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Manchester United suffered their first defeat of the calendar 12 months with Fulham taking residence all three factors from Previous 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 have been restricted and he selected to play Victor Lindelof as left again whereas handing Omari Forson his first begin within the league.
The staff 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. Although the Pink Devils had received 4 league video games on the trot, not one of the shows have been completely convincing particularly the earlier win towards Luton.
The victories have been papering over the cracks and on Saturday, the dam burst with Alex Iwobi grabbing an harm time winner after Harry Maguire had equalised in ninetieth minute.
The supervisor’s makes an attempt at making an attempt to win the ball increased up the pitch has not labored all season with the midfield virtually non-existent at instances and the identical was on show towards the Cottagers.
Why he doesn’t revert to a unique strategy is obscure. Final season, a extra balanced strategy had served the staff so properly.
Casemiro has not been the identical pressure as he was final season and it was the identical on Saturday. And the defence shouldn’t be fleet-footed and therefore the opposition had a subject day operating on the again 4.
And up entrance, Marcus Rashford, handed the accountability of main the road within the absence of the Dane, put in one more disappointing show.
Massive 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 the moment with Anthony Martial sidelined as properly.
The supervisor will level to lacking personnel however how the staff’s shows drop off with out Martinez could be very regarding.
The previous Ajax coach appears to don’t have any Plan B with out the World Cup winner and with three key males lacking, alarm bells are ringing at Previous Trafford forward of the Manchester derby.
Possibilities of a top-four end may be slipping away and that will negatively impression the futures of a number of people within the staff.
INEOS’ arrival had crammed the air with positivity however supporters have been introduced again all the way down to Earth. And Sir Jim Ratcliffe might need some concepts concerning the futures of some big-name stars and the supervisor.
