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Manchester United suffered their first defeat of the calendar yr with Fulham taking residence all three factors from Outdated Trafford courtesy of a 2-1 win on Saturday.
A spate of accidents earlier than the sport noticed Rasmus Hojlund and Luke Shaw drop out and the duo have joined Lisandro Martinez on the sidelines.
Erik ten Hag’s choices had been restricted and he selected to play Victor Lindelof as left again whereas handing Omari Forson his first begin within the league.
The workforce put in one of many worst shows of the season, permitting Fulham to completely dominate them and this time their luck ran out.
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This outcome has been coming for someday now. Despite the fact that the Purple Devils had received 4 league video games on the trot, not one of the shows had been completely convincing particularly the earlier win towards Luton.
The victories had been papering over the cracks and on Saturday, the dam burst with Alex Iwobi grabbing an damage time winner after Harry Maguire had equalised in ninetieth minute.
The supervisor’s makes an attempt at attempting to win the ball larger up the pitch has not labored all season with the midfield nearly non-existent at occasions and the identical was on show towards the Cottagers.
Why he doesn’t revert to a distinct method is obscure. Final season, a extra balanced method had served the workforce so effectively.
Casemiro has not been the identical drive as he was final season and it was the identical on Saturday. And the defence isn’t fleet-footed and therefore the opposition had a subject day working on the again 4.
And up entrance, Marcus Rashford, handed the accountability of main the road within the absence of the Dane, put in yet one more disappointing show.
Large stars failing
He failed to carry on to the ball, seemed disinterested and none of his touches paid off. There’s no person the supervisor can flip to at present with Anthony Martial sidelined as effectively.
The supervisor will level to lacking personnel however how the workforce’s shows drop off with out Martinez could be very regarding.
The previous Ajax coach appears to haven’t any Plan B with out the World Cup winner and with three key males lacking, alarm bells are ringing at Outdated Trafford forward of the Manchester derby.
Probabilities of a top-four end could be slipping away and that might negatively affect the futures of a number of people within the workforce.
INEOS’ arrival had stuffed the air with positivity however supporters have been introduced again all the way down to Earth. And Sir Jim Ratcliffe might need some concepts relating to the futures of some big-name stars and the supervisor.
