A season to forget so far for Manchester United brought a predictably dismal end to 2023.
The 2-1 defeat against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground swept away all the positive energy generated by the thrilling Boxing Day comeback against Aston Villa.
Proposed new club director Sir Dave Brailsford sat next to legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson for the latest painful staging post in an awful campaign that has already seen United lose an incredible 14 games - the most before the end of the year in a single season since 1930-31, when they finished bottom.