FANS blamed Andre Onana as Manchester United conceded straight from a corner for the SECOND time in eight days.
The highlight was a crazy start to the second period for the Red Devils as Bruno Fernandes had just seen red for his second stupid booking.
Matheus Cunha turned over a corner that went straight into the far corner as the struggling hosts took the lead after 58 minutes – before Hee Chan Hwang completed a 2-0 win in stoppage time.
Matt Doherty and Santiago Bueno seemed to be closing in on Onana.
And while the United keeper concentrated on those two Wolves players, he ignored Cunha's corner as it sailed over him and into the net.
Stand-in Red Devils stopper Altay Bayindir suffered the same humiliation days earlier during the 4-3 League Cup quarter-final defeat to Tottenham last week.
But there was little sympathy for Onana from fans after his Boxing Day blunder in the Premier League.
One posted: “I'm at a loss for words for Onana,” while another posted: “Terrible.”
A third just said it: “Our two goalkeepers conceded from right angles in one week.”
United have now scored ten regular goals this season.
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Even more astonishing is that eight such goals have been scored in the last seven games under new boss Ruben Amorim.
And former United captain Harry Maguire even admitted that opposition teams focus on dead-ball situations against the Red Devils.
He said: “Set plays are so important in football matches and they decide games.
“A lot of the games where it's tight and it's 50-50 are decided by the first goal. The first goal has been a set piece far too often against us and that's disappointing.
“I think teams are now clearly focusing on our area of set-piece situations.
“The strange thing is that I don't think we get many chances from them.
“They had a few set plays tonight and we handled them really well. Then they scored from one set.”
Asked how United can solve the set-piece problem, Maguire added: “Work, work, work more on the training pitch.
“It's hard work. Keep the faith and things will change, I know it.
“We have players who can defend the penalty area well and that will change. We just have to stick together.”
Wolves boss Vitor Pereira astonishingly revealed he planned for his team to score straight from a corner.
He said: “Of course we analyze every match and try to understand the spaces we can explore.”
United defensive legend Rio Ferdinand was more stunned than most.
Ferdy normally has a lot to say about major incidents, but this time he could only post: “No comment.”
One fan responded to the former England star's post with: “Seriously, we haven't learned anything about set pieces in the last few weeks. This is getting annoying.”
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