After their dismal loss to Liverpool earlier in the week, Manchester United lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0-3 at Old Trafford on Sunday. This was their second straight league home loss with the same score.

Everything went awry from the first kickoff, with the visitors pressing relentlessly and the hosts appearing slow and listless.

They paid dearly as Brennan Johnson scored the first goal with Lisandro Martinez nowhere in the frame and nearly all of the defenders taken off guard.

Without the heroics of Andre Onana, the Spurs would have been significantly superior to the Red Devils and could have scored many more goals.

This season, Lisandro has been subpar.After Kobbie Mainoo got hurt and Bruno Fernandes was given a straight red card, things took a turn for the worse, and it appeared that the hosts would have an uphill battle in the second half.

Once more, they failed to establish a clear strategy from the off, and it was the Argentina international who was at fault when he attempted to win the ball close to the halfway line but was unsuccessful.

Before Dominic Solanke secured the victory in the 77th minute, Dejan Kulusevski eventually scored the second from that same opportunity.

Erik ten Hag is also concerned about the Argentine’s decline, despite the media’s attention being focused primarily on the manager and his captain’s bad play due to United’s dismal start to the season.

Aside from the error that resulted in the second goal on Sunday, Martinez, the World Cup winner, also made mistakes with his passing, finishing the match with an accuracy rate of 88 percent. Of his long balls, only 56% were completed by a teammate.

He made zero tackles, won only 20% of his ground duels, and lost 67% of his aerial duels, giving the impression that his defense was weak. In the second half, he was also called for two fouls and given a yellow card for a poor tackle (all statistics courtesy of fotmob).

Let his manager down.Ten Hag moved the Argentina international into midfield after his team had down three goals; he had four shots and produced one opportunity. In the last third, he completed seven passes and had three touches in the opponent box. However, it was already too little, too late.

During a trying time for him, Ten Hag needed his former Ajax protégé to perform at the top of his game, but the 26-year-old has let him down. After the full-time whistle, he was spotted apologizing to the audience, but that won’t do much to cheer people up.

Now that the 20-time English league winners are just four points above the drop zone, it is imperative that INEOS fire the manager after yet another catastrophic start to the season.

Additionally, Martinez needs to get his act together because if a change is made, the new coach can decide not to continue picking him.