In the early morning of January 4, Beijing time, the 21st round of the Premier League, Manchester United suffered a new year's opening black at home, losing to Wolves 0-1, and it was a complete defeat, and the attack and defense were crushed by Wolves. The combined start of Cristiano Ronaldo and Cavani also failed to change United's lack of attack; the defensive line led by Varane and Jones was bombarded by opponents, and Moutinho scored the only goal of the game for Wolves, taking away three points.
Manchester United coach Ronnick continued to implement the 4222 squad system, C Ronaldo and Cavani paired up with a double striker, but received insufficient support, Sancho, Greenwood, Scott McTominay, Matic and others lacked control and creativity, and Luke Shaw, Varane, Jones, Wan Bissaka and De Gea in the backcourt also became busy.
Statistics show that Manchester United lost to Wolves in this game, the possession rate is 550, and the shooting contrast with Wolves is 9-19, the shooting contrast is 2-6, the corner is 3-8, and Manchester United also got 3 yellow cards, which is enough to prove how hard it is to defend, Wolves only has 1 yellow card.
In the game, C Ronaldo and B Fei once had the opportunity to lead Manchester United to take the lead, but both lacked a little luck, in the 67th minute of the game, Matic inverted the triangle cross, B Fei completed the angry shot in the penalty spot abs, the ball hit the goal frame and popped up; in the 68th minute of the game, C Ronaldo broke the goal through a direct header with a set-piece, regrettably was sentenced to be offside, and the goal was invalid.
In the 82nd minute of the game, Manchester United lost the goal, Wolves launched a strong attack in the front, first the right side of the bottom cross, Manchester United iron waist Matic completed the release, Moutinho outside the box directly shot through the goal, the ball directly hung in the bottom left corner of the goal, De Gea whip was out of reach, Manchester United was 0-1 by Wolves.
After the loss, Manchester United gave birth to 3 major humiliating records, once again proving the team's cliff-like decline, and last season was almost a two-team judgment, Lonnick is difficult to change Manchester United in a short time. First, Manchester United's first humiliating record of losing home to Wolves in the league in 42 years, and the first time to lose to an opponent, ending the unbeaten record of 10 consecutive home games against Wolves (7 wins and 3 draws), the last home loss to Wolves dates back to 1980; second, Manchester United's record of 0 home games in the Premier League was 0, exceeding the number of home clean sheets last season, and only 3 home clean sheets last season; third, Manchester United since 2001/ Having lost six of the first 19 premier league games since season 2, United are now 9 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats, ranking 7th in the Premier League with 31 points, making it more difficult to compete for four.
Cristiano Ronaldo is also helpless now, he has 3 "first losses" situation, the first time as the captain of Manchester United lost (this is his second time as captain to play for Manchester United, the previous one won); second, the New Year's debut lost; third, the first time for Manchester United to start Wolves lost. Next, United need to complete targeted adjustments in the winter window in order to create a more stable tactical system.