At the end of the two-week Corona break, Manchester United struggled to prevent the first defeat under coach Ralf Rangnick.
The English football record champions parted ways with relegation candidate Newcastle United on Monday evening after an overall poor performance in the away league game 1: 1 (0: 1).
Substitute Edinson Cavani (71st minute) saved at least one point for Manchester after falling behind due to Allan Saint-Maximin (7th).
After Rangnick took over as interim coach at the beginning of December, Man United had won both league games 1-0 and at the end of the Champions League group stage they played 1-1 against Young Boys Bern.
Before Christmas, two Red Devils Premier League games for superstar Cristiano Ronaldo were postponed after several Corona failures in the team.
After defender Raphaël Varane lost the ball, Saint-Maximin gave Newcastle an early lead with a shot falling from 14 meters.
Manchester struggled for a long time, Rangnick replaced Cavani and former Dortmund's Jadon Sancho at the second half.
First, however, keeper David de Gea prevented Saint-Maximin (47th) from going 2-0 with a strong reflex.
Manchester pushed more and more, veteran Cavani made the balance in the margin.
Shortly before the end, Newcastle hit the post, de Gea also saved again.
Since the favorites' final offensive was also unsuccessful, United has slipped to seventh place for the time being, but has even more games to play compared to several better-placed teams.