Manchester United’s Struggles Continue: Ten Hag’s Risky Rotation and Unbeaten Aston Villa Face Off

1. Singha Rung takes Duran and continues to sit.

Aston Villa, who have had a fantastic performance, unbeaten for the last seven games, winning six games in all competitions, still use Jon Duran as a substitute as usual.

Singha Rising team manager Unai Emery chose to field Ollie Watkins as a regular starter, even though the Colombian national team striker was able to play the role of star player again in the home game against Bayern . 0 in the Champions League on Wednesday.

However, Matty Cash returned to start this match. In all, the Spanish coach rotated three starters from the win over the Southern Tigers, using Cash, Ross Barkley and Leon Bailey ahead of Diego Carlos and Amadou Onana and Jacob Ramsey

2. The Red Devils bought Evans to control the back.

Manchester United manager Eric ten Hag caused a shock by fielding veteran defender Jonny Evans alongside Harry Maguire, who saved the team from a head-to-head draw with Porto 3 -3 in last Thursday’s Europa League match.

The Dutch manager, whose side have had a poor run of form without a win in their last four games in all competitions, opted to solve the dire defensive problem by leaving out both Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez sitting on the sidelines, like Casemiro, who returned to his position in midfield for Cobby Menu, who had recovered from his injury.

As for the attacking line, Marcus Rashford still started despite being substituted in the second half despite a good performance in the match against Porto.

3. Veterans don’t die.

By turning to Evans to play alongside Maguire in the central position, Red Devils fans may be scratching their heads as to what Ten Hag is thinking as this is the first time the two have been out together in Premier League games since their narrow 1-0 win over Fulham in extra time in November 2023.

In this case, Ten Hag explained to the media before the game for the same reason that it was a rotation because the Red Devils had many programs to play on the field even though this was the last game before they went into time to make room for the field. national team again.

Whatever the case, the 36-year-old seemed to be no weak link in Villa’s attack, and he played so strongly that he even won the Man of the Match award after helping the team to a 0-0 draw. -0.

Until after the game Former national team The Northern Ireland international revealed that Ten Hag told him in advance that he would play in the game after coming on as a substitute against Porto in the Europa League.

So it could mean that Ten Hag have decided to make a risky decision at Villa Park by relying on a young defender after the previous two games Manchester United conceded three goals each, putting him at risk of being put down. And it turned out to be very effective.

Nevertheless, you can be sure that Ten Hag will play Evans with Maguire to solve immediate problems only, because the team cannot rely on De Ligt or Martinez at this stage. And there is no way he can stick with the young center half as his permanent first choice.

4. He’s angry, angry, angry more.

After taking a point away from Villa Park in the crucial game, Ten Hag continued their miserable streak as they went on a five-match winless streak in all competitions.

Ten Hag’s Red Devils have scored just four goals in the last five games and conceded seven. The goal difference remains negative, indicating that he cannot improve his sluggish attack. Introduces a weak defensive game to the team.

Counting only Premier League games, Manchester United could not find a target in the last three games, a total of 308 minutes.

From the start of the first 7 league games, Ten Hag led the team to collect only 8 points, which is the worst performance in the club’s Premier League football history, and if compared to when he was still First Division One It was their worst result since the 1989/90 season, in which Manchester United picked up 7 points in the first 7 games before finishing 13th in the league, with the Red Devils currently in the 14th record

However, the Red Devils have always had a good record against Villa Park and Ten Hag were able to continue this performance for the team despite not being able to win.

Even Emery’s team is in good form. But in the end, they couldn’t overcome the struggling Red Devils, meaning that Villa beat this Manchester side in their own nest in one game. out of the last 26 games (1 win, 9 draws, 16 losses), it was Emery who led the team to victory in his first game in November 2022. The Spanish coach led the team to defeat beat Manchester United 3-1.

Meanwhile, the Red Devils have taken three points from Villa in Premier League games, the most in 40 games.

5. Red Devils next 5 game record

After leading the team to attack and share points from Villa, it turned around the expectations as the two teams had different results like the sky and the abyss. It must be accepted that Ten Hag may continue to lead the team for another term, even if the Red Devils board has a big meeting in London next week.

However, the aftermath of a five game winless streak in all competitions has continued to weigh on the Dutch coach. And if he continues to create bad results after the break in the game of the national team ends. There is no doubt that rumors about a change of manager for the Red Devils will circulate again.

In the case that Ten Hag is still responsible for the board to continue working for another term. We should take a look and see if Manchester United’s next five games will be difficult or not. And will the head coach be able to open the eyes of his team?

Manchester United – Brentford (Premier League) 19 October.

Fenerbahce – Manchester United (Europa League) 24 October.

West Ham – Manchester United (Premier League) 27 October.

Manchester United – Leicester (Carabao Cup Fourth Round) 30 October.

Chelsea – Manchester United (Premier League) 3 November.