United were denied a place in the Champions League knockout phase as Michael Lang’s late strike secured Basel a memorable, and deserved, 1-0 victory.
As Jose Mourinho’s men pushed for an equaliser, their Twitter account wrote: “90+1′ – Darmian’s cross finds Ibrahimovic, but his header is over the bar. #MUFC #UCL.”
But the tweet went down badly as supporters slammed the Italy international – despite Daley Blind coming out and admitting the defeat was his fault.
One fan wrote: “why is Darmian still at United?!????!!!!!!!”
Another said: “Still trust the players you brought in mourinho, none of them deserve to play, blind has an a**ehole the size of a hippos yawn now, Damian is woeful, Herrera Fellaini too slow and predictable.”
A fellow disgusted supporter said: “Even the thought of Darmian trying to cross the ball is leaving me in splits and boiling my blood simultaneously. That Italian is of no use.”
Others called for Damian to be flogged immediately.
“Darmian needs sold along with blind both shockingly bad” wrote one, while another fumed: “Sell Darmian, useless f**ker.*
Jose Mourinho’s men started Group A with four successive victories and could have qualified without even kicking a ball had CSKA Moscow failed to beat Benfica in the early kick-off.
It still appears a case of when rather if United reach the last-16, but Basel’s late 1-0 win means progress is not yet completely certain ahead of the Russians’ visit to Old Trafford next month.
Mourinho’s men still boast a three-point cushion but things could have been so different had his side showed cutting edge in the first half.
Marouane Fellaini saw a header cleared off the line and Anthony Martial’s cross hit the post, with Marcos Rojo seeing an outrageous long-range effort deflected onto the bar on his return from a cruciate ligament injury after 216 days out.
The visitors dominated the opening period but tailed off markedly after the break as Basel repeated their memorable win on United’s last visit to St Jakob-Park in 2011.
Lang hit the woodwork as Sergio Romero’s goal was met by wave after wave of attacks, with United’s defence eventually buckling in the 89th minute as Raoul Petretta’s cross was turned home by Lang.
