The excitement at Old Trafford was sparked by a 20-year-old who does not yet have a big name internationally: Mason Greenwood.
The move to take Greenwood out of the game and let Edinson Cavani continue playing, Rangnick later explained that the Uruguayan was “a tad more offensive”. The 63-year-old’s reasoning is absolutely understandable – but the episode also shows that the “Coach from Germany” does not yet have the status in Manchester where everyone follows him without reservation.
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The results are not good enough for that.
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Rangnick recorded three wins, two draws and one defeat in his first six competitive games – five in the league and one in the Champions League. Is it a success that he has won half of his games or is it a disappointment that he and his star ensemble have not won three times?
Experts and fans have not yet adopted a point of view.
United has “an incredible amount of quality, but sometimes quality is not all that matters,” said Shaw. “When I was on the pitch, I didn’t have the feeling that we are all there together.” Wolverhampton was “left completely in control”.
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Football expert Pete Sharland from Eurosport Great Britain sees the trainer and the team equally responsible for remedying the deficits. “One of the biggest construction sites is the fact that the team cannot or does not want to implement the pressing required by Rangnick. In my opinion, he has to move away from his system, otherwise the next defeat will only be a matter of time.”
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Without Ronaldo, with eight league goals and six Champions League goals, the clear top scorer in the team, it would look even darker.
Rangnick tries tactically to develop offensive power. The successor to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who retired on November 21, relies on a 4-4-2 system with a double six. Under the Norwegian, United had mostly played with only one real tip in 4-2-3-1.
Noises get louder: Neville questions atmosphere
But the difficulties remain. “Today we had the same problems that the team had three or four weeks ago – like before my time,” said Rangnick after the Wolverhampton game. “I knew it was going to be a difficult job.”
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Sharland expert agrees. “Overall, the squad is poorly put together. It doesn’t help if you just replace the coach. So it remains to be seen to what extent the current setbacks are really bad.”
As expected, in the wake of the result and offensive crisis, background noises appear. The British “Mail” claims to have learned that the professionals are unhappy about the later training times under Rangnick, especially during the darker season.
“Sky Sports” expert Gary Neville, club legend with over 600 games for United, had doubts about the atmosphere in the squad. “Something is wrong there. There is definitely complaining,” said the 46-year-old. “The mood in the locker room is very important and I don’t think that they all harmonize with each other at the moment,” Neville speculated a few days ago.
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Martial let him know “that he would like to change. I can understand that he would like to leave to get more playing time elsewhere”. In fact, the Frenchman currently plays a minor role and has not yet played a 90-minute game in the league or Champions League. Farewell is considered likely.
Edinson Cavani of Manchester United
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The situation at Cavani is completely different. Here Rangnick insists on the fulfillment of the contract, which runs until June 30th. “He knows that I won’t let him go. For me he is a very important player for the rest of the season. His professionalism and work ethic are great,” said the coach on the top shelf for compliments.
“Check out this performance from tonight”
Rangnick knows that too, but he is currently more frustrated. “Look at this performance tonight,” the coach rumbled. “If I now say that we are 100 percent convinced that we will make it into the top four, then I don’t know whether the people here can do it for me.”
However, it is expected that he and his team will win the next five league games. It goes against Aston Villa, West Ham United, Burnley, Southampton and Leeds United. It can be 15 points, because the much-quoted weeks of truth are then: United will play against Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool within 14 days.
After that, at the latest, there will be again excitement in Old Trafford – the only question is whether it is positive or negative in nature.
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