Newcastle defeated Manchester United 1-0 at St. James’s Park in a depressing match.

After playing some good football in the first half, most of Manchester United’s players gave laughable performances in the second half.

Anthony Gordon’s goal for Newcastle in the second half meant that there wasn’t much, if any, attacking news from United to report.

The question of what Erik ten Hag has accomplished since returning to competition is raised by the uncomfortable game to watch and the performance that would have upset many people.

The following are the five conclusions that we reached:

Andre Onana responds effectively

The majority of the talk leading up to this game was about Andre Onana’s horrific errors during Galatasaray’s victory.

However, he remained remarkably steady throughout the match, displaying no symptoms of the Wednesday injury.

Unquestionably, Onana’s great saves and dominating claims have given him more confidence ahead of his Wednesday match against Chelsea.

Harry Maguire performs better than United

Harry Maguire has emerged as United’s main man of late, and their lead at halftime at St. James’ Park was presumably due to his outstanding play.

Maguire made a number of crucial clearances that allowed the defenders to keep their cool and eventually pass the ball to Luke Shaw.

Newcastle would ultimately concede a goal when they were always ahead, and that is precisely what occurred.

Marcus Rashford must have time to recover

After missing a midweek game, Marcus Rashford was back in the starting lineup, but he was awful, producing little more than one beautiful cross.

After calling the winger’s performance “criminal” at halftime, Jermaine Jenas substituted him in the 61st minute.

He displayed evidence of boredom and disinterest the entire game; instead of going forward on his own path, he flailed his arms and criticized others.

Everyone in attendance won’t want to see him back anytime soon after his performance.

An odd and unsettling program

We were outplayed, uninspired, and lacking in creativity with every passing ball; it felt like a team effort from the bottom half.

It’s peculiar since, well, we scored three goals against Everton over the weekend and once more in the middle of the week. But against Newcastle, we didn’t appear to care about scoring.

This squad has a serious issue that needs to be addressed immediately or Ten Hag may find himself in yet another precarious circumstance.

The group needs to be reconstructed

This exchange validated what was already known: this crew has advanced significantly. The most significant thing we discovered was that. With the exception of Harry Maguire, every Newcastle player is available to start for us at this time.

Every work must be completely rethought from the ground up, which will require time. Several football players might go as early as January if Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his new footballing hierarchy are effective.

There are those who, on the one hand, ought to be members of the club at this very moment. A significant amount of work remains to be done.