent form in a packed away end at the ground, chanting: ‘You’re s*** and you know you are’ as the home side warmed up.
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Manchester United players were mocked by Bayern Munich supporters as they warmed up before the match with Bayern Munich
United players are already low on confidence after a nightmare campaign under Erik ten Hag
United went on to lose 1-0 to the German giants in yet another defeat at Old Trafford
And the mocking didn’t stop there – as they adopted the famous English football chant ‘Football’s Coming Home’, serenading their team while United’s home support was silenced.
The German supporters ended up enjoying a great trip away from home as their team – spearheaded by England captain Harry Kane – ran out winners as they finished top of their group and moved into the knockout rounds.
The result comes off the back of a hugely embarrassing defeat in the Premier League for United after losing 3-0 at home to Bournemouth in the Premier League at the weekend, their fifth defeat in 10 matches despite a reasonably solid short-term run prior to the match.
After losing 3-0 to rivals City in the Manchester derby at the end of October and by the same score to Newcastle in the EFL Cup, United went on a good run domestically, starting with beating Fulham 1-0 on November 4.
Their poor European form continued, however, as they lost 4-3 in Copenhagen with Marcus Rashford sent off.
Bayern fans were in full voice as they enjoyed their trip to Manchester on Tuesday
They then enjoyed back-to-back clean sheets against Luton and Everton, but a 3-3 draw in Turkey against Galatasaray left their qualification hopes hanging by a thread.
A dire performance away to Newcastle in the Premier League followed, where a few of Erik ten Hag’s players were questioned regarding their attitude, but the Dutchman won the Premier League Manager of the Month award with Harry Maguire winning the players’ version.
They looked to have turned a corner by beating Chelsea 2-1 last week with a fresh team, but the heavy defeat to Bournemouth looked to have put them back to square one.
And after yet another damaging loss, Ten Hag decided to remain upbeat and claimed they played ‘good football’ against Bayern.
‘We played some good football in the Champions League. We have to take some good performances into the Premier League. We want to be back in the Champions League.
Manager Ten Hag decided to remain upbeat despite another embarrassing defeat
‘We didn’t lose it today, that’s clear. We had good performances but also we made mistakes. In the end it was not good enough.
‘The facts are we do not have enough points. We are disappointed as a group, as a manager, I am disappointed. We should have done better.’
While Bayern fans were in high spirits, their team didn’t go into the game in the best of form, sitting second in the Bundesliga behind Leverkusen, four points away with a game in hand.
Despite beating Cologne 1-0 in the Bundesliga at the end of November, they stuttered to claiming victory in the Champions League group with a 0-0 draw with Copenhagen on November 29.
They then returned to domestic action with a shock 5-1 defeat to Frankfurt on Saturday, with all five home goals coming before the hour mark.
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