Where is the lower limit? Manchester United suffered a 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace and suffered a humiliating double, Ten Hag has become the worst in the team's history

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2024-05-07 21:54Published in Sichuan

After a 5-0 defeat in the North West London derby, Chelsea then won two in a row, and with one game to go, they were already level with the Red Devils and Manchester United in points, and squeezed into the European places on goal difference.

Of course, there is no need to panic as a win away to Crystal Palace will still be able to hold on to a top-six spot. With the comparison of the strength of the two teams, there should not be much problem for Manchester United to win, and there should be no surprises......

If there is no accident, then there will be an accident.

Manchester United's performance this season can only be described as unsightly, despite the fact that the injury tide is beyond control, but Ten Hag's heavily built Manchester United has lost 12 games in the Premier League so far, and the number of goals conceded (51) is only 6 goals away from the most Premier League goals conceded in team history.

In short, the Reds are the epitome of a weak and disorganized side, and injuries to captain Bruno Bruno and centre-back Harry Maguire mean a winless road trip is doomed.

Ten Hag had to make a cameo at centre-back, partnering the aging Evans, with a combination of Christian Eriksen, Mason Mount and Meno in midfield. Ten Hag's intention may have been to hope that the young Mason Mount and Mayno would be responsible for intercepting and sweeping, with Christian Eriksen in charge of organising the attack, but it turned out to be a very open line-up, with Crystal Palace's attack easily breaking through City's midfield and facing the makeshift patchwork defence.

And Casemiro, who played as a cameo at central defender, is still playing at the back.

In the 12th minute, Olise received the ball and swam to the middle, Casemiro rushed up to grab it unsuccessfully, and Olise got rid of it and ran all the way to the goal. Manchester United continued their usual pattern this season, conceding first.

After conceding the goal, Manchester United also set off a wave of counter-attack, Casemiro almost made up for it, but unfortunately his header parabolic goal was determined by the referee to have hit the goalkeeper first, and the goal was invalidated.

The equaliser was unsuccessful, and United suffered another blow. In the 40th minute, Crystal Palace successfully counter-attacked in front, Mateta received a through plug from Richarlitz and drove straight in, and shot successfully from a small angle after passing the panicked Evans. At this time, Casemiro was not in the position of central defender at all......

However, Casemiro almost scored again after the change of sides, but his follow-up shot was already offside when he took the shot.

Casemiro replaced the defense with attack, and Manchester United's defense was destined to be in endless trouble.

In the 58th minute, Wharton made a long diagonal pass to the left side of the penalty area, Anderson poked the ball in front of the goal in a scramble with Danilo, Mitchell followed up with a close-range sweep in the middle, Onana could not react and could only watch the ball go into the net. The score became 3-0, and United's last hope was disillusioned.

Casemiro then sealed United's rout with a disastrous performance of his own – in the 66th minute, he brilliantly intercepted Mateta's solo effort in the box, but the moment he looked back at the handsome, Mnes cut the ball off his feet and crossed it back, and Olise got the ball and fired a shot past Onana.

0-4, Manchester United suffered a Crystal Palace double in the Premier League for the first time, swallowing the 13th defeat of the season, Ten Hag became the manager with the most defeats in a single season in the Premier League era, just two goals away from the team's all-time Premier League record of 57 goals.

With two Premier League games remaining, United are only on 54 points, four points short of the lowest Premier League point ever scored in the 2021/22 season with 58 points, and Ten Hag must win the last two rounds if he is to avoid embarrassment. Incidentally, Manchester United have been overtaken by Newcastle and Chelsea in the rankings after a series of humiliations, and if they want to play in the Europa League, they can only pin their hopes on the FA Cup.

Where is the lower limit for this Manchester United team?

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