After consecutive big wins by the Premier League giants, Manchester United did not keep up, and was forced to draw 1-1 at St James' Park by Newcastle United. Or rather, it was Manchester United who forced a draw with Newcastle to be accurate, the Red Devils made a lot of mistakes in the game, and if it were not for De Gea's brave save, I am afraid that I would have lost.
As soon as the game kicked off, United centre-back Maguire made a mistake that set the tone for the 90 minutes that followed. After that, his teammates followed the captain's pace, one more than the other. The data shows that Manchester United's new core Bruno Fernandez has delivered the ball 26 times in this game, the most of the game, Rashford is second with 20 funeral possessions, Diogu Dalo 19 times, Sancho 14 times, McTomine 13 times, Tres 12 times, Maguire and Varane 11 times each, and Fred also has 10 times.
Of United's starting 11-man squad, only Cristiano Ronaldo (9), Mason Greenwood (8) and De Gea (7) have given possession to their opponents in less than double digits. Even Cavani, who scored the final goal and equalized, wasted several other scoring opportunities. Because of the level of performance of Manchester United players, it is naturally normal for the attack to stumble.
In the game, one of the most outrageous mistakes occurred in the 60th minute, Rashford received the ball on the left and broke through with the ball, and when he was close to the bottom line, he waved his left foot to try to cross, but unexpectedly hit a "shot", the ball flew straight outside the bottom line, deflected quite outrageously. Manchester United manager Lonnick on the sidelines witnessed this scene and his expression was very speechless.
According to British media reports, C Ronaldo was also very dissatisfied with Rashford's pass accuracy in the game, and berated him after a bad passing mistake by Manchester United. However, the "Sun" pointed out that C Ronaldo's own performance was not ideal, and in the first half, there was also a left-foot volley to kick the flaw, hitting himself and popping up the bottom line. The Portuguese superstar was not a threat in the whole game, and it is reported that this state has been reflected in the pre-match warm-up, when C Ronaldo made a mistake in practicing shooting, which was ridiculed by the Magpies fans.
Manchester United star Gary Neville believes that according to the current performance of the team, any manager will have to leave the class. "You don't want to jump to conclusions after a game, after all, United haven't played for 16 days and it's just the new manager who has just taken office and has just used a new formation. But I was already worried after the last round against Norwich because there was a lack of urgency in the team."" Neville said, "It was a really bad performance, especially in the first half, it was simply useless, no player could say that they did their job well. There's really nothing positive about it, it's really worthless."
Neville added: "Manchester United players know to wave their hands at each other to express their displeasure, like a bunch of whingebags! Raise your hands at every turn and complain about anything. Honestly, the difference in the first half was shocking. The last manager has already been dismissed by them, and if they continue to play like this, they will let a lot of managers out of class. Lonnick would definitely hate tonight's performance, and he would be worried. The attitude and the foundation are not right, the team is not forming a whole, it is absolutely a mess."
He also believes that United lack real leadership players: "The problem of Manchester United without a leader is very serious, Maguire is the captain but there is no feeling of captain, Bruno (Fernandez) became disappointing after Ronaldo joined, Cavani came off the bench, he is also a veteran, but the combination is not right. Ole (Ole Gunnar Solskjaer) got into trouble as a result, and now So is Ronnick. These players look unhappy on the pitch and they need to correct their mindset."