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It looks like impressing in opposition to Barcelona as a Manchester United loanee will not be a sample in any case.
Mason Greenwood failed to copy Facundo Pellistri’s heroics in opposition to FC Barcelona as his Getafe group misplaced 4-0 to the Catalans.
Greenwood had a sport to overlook as Barcelona stifled his menace efficiently by surrounding him with gamers each time he touched the ball.
They have been clearly conscious of the menace the on-loan United ahead posed and deliberate accordingly to ship him to the periphery of the sport.
Greenwood tried his greatest to weave away from the eye and accomplished two key passes, however may by no means be impactful for his group.
He ended the sport with solely 32 touches, trying solely 20 passes and finishing 16.
He didn’t full any of his three tried crosses and misplaced possession of the ball a team-high 11 instances, pointing to a irritating night for the ahead. (Stats by way of sofascore)
Nothing he did got here off properly and the end result was his aspect being on the receiving finish of a battering on the identical day United misplaced to Fulham at residence in a listless attacking show.
A foul day for United attackers general. Greenwood could have the possibility to bounce again from this defeat when Getafe host Las Palmas on March 2.
Pellistri was contained properly by Las Palmas for Granada and eyes can be on Greenwood in that sport to see how he offers with the menace.
With Sir Jim Ratcliffe lately preserving the door open for his potential return to the group, the curiosity in his performances is certain to develop additional.
The membership and the participant are gearing for a pivotal summer time the place a ultimate decision over his future is predicted after a farce of a summer time stuffed with u-turns by a panicked United hierarchy final yr.
