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Manchester United travel to Goodison Park this weekend to play Everton in the Premier League.
And Ole Gunnar Solskjaer knows that he has to win the match, or at least avoid defeat, or his nearly two-year tenure as manager could be open, especially with Mauricio Pochettino so publicly making known his availability.
The Norwegian was under pressure after a poor start to the season, which saw the club take just one point from home in four games, losing to Arsenal at Old Trafford for the first time in 14 years last Sunday.
And the calls for a change from disgruntled United fans will be even louder after Wednesday’s night’s embarrassing defeat in the Champions League to Istanbul Besaksehir, a team making their debut in the competition this season.
More inept defending handed the Turks a two-goal lead, and although Anthony Martial pulled one back, the performance of too many of the team was lacklustre.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.