Dimitar Berbatov's reaction to seeing Manchester United drop into the Premier League relegation zone after Nottingham Forest's victory over Manchester City is going viral.

The former striker, who scored 56 goals in 149 appearances for United between 2008 and 2012, was on punditry duty for beIN Sports as the action unfolded.

He watched on as goals from Jair Cunha and a Liam Delap (2) secured a 3-1 victory for Oliver Glasner's side, lifting them out of the relegation zone and above the Reds into 16th place.

After the full-time whistle, beIN Sports decided to get Berbatov's live reaction to the bottom half of the Premier League table.

“I don’t believe that," he said, after putting his head in his hands. "The way United are playing, they deserve to be there, honestly. But tomorrow, they have a game."

United will be hoping to climb out of the drop zone on Sunday afternoon, when they take on Aston Villa at Old Trafford. They are currently two points behind 17th place Coventry with a game in hand.

Michael Carrick responds to United being in relegation zone

Ahead of United's clash against Villa, Carrick was asked whether there would be a stigma attached to his side being in the bottom three for the first time at this stage of the season in 40 years.

"Not for me, no," Carrick said. "We've got to keep moving forward and winning games, simple as that.

"There's no words that I'm going to explain to you now that makes it [being in relegation zone] any difference, it's not going to change it. We've got to move forward and win football matches, it's as simple as that."

Carrick added: "You can look at it like that [negatively] and you can look at how far you can move up the league quite quickly if you win football matches. So that's the way it's got to be approached, for sure."

Man Utd made contact with Didier Deschamps over replacing Michael Carrick

With United struggling for form, Carrick's future is uncertain, to say the least.

According to Foot Mercato's Santi Aouna, they have made 'inquiries' about appointing former France head coach Didier Deschamps, who is said to be not 'entirely keen' on the idea.

In fact, he has told United that he has no interest in becoming their next manager, according to The Mirror.