Earlier this morning, eight KEY Manchester United players who were vital to Manchester United’s success has Left Old Trafford in response to the club’s failure to SACK Eric Ten Hag
The last time Manchester United marched into territory belonging to Manchester City, it didn’t take long until they were eager to march back out again.
Before the referee Michael Oliver had even blown his whistle for the halftime break, United was already trailing by a score of 4-0, and blue patches were beginning to develop in the opposing team’s end of the pitch. United was completely blown away by the two goals scored by Phil Foden and Erling Haaland, who each completed a hat-trick after the halftime break.
On that particular afternoon, a significant portion of City’s craftsmanship was displayed from their right-hand side, as Foden gave Tyrell Malacia a runaround on the occasion of the latter’s first appearance in a derby. Despite the fact that the Dutchman had been sidelined for the all of this season due to an injury, he did not return after the break and Luke Shaw took his place.
Pep Guardiola will undoubtedly be focusing on United’s left side as a potential area of weakness that his team can attack, despite the fact that Foden is expected to occupy the left flank in City’s front-three when the two teams compete in the most recent round of this famous rivalry on Sunday afternoon. Taking everything into consideration, the Reds are going through something of a crisis at left back.
Erik ten Hag does not have a natural senior alternative accessible to him because Shaw and Malacia are both dealing with injuries that prevent them from playing. While Victor Lindelof was starting against Fulham the previous weekend, Sofyan Amrabat was given the opportunity to play against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup the next week. This was due to the fact that Lindelof had moved to centre back in order to cover for Harry Maguire’s absence.
Despite the fact that he did not commit a great deal of errors, the Moroccan is likely to be put through a much greater amount of testing by City than he was at Forest. If all went according to plan, Ten Hag would probably like to transfer Diogo Dalot to the left side of the pitch; but, due to Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s injury, this is not a possibility.
In point of fact, it appears as though the journey across Manchester would have been the perfect game for Amrabat to pair up with Casemiro in the defensive-midfield spot and provide the back-four with as much protection as would have been feasible. Instead, the loanee from Fiorentina, who has not featured as much as he would have wanted so far this season, will almost probably be playing left back. He has not quite lived up to his potential.
