With Arsenal's 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace in the last round of the league, United seem to be on the road to 4 and usher in a new dawn. In this round against Everton, If United takes all three points, it will temporarily maintain a tie with Tottenham and Arsenal in terms of points. Although the situation of competition for 4 is still passive, at least Manchester United can still retain the hope of playing in the Champions League next season.
Compared to Manchester United's up-and-down situation, Everton's situation is obviously more precarious. Everton, who was once a spoiler for 4 last season, has been exhausted this season after Carlo Ancelotti returned to Real Madrid. After the veteran coach Benitez was dismissed in the middle of the season, Lampard, who took over the coaching whip, not only failed to reverse the situation, but was on the verge of bottoming out for relegation.
So the game scored 3 points, for Manchester United to compete for 4 some cups of water, but for Everton relegation is a blessing in disguise. It is worth mentioning that, like Liverpool and Southampton, the inextricable relationship between Manchester United and Everton has laid the groundwork for this game to a certain extent.
With the announcement of United's starting line-up, Rashford and Wan Bissaka, who have struggled recently, are on the list together, enough to make Red Devils fans vaguely worried. From the actual position, the weakness of the right-back Wan Bissaka attack is well known, which means that the offensive burden on the right will be on Sancho, and the attack on the left side, once Rashford continues to be sluggish, it means that both wings of Manchester United's attack will be blocked.
The result of such a situation is undoubtedly C Luo's constant complaints. The ratings of United's players after the game explained the arrangement of Lonnick's starting lineup and did not set the game as a must..
Although WanBisaka got the highest score in the team, but more performance is not surprisingly concentrated on the defensive end, 2 clearances, 1 blocking, 4 interceptions, 7 steals of the data, as a defender is enough to get high points, but in the offensive end of 1 cross, 3 long passes all failed, and 59% of the overall pass success rate, the result is up to 26 times lost the ball. Therefore, Wan Bissaka's performance is more like making up the pot for himself, thus highlighting the highlight of a defender.
Wan Bissaka's self-amusement undoubtedly brings Sancho's single-handedness. The 92% pass success rate and 3 passing that form a shot prove Sancho's ability, but only 1 cross was sent in the whole game, and he failed to find his teammates, Sancho was limited by Everton's defense most of the time, making it difficult to deliver effective shells for the big killer C Ronaldo.
Rashford needless to say, the lowest rating in the whole game is enough to say it all. In the case of the two wings are abandoned, C Ronaldo's performance is also obvious. There were only 2 shots on goal, 1 shot on target, and only 1 win in 4 top fights, for Ronaldo, who has just rested a game, it is obviously not related to state and physical fitness.
In the heat map, C Ronaldo's appearance in the penalty area is a handful of pictures, and in the second half, C Ronaldo once incarnated as a small Luo, pulling down the left side of the road to withdraw the ball, and holding the ball to break through, and even the stunt of stepping on the bicycle was frequently used. This can be seen as C Ronaldo's insistence, but more or helpless.
In addition to the hidden worries exposed by the starting lineup, Lonnick's personnel adjustment seems to reveal the intention of this game more clearly. Replacing Fred with Pogba in the 36th minute may be understood as a passive substitution, but in the case of a long-term backwardness in the second half, it is really puzzling to replace Nemanja Matic with Mata, who has a record of 0 appearances in the Premier League this season.
As we all know, Mata, whose contract expired, left the team after the season with little suspense, and the substitute at this time seemed more like a farewell performance. This also proves once again from another side that Ronnick's attitude towards this game.
Losing 0-1 to the relegation team again, Manchester United remained in 7th place, six points away from Tottenham Hotspur in 4th place, and 3 points away from Arsenal, who had one less game, while in the next seven games, Manchester United had no shortage of head-on moves with Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Such a situation can almost announce the result of Manchester United's failure to compete for 4, as for playing in the Europa League next season, or the European League Cup, or even focusing on domestic competitions, it seems that there is not much difference and significance. Therefore, sending the younger brother Everton a relegation gift, and letting Tenhach let go of the rebuild, Lonnick's pendulum mentality is actually excusable.