Manchester United suffered one of the toughest defeats in its recent history in the Manchester derby against the skyblues. Nor can we say that it was an extraordinary surprise, because in recent seasons they have accumulated big defeats against City themselves, 1-6 against Tottenham, the little hand at Anfield…
What is striking about this match is Erik Ten Hag’s decision not to give Cristiano Ronaldo minutes. CR7 is no longer in the best moment of his career, and the players who started from the beginning are surely in better shape than the Portuguese, but not using a player like Cristiano Ronaldo in an important match is practically a cardinal sin.
Throughout his career he has shown that he grows when circumstances are adverse. The Portuguese is the player that every team would like to have in their ranks when facing a final, a renowned match such as a Manchester derby.
The decision of the Dutch coach who, as many predicted, left the Etihad Stadium humiliated is not understood at all.
Marcus Rashford’s game was quite poor, and the only thing capable of making up the result was Anthony Martial who entered the second half from the bench.
Perhaps his physique can no longer stand him and he probably won’t be around for ninety minutes, but there are dates when you can’t do without Cristiano Ronaldo, and yesterday was one of those days.
Throughout this morning a multitude of sticks have rained down on a Ten Hag who had managed to turn around his team’s bad start to the season. Now he will have to row against the current again and continue fighting for good results that will place him among the top four.
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