What Is Worrying Jose Manchester United

It may just be the shock. The surprise that hiring a decorated manager and buying the most expensive player in the world has not been enough to immediately fix everything.

Problems always seems far worse once an obvious solution has not worked right away. And after three defeats in a row, that is where Manchester United are.

United, Jose Mourinho, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic seemed like a perfect fit. And for the first month of the season, it went well.

But big clubs are never more than one game away from crisis and United have lost three on the bounce.

It is the first time Mourinho has endured such a run since 2002 and his time in charge of Porto.

Jose Mourinho lost his third game in a row at Watford.

But after managing Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, he will know how these things work.

Just as there is not one reason behind three season's of underachievement, there is not one reason in particular why United have lost three consecutive games.

Mourinho admitted after the defeat to Manchester City it was a mistake to pick Jesse Lingard and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, neither of whom looked fully fit.

The Europa League tie with Feyenoord resembled a pre-season friendly with so many players making their first appearances of the season. And at Vicarage Road, Watford set up in a system that seemed to nullify everything United tried to do.