The opportunity to end 2011 on top of the Premier League table, with a home game against the league's bottom side, on manager Alex Ferguson's 70th birthday, was just far too much of an easy script to go according to plan—and so it proved as Blackburn Rovers beat Manchester United 3-2 at Old Trafford.
What did the game teach us about United's title hopes? Here are five things to look at and consider.
In the game itself, United dominated possession but with little end product as Nani in particular was often too wasteful, while a re-shuffled and awkward looking midfield had no creativity or fluidity about it.
Yakubu's early penalty and second-half solo goal was cancelled out by a Dimitar Berbatov brace, before Grant Hanley headed a late winner for the away team.
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