Manchester United blame after lesson against City: ‘We let our fans down’

It is a violent return to earth. A terrible setback. Manchester United suffered a humiliating lesson on their neighbor’s lawn this Sunday. City slapped the Red Devils (6-3) by clearly slowing down at the end of the match when Erling Haaland and Phil Foden had allowed the defending champions to lead 6-1 against their rival. “City deserve this success, but it has nothing to do with City. Our performance was not good. (…) We did not show enough courage“, annoyed an Erik ten Hag logically reassembled after such disillusion.

Manchester United’s latest outings could however suggest that Man. U. had found the right formula. And was ready for such a shock. Since the already humiliating 4-0 at Brentford on August 13, Raphaël Varane’s teammates had signed four convincing victories in the Premier League, including a promising one against Arsenal (3-1) to get back into the top third of the standings. . But everything exploded on Sunday. The Red Devils were unable to put their game in place, rarely chaining more than three passes in a row.

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We lacked courage

A disaster linked to the talent of Haaland and co, who however believe “to be able to do better“, according to Pep Guardiola. But above all, to the state of mind displayed by the players of Manchester United. “It’s a lack of conviction“, explained Ten Hag, the United manager. “When you don’t believe in it on the pitch, it’s unacceptable. Then you find yourself not respecting the rules. And you get punished, that’s what happened to us. (…) If you don’t don’t beat, you have problems against teams like Manchester City“.

A scathing observation shared by Christian Eriksen. “We can only blame ourselvesrecognized the Dane on Sky Sports. We lacked the courage to start from behind and let them play to their strengths. There are a lot of things to change. Many things we need to do better“. And that’s a mild understatement, obviously after such an outing. As after the disaster against Brentford, the Mancunians will have to put everything back together. And find the strings to start again.

The second period, marked by the double of Anthony Martial, could bring some reasons to be positive. It allowed the Red Devils to show something else. “We changed our attitude after the break. We have seen a different Manchester United. We were braver on the ball.” enjoyed Ten Hag. But that’s not what will make us forget this defeat. And the terrible gap between the two neighboring teams this Sunday on the meadow. “At the moment, I can’t think of the positives, chained the former coach of Ajax Amsterdam. We let our fans down, we let ourselves down and we are extremely disappointed.”

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