United drew 1-1 at home to Leicester City, with just one win in six recent games in all competitions, with a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses to gradually move the team away from the top four of the Premier League this season. Still, interim manager Ronnick refused to give up hope, insisting there was still a chance to compete for four.
"As long as the first four are mathematically possible, it is possible." Longnick said after the game, "Our job and responsibility is to do our best, in the best way, to do the best job. Now we have to prepare for the away challenge to Everton and try to win that game. For me, the situation is clear, we have discussed it internally, but at this stage I don't want to say anything more."
The broadcast footage showed Ferguson in the stands looking at his watch, which meant that the "Furjue time" to complete the kill was up in his time, but now the move shows that there is not much time left for United. Lonnick has always stressed that United have played well: "We had a hard time finding the rhythm in the first half, but there was an improvement in the second half, which may be due to international matches. We conceded a goal at a crucial moment, but reacted well in the end and equalized quickly. In the end, we weren't happy with the result, but played well in the second half. We wanted to get 3 points, but the draw was a fair result. Both teams had a chance to kill, but combined throughout the game, the result was reasonable."
Lonnick thinks he has done his best tactically: "We only have Rashford in the front line, and Ronaldo can't play, so I decided to let Pogba start. After 60 minutes, the team made a change to a center forward. Our fans are the best in England, Maguire played perfectly on both ends of the floor and on both sides, he prefers to play at left centre-back, but I saw him play in England and decided to play right centre-back and the right-footed player was more comfortable in that position."
Lonnick also complained that he had no one to use and that Jesse Lingard on the bench was unwell and could not play at all. "Although Jesse Lingard was on the bench, he couldn't play because he hadn't felt well for the past week and a half. He felt really bad before the game, so we actually just formally put him on the bench, so all of our attacking players were on the pitch at the end of the game." But the Manchester United boss's words were questioned because Juan Juan Juan Mae was also on the bench, but Ronnick chose to replace Matic at the end instead of the Spanish front.
After Ronnick took office, United did perform more consistently than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer did when he was in charge, but unfortunately, the Red Devils could not maintain a stable high level, but a stable mediocrity. Britain's "Sun" said this performance may have caused the club to lose trust in the 63-year-old German. Lonnick drew up a list of deals for the summer transfer window, but the board feared it would not be adopted.
According to the original plan, Lonnick will be a senior football adviser to the club at the end of this season, with a two-year contract. But United's transfer team has its own ideas, and they think Lonnick may not be able to secure the position, so they do not intend to pay attention to his views. British media said that Longnick had hoped to serve as the director of football, but the club only gave him the position of honorary adviser, working only a few days a month, which was an idle position.
At present, Manchester United are in the process of selecting a manager, the Dutchman Tenhag is the number one favorite, and Lonnick has confirmed that the club has not discussed with him.