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Manchester United suffered an embarrassing 3-1 loss by the hands of Manchester Metropolis on the Etihad.
Marcus Rashford’s screamer within the opening eight minutes of proceedings was cancelled out by a Phil Foden brace and a late Erling Haaland purpose.
United have now misplaced 11 league video games and 16 matches throughout all competitions to date this season.
In opposition to Metropolis, the Purple Devils solely had 26% possession compared to their rivals’ 76% share of the ball.
United managed only one shot on track from their whole three cracks at purpose. The reigning Premier League champions had 27 pictures at purpose, with eight of those requiring Andre Onana to intervene.
Erik ten Hag’s males accomplished 288 passes with a cross accuracy of 79%.
Metropolis put collectively 792 passes with a hit fee of 91%.
There have been only some United stars who confirmed up reminiscent of Rashford, Andre Onana and Diogo Dalot.
Dalot particularly was good and did effectively in opposition to Jeremy Doku, who needed to be taken off and Julian Alvarez introduced on in his place.
The complete-back gained 100% of the tackles he engaged in. He tried three and emerged out on high all on three events.
He additionally accomplished 100% of all of the dribbles he launched into through the match. Dalot gained 100% of the aerial duels he was required to contest.
The 24-year-old had an 80% duel win fee to his title. He gained eight of the ten contests he delved into.
Diogo Dalot’s recreation by numbers vs. Man Metropolis:
100% sort out win fee
100% dribbles accomplished
100% aerial duels gained
80% duels win fee
8/10 duels gained
3/3 tackles gainedMan Utd’s finest participant once more… 🛡🛡🛡 pic.twitter.com/1s35BmRAwr
— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) March 3, 2024
Dalot has arguably been United’s most constant star this time period and when the 20-time English champions had been severely up in opposition to it vs. Metropolis, stood as much as be counted as soon as extra.
He didn’t need to be on the dropping facet and is among the few positives followers can take from the 1-3 defeat.
