This surely was the day when priorities changed at Manchester United, the day that any thoughts of retaining the Barclays Premier League title were replaced by a rather more pragmatic need to finish the season in the top four.
Losing their grip on the title has never been viewed as a disaster by this great club. It has happened before and will inevitably happen again this season.
Failure to qualify for the Champions League, however, would represent a very real blow and, with more than half of the season gone, this now represents a very real threat.
After this latest stumble at home, United manager David Moyes presented his own assessment.
'We played well,' he said.
Moyes’ stubbornness in the face of media questioning was understandable.
So, too, was his view that his team had created enough opportunities to win.
They had.
It was a similar story after December defeats here to Newcastle and Everton.
That being the case, though, he must ask himself how and why United ended up losing these games. As he will know, it has to be about more than hard luck.
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