Manchester United

Opinion: Does the league table ever lie? ManUtd.com reporter Adam Marshall at Old Trafford. by.

In summary, Ten Hag and United have not had the easiest of starts. We will have back-to-back games against two of these (Fulham and Forest), before the year is out, even if there will be about six weeks between those fixtures, due to the World Cup in Qatar. Closer inspection of the table, in relation to our programme thus far, shows we have not faced any of the bottom five. Perhaps, on paper, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford should not have posed the hardest of tasks to get points on the board early on. However, it is impossible to deny that Ten Hag has been given a challenging start to life in the Premier League. These wins did all come at Old Trafford so a taxing assignment at Chelsea provides a chance to show we can also produce top-class performances in the biggest fixtures on the road.