In the early morning of January 4, Beijing time, the 21st round of the Premier League this season was contested, and Manchester United lost 0-1 to Wolves at home at Old Trafford, and suffered a defeat in the first game of 2022.
Cristiano Ronaldo's goal was cancelled due to offside.
In this game, Manchester United's acting coach Ronnick let Cristiano Ronaldo wear the captain's armband, which is also the portuguese star's second time since March 2008, after nearly 14 years, the captain of the "Red Devils". However, Ronaldo's first game of the new year was sluggish, statistics show that he only had 2 shots on goal and 1 shot was deflected, another header was invalidated due to offside; 50 touches and 14 times lost the ball, and none of them succeeded. It is worth mentioning that C Ronaldo also had a header to break the siege, which put the Manchester United team in danger, causing goalkeeper De Gea to be very angry and made a fierce gesture to the Portuguese star, and the British media revealed that C Ronaldo apologized to his teammates for this ball after the game.
Cristiano Ronaldo was depressed, his teammates failed to perform well, and in this game, Manchester United did not improve on the offensive end. In the 82nd minute, Wolves scored a beautiful long-range shot by Portuguese midfielder Moutinho, who ultimately took the victory from Old Trafford 1-0 with this goal.
Unable to score the ball, Manchester United lost the game before the end of the game, and eventually lost at home.
"Whether individually or collectively, we don't do a good job." After the game, Lonnick expressed disappointment with the team, arguing that the team had problems on the offensive end. Asked if he was confident of leading the team to the top four and qualifying for next season's Champions League, Lonnick was visibly less confident, with the German coach saying: "I can't make any guarantees. Take a look at today's performance. If I say we're 100 percent sure we're going to be in the top four, I don't know if people will believe it. I know it's hard, but today's game shows we still have a long way to go. ”
In fact, some people have already raised sharp questions about Ronnick, "Red Devils" star Paul Ince said in an interview: "Ronnick seems to be under a lot of pressure, what kind of formation is he using? It doesn't look like it's working, I think the team has to have a fixed way of playing, but we don't have continuity right now. ”