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After Manchester Uniteds 0-1-tap mot Aston Villa at Old Trafford this weekend, Gary Neville was critical of the Red Devils in his podcast on Sky Sports.
– I also said it when United won, and when Ronaldo scored. In my eyes, they do not play well enough as a team to be able to win the league, says Manchester United legend to commentator Martin Tyler.
Mathisen about United’s attacking play: – Unimaginative
Neville believes Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s team seems to be dependent on individual players’ creativity, and that they do not have a clear and distinct pattern:
– I mean you have to appear as a unit, both with and without the ball. When you only flash in a few moments, those moments will not be enough in some matches, warns Neville, and continues:
– They need a clear style of play, but right now I see first and foremost a group of individualists who only occasionally create great single moments, with some good combinations, says the former United captain.
The pressure intensifies
The three losses to Manchester United in the last four matches have come against Young Boys in the Champions League, West Ham in the League Cup and Aston Villa in the series. The Athletic journalist and Manchester United expert, Andy Mitten, understands that the criticism and pressure on Solskjær is increasing:
Bridal before the penalty: – He points to Ronaldo
– I think Ole’s job is safe. I do not think he will lose his job in the first place. But when a club of Manchester United’s status and size loses three of four games, the supporters are not happy, says Mitten, and continues:
– I think it is the same among all big clubs around the world. They have also not scored in their last two games at Old Trafford, and that is probably the reason why we see some unrest among the supporters.
At the same time, Mitten points out that it is still early in the season, and that Manchester United is in fourth place in the Premier League after six games, only one point behind Liverpool and with as many as city rivals City and Chelsea.
– The start this season has been much better than previous seasons. But when the team does not play well and loses at Old Trafford, the pressure will intensify. That will never change. Ole is in his third year as Manchester United manager, and the team has still not won a trophy under him.
– It’s Manchester United. The squad is one of the most expensive in the world, so are the salaries and the fans. No matter how you look at the club, it is not unreasonable to expect them to fight to win titles and trophies, the Manchester United expert states.
– A shocking picture. Hope we never get to see it again
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– We’ve been here before
The Manchester United star’s post is branded as embarrassing and disturbing
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Wednesday is Solskjær’s next opportunity to reverse the bad trend when Villarreal come to Old Trafford, a match Manchester United should win after the loss in Switzerland in the first group game match in the Champions League.
– Is it to be or not to be towards the national team break in November?
– We’ve been here before. The weird thing about Manchester United under Ole Gunnar is that when the pressure is at its worst, he tends to get results. I remember December 2019. Things went badly and the next two games were Tottenham and Manchester City. Not only did Manchester United play well, but they won both matches. The match setup is very challenging and much tougher than how the start of the season has been.
– But better teams often take the game to Manchester United, and they are better when it happens. It may be to their advantage. In the short term, I think they must win against Villarreal on Wednesday, but it is a team that has not lost a single game in the league this season. They went to Real Madrid on Saturday and played 0-0. They also won the Europa League in May against a team from the North of England that plays in red and starts with Manchester.
– What does the world look like with a loss there?
– It will be negative and a very bad reaction. It will be like it has been this weekend, only even more intense. The position and the probability of moving on from the group stage will be considerably worse, should they lose. But Ole does not think negatively. He will play on the feelings from Gdansk and ask the team to go out and win, Mitten concludes.
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