Bola.net – Blunders from Harry Maguire and David de Gea saw Manchester United lose 0-3 to Sevilla. Christian Eriksen admitted that he was annoyed by the behavior of his colleague.
Man United was originally required to win in the second leg of the 2022/2023 Europa League quarter-finals. The two teams previously drew 2-2 in the first leg.
However, the final result at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan was not what was expected. Man United lost badly to Sevilla, Friday (21/4/2023) WIB.
Two of the three goals scored by the hosts in that match were the result of blunders by two Man United players. Maguire blundered in the 8th minute which was Sevilla’s first goal, then in the 80th minute it was de Gea’s turn to blunder to become Sevilla’s third goal.
1 of 4 pages
Very Fatal
Eriksen explained, mistakes like that should have been anticipated. Because in an important and stressful match like this, the consequences can be fatal.
“Sometimes we all have good days, sometimes we have bad days. And today was a bad day for us,” Eriksen told bt sports.
“The mistakes we made were like that [blunder], made them punish us quickly. We weren’t strong enough to catch up either.”
2 of 4 pages
Lots of Wrong
According to the midfielder, his team appeared with lots of mistakes in that match. Even the number could be more than usual.
“We were nervous when we did the build-up. Then we made a lot of mistakes than we usually do,” said Eriksen.
“If we give away easy goals like that, we will definitely lose,” he continued.
3 of 4 pages
Game Control Failed
Meanwhile, Eriksen had to admit that he and his colleagues failed to control the game from the start of the match. As a result the home team is growing minute by minute.
“It was really difficult for us to get into the match from the first minute. We gave them lots of opportunities to attack,” said the player.
Source: BT Sport
4 of 4 pages
Complete results of the 2022/2023 Europa League Second Leg Quarter-Finals
Friday, April 21, 2023
02.00 WIB | Sevilla 3-0 Manchester United (En-Nesyri 8′, 80′, Bade 47′) (Agg: 5-2)
02.00 WIB | AS Roma 4-1 Feyenoord (Spinazzola 60′, Dybala 89′, Shaarawy 101′, Pellegrini 109′; Paixao 80′) (Agg: 4-2)
02.00 WIB | Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Juventus(Edwards 20′ (Pen); Rabiot 9′) (Agg: 1-2)
02.00 WIB | Union St. Gilloise 1-4 Bayer Leverkusen (Teho 64′; Diaby 2′, Bakker 38′, Frimpong 60′, Hlozek 79′) (Agg: 2-5)
