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Ralf Rangnick's Manchester United honeymoon is over, as struggles at Newcastle proved

NEWCASTLE, England -- Ralf Rangnick now knows the true magnitude of the job he has taken on as interim manager at Manchester United. When he wasn't shaking his head on the touchline during a dismal 1-1 draw at Newcastle on Monday, Rangnick was rubbing his forehead in frustration.

The only positive for the man who replaced the dismissed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer earlier this month was that his team's second-half performance was better than its first -- but it would have been virtually impossible for Man United to have been any worse.

"I didn't like the performance at all," Rangnick said.