THE NOTEBOOK: Man United show pride with homegrown attack, Fulham finally dismiss their away day blues and it's an unhappy birthday for out-of-favour Antony
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Manchester United suffered what could be considered a shock defeat at the hands of Fulham on Saturday as their good run of form came to an end.
Harry Maguire thought he had given his side a point late on when he fired in from Bernd Leno's error, but Alex Iwobi was on hand to score a later-than-late winner to ensure the points headed back to London.
The result brought an end to a five-game winning run for United - four in the Premier League - and left them eight points off of a top four spot.
It was the worst possible start to the Sir Jim Ratcliffe era, and reminded the British billionaire that there's a lot of work to be done at the club.
Mail Sport's Nathan Salt takes a look at some of things you may have missed from United's victory at Kenilworth Road.

Manchester United suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Fulham on Saturday afternoon

The result brought an end to a four-game winning run from Erik ten Hag's side in the league

United were far from their best and are now eight points off the top four in the top division
AWAY DAY BLUES? NOT SO FAST
All the stats could do when Fulham pitched up here at Old Trafford was to remind them how unhappy a hunting ground this has been for them.
The Cottagers arrived with the second worst away record in the Premier League this season and had not won at Old Trafford since a 3-1 win back in 2003.
Even that win 21 years ago was their only three points here from 16 visits in the league.
Well, it was nice of United to help reset the clock with an abject display to send Fulham on their way. Marco Silva’s history makers.

Fulham won at Old Trafford for the first time since 2003, which was their only win from 16 visits in the league

The Cottagers had the second worst away record in the league and were heavy underdogs
CARRINGTON KIDS PAY OFF
The defeat will sting but there will be immense pride at United that they fielded a front three from the start that all came through their famed youth academy.
For all the money United have spent - a recent UEFA report crowned United with the most expensively assembled squad in Europe - it was three academy kids leading the line in Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford and Omari Forson, costing a total £325,000.
Now there’s value for money…

Omari Forson was handed a first start for United in an attack containing three players that all came from the academy
FULHAM COULDN’T HANDLE GARNACHO
Alejandro Garnacho is a slippery customer for a lot of Premier League teams but he proved a nightmare for Fulham.
In the first half alone he drew bookings on four Fulham players in Tosin Adarabioyo, Andreas Pereira, Alex Iwobi and Harry Wilson.
From a Fulham perspective it was at least Garnacho with his face buried in the turf as Iwobi scored the winner.

Alejandro Garnacho proved to be tricky for Fulham to deal with but couldn't help his side score a result
PENNY FOR ANTONY’S THOUGHTS
So much for a Happy Birthday.
The £86million winger must be wondering what his future holds after he was again overlooked, this time for 19-year-old Forson.
Antony hasn’t started a Premier League game this year and it was quite telling that Ten Hag intimated on Friday that the Brazilian needs to prove himself on the training ground before another opportunity comes his way.
Of his 20 league games so far this season he hasn’t managed a single goal or assist - albeit he got seconds at the end here to try and change that.
Given how hard Ten Hag fought to get him, it feels like his stock in the eyes of his manager has never been lower than it is right now.

Birthday boy Antony (right), meanwhile, who cost £85million, got mere seconds in the game
NEW BALLS PLEASE
This weekend marked the introduction of the new ‘Nike Flight Match Ball’.
It’s been four months of the Hi-Vis winter ball and so this is the third instalment of the season and this will take us to the conclusion of 2023-24.
United will hope for more luck with it moving forward, however.

This weekend marked the introduction of the new ‘Nike Flight Match Ball’ in the Premier League
U18S KEEPER
A quick nod to the U18s where they were met with the peculiar situation of running out of outfield subs.
3-0 up against Middlesbrough, United turned to Cameron Byrne-Hughes, a goalkeeper, to come on outfield.
He looked as surprised as everyone else as he had to ask to borrow a team-mate’s shirt.
Certainly a day to remember.

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