Man United drop closer to relegation zone as deadlock against Newcastle on a day without Bruno Fernandes

RUBEN AMORIM predicted at the start of December that a ‘storm’ was coming to Manchester United.

Yet the new boss cannot have forecast it would be quite this ferocious as his team slumped to a fourth straight defeat.

Newcastle’s Alexander Isak headed Newcastle in front early on

Joelinton doubled Newcastle’s advantage when he climbed above Lisandro Martinez

The Brazilian seemed to shoulder the ball in beyond Andre Onana

Ruben Amorim has now suffered four successive defeats

And the worry is that more dark clouds are gathering – it could get worse for the Portuguese with trips to Liverpool and then Arsenal to come next.

Already this is a storm every bit as bad as the one that has put paid to the Hogmanay celebrations north of the border.

The Red Devils were simply blown away in the first half by Eddie Howe’s rampant Toon who scored twice and should have had more.

Alexander Isak scored for a sixth straight Premier League game while Joelinton scored almost an identical second 15 minutes later.

Eddie Howe’s men are in electric form right now and they fully deserved only their second league win at the Theatre of Dreams in 40 visits.