Afrigather Three objectives conceded, a crimson card, one other howler from the goalkeeper and Galatasaray followers invading every nook of Previous Trafford. Manchester United can usually be a circus, and all the pieces went mistaken within the Champions League on Tuesday.
United went forward twice towards Galatasaray because of objectives from Rasmus Hojlund, solely to concede shortly after scoring on every event.
The night time went from dangerous to worse, and Casemiro was despatched off earlier than Mauro Icardi made it 3-2.
The one two gamers to emerge from credit score have been Hojlund and Mason Mount, however the backside line is Galatasaray received on English soil for the primary time regardless of falling behind twice on the greatest membership stadium within the nation.
The end result was a catastrophe. It condemned the membership to a sixth defeat in simply 10 video games for the primary time since 1986-87 and it additionally represented the primary time United have misplaced their first two Champions League group stage video games.
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For perspective, Jose Mourinho misplaced his job at Previous Trafford in December 2018 after struggling eight defeats in 24 matches and it could be a shock for this present aspect to solely endure one other two losses of their subsequent 14 fixtures.
Ten Hag was requested whether or not he was involved about his place at his post-Galatasaray press convention and urged his gamers to stay collectively and struggle for one another; utilizing comparable language to his predecessors.
He mentioned: “Final season: sensible, terrific, greater than we may anticipate, but additionally after we went into this venture, we knew there could be widespread gaps, and at this second, we’re in a difficult interval, as everybody can see.
“However we come out collectively, we’re preventing collectively, we’re sticking collectively, behind one another, it’s me, the administrators, the workforce, all collectively, we are going to struggle and this isn’t us. We all know we’ve to do higher and in togetherness, we are going to come out.”
In fact, Ten Hag didn’t sound like a supervisor getting ready to the sack and supporters don’t need to see him depart. His place is just not actively beneath menace however there’s no denying that he’s not innocent for this bleak begin to the marketing campaign.
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Ten Hag has spent over £400million (together with add-ons) throughout his reign and but only a few months into his second season on the membership, United have conceded 18 objectives, which is their most in the beginning of a marketing campaign since 1966-67.
There are apparent caveats to that dismal file, just like the squad being pillaged by accidents, gamers being unavailable attributable to off-pitch points and the workforce’s prime goalscorer misfiring. Nonetheless, the extent of the regression is alarming.
United ought to have managed to beat Galatasaray, a workforce of Premier League rejects, and the defeat was made worse by going forward and nonetheless dropping, which has been a reoccurring drawback within the early levels of this season. Hojlund and Christian Eriksen highlighted the workforce’s tendency to concede rapidly after scoring of their media duties. United have conceded thrice inside 10 minutes of discovering the online this season.
You’re advised as a child that you just’re most susceptible after scoring, and the workforce’s defending has been amateurish. The gamers are struggling to manage video games and retain possession at essential instances, specifically after scoring.
