Manchester United’s struggles continued in a bruising Boxing Day defeat at Vitor Pereira’s resurgent Wolves as Matheus Cunha scored one and provided another after Bruno Fernandes saw red.

Gary O’Neil’s successor followed up Sunday’s 3-0 victory at Leicester with another impressive win as the Portuguese’s first match at Molineux ended with a huge boost in their bid to stay up.

Wolves deserved their 2-0 win, exposing the set piece frailties of Ruben Amorim’s stumbling side as Cunha beat Andre Onana directly from a corner shortly after Fernandes’ third sending off the season.

Star man Cunha – whose availability had been in doubt with a Football Association misconduct charge hanging over him – teed up substitute Hwang Hee-chan to wrap things up at the death.

The result means United slump to 14th in the Premier League, extending Ruben Amorim's difficult start to life at Old Trafford. Here are the damning stats behind the start of his reign:

Manchester United have lost four of their last five games in the Premier League, as many defeats as in their previous 15 matches in the competition (W7 D4). Indeed, only Everton and Southampton (both 9) have failed to score in more different games this season than their seven.

Rúben Amorim is the first Manchester United manager to lose as many as five of his first 10 games in charge of the club in all competitions since Walter Crickmer in January 1932 (6/10).

No side has conceded more goals from corners in the Premier League this season than Manchester United (9 – level with Wolves). Indeed, it’s the second goal the Red Devils have conceded directly from a corner in the competition after Junior Stanislas for Bournemouth in December 2015.

Bruno Fernandes is the first Manchester United player to be sent off three times in a season in all competitions since Nemanja Vidic in 2008-09 (also 3).