Manchester United fell to a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United at Old Trafford in our final game of the calendar year.
The visitors opened the scoring after only four minutes, courtesy of an Alexander Isak header, and didn't take their foot off the throttle from there, adding another through Joelinton with 20 minutes played.
Attacks of our own proved difficult to come by in the opening half and, in truth, a second Isak effort ruled out for offside and Sandro Tonali clattering against a post from yards out left a feeling that the situation was not as bad as it might have been for the Reds on another night.