Manchester United hopes of Champions League football evaporated after a lethargic draw at bottom club Huddersfield.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side saw any chance of a top four finish dashed as they registered another woeful display.
Luke Shaw’s horror mistake midway through the second half allowed Isaac Mbenza to fire home the crucial equaliser to Scott McTominay’s opener.
And now the club has nothing but pride to fight for against Cardiff next weekend as their season ends in turmoil.
Injuries have hit hard for Solskjaer in the past few weeks, so much so that he was only able to call upon Marcus Rashford as his loan striker from the start.
Alexis Sanchez got a rare start out wide on the left, with McTominay rewarded for looking sharp in training with a place in the midfield.
Both looked to justify their manager’s decision in the opening minutes as United took a grip on the game.
Sanchez was full of running and purpose in the opening minutes, causing problems in the Huddersfield defence.
McTominay opened the scoring eight minutes from the start with Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl playing a major part.
McTominay ran in the box nto and drilled a low shot with his left foot straight at Lossl, who then got his feet mixed up and allowed the ball to go past his knees into the net.
The Premier League’s worst side were there for the taking and United continued to take the game to them with Sanchez and Paul Pogba linking up well and making good runs from deep.
But at the end of first half, United the common mistakes started to arrive as the Terriers.
Phil Jones had already lost his man once and been saved by Victor Lindelof before he gave possession away just outside his own area.
And this time he was fortunate that David De Gea stood big to keep out Karlon Grant’s low shot.
Pogba then saw a header cannon back off the crossbar, but by the break there was already the whiff of trouble ahead for the visitors.
Sanchez had disappeared by the time he was substituted with an injury in the 53rd minute.
But worse was to follow on the hour mark when Shaw completely missed a long Lossl clearance to allow Mbenza in to score through the legs of De Gea.
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