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Rating an early objective out of nowhere, settle again and play for a end result whereas hoping for an opportunity on the counter.
That was Erik ten Hag’s recreation plan for Manchester Metropolis and it was virtually working too, even after Phil Foden scored one among his personal “out of nowhere”.
Nevertheless, a late flurry added gloss to the scoreline for Metropolis they usually ran out finally because the victors.
The late flurry, coincidentally, additionally got here when Ten Hag despatched on Antony and later, Sofyan Amrabat.
It’s a signal of United’s weak bench that when United needed a objective, a defensive midfielder got here on alongside a participant appears like he hasn’t scored one in ages.
Nicely, not less than Antony didn’t concede one and make it more durable for United than it already was. Credit score for that goes to Sofyan Amrabat.
The Moroccan was robbed in his personal half by Rodri who slipped in a easy go for Haaland in behind to attain Metropolis’s third and finish the sport as a contest on the scoreboard as properly.
In his eight-minute look, Amrabat managed to drop a disasterclass for the ages.
He misplaced possession two instances in a recreation the place United not often had the ball within the first place, failed to finish his solely dribble, misplaced each his floor duels, misplaced his aerial duel, and topped it off with an error resulting in the objective.
Questions abounded over Amrabat struggling to match the depth of the Premier League they usually had been as soon as once more answered in emphatic trend.
Add to that Antony including additional strain on United by both straying offside, or working into blind alleys with the ball solely to lose it, and the truth of Ten Hag’s recruitment was laid naked.
The choice to not signal Amrabat completely has turned out to be a masterstroke nevertheless it maybe symbolises present United completely.
Even the one determination that ages properly available in the market is as a result of the participant has been worse than marketed.
