On March 7, Beijing time, the 28th round of the Premier League, Manchester United lost 1-4 away to Manchester City, tragically killed twice in the season, 8 unbeaten games were ended, has fallen out of the top four of the table! Lonnick also lost his first Manchester City derby.
Since Guardiola took office, United have beaten City away from home four times. The first time was in April 2018, Mourinho's side fell behind 0-2 in the first half, relying on Pogba's scoring twice in the second half to complete a three-goal comeback!
In the next three times, it was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who led the team: in a 2-1 win on December 2019, Marcus Rashford and Martial scored, and now, the former is substituted and the latter is on loan. In January 2020, the League Cup semi-finals won 1-0, and Nemanja Matic won with one shot. Last March 2-0 win, B Fei and Luke Shaw made a contribution.
How strong is Manchester United now compared with the Mu and Suo periods? Although C Ronaldo, Cavani, Varane and others are absent, it should not be inferior, after all, B Fee and Pogba are there, and there are more Sancho.
However, in the face of City's strong attack, the Manchester United defense is full of holes, and if it were not for De Gea's heroic save, I am afraid that more than 2 goals would be conceded. What about the offensive end? Just by counterattacking to pull back a goal, the position battle has done nothing, and the effect of high-level pressing is not good. In the second half, Lonnick replaced Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, but this time there was no "magic substitution", but was scored twice by Mahrez, completely losing suspense.
In the whole game, Manchester United only had 31% of the ball, 5 shots on goal, 2 shots on target, and Manchester City's possession rate was as high as 69%, 24 shots and 10 positive, which can be said to be a complete defeat.
In the first leg of the season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lost 0-2, and in the second leg, Lonnick also lost 1-3, and Manchester United suffered a double kill from Manchester City in the season, ending the Premier League record of 8 unbeaten games. In this way, in terms of tactics, the professor does not seem to be smarter than Soshuai, and the results of being a guest are even worse!
After the loss, Manchester United have been overtaken by Arsenal to fall to fifth, and Arsenal still have three fewer games; West Ham are two points behind Manchester United and Tottenham are five points behind in three games. So, with so much competition, the Red Devils really have a good chance of missing out on the top four and not in next season's Champions League!