Manchester United, what on earth was that?
There is mitigation in the list of those missing through injury and suspension, and also in United playing just about the most football possible in a season where that poses a uniquely difficult challenge. To a man they looked mentally and physically spent here in a performance riddled with poor decisions, poor technique and poor execution. But that mitigation cannot entirely excuse what happened here. Everyone’s tired, lads.
And it really could have been so very many more. Sevilla’s general excellence and relentless press – on which note this game served as yet another reminder of just how much we miss Lamela’s unique brand of absurd and entirely one-footed nonsense in the Premier League – wasn’t quite matched by the composure of their finishing. So many times they were simply presented with the ball by a series of United errors.
De Gea might just have played himself out of that new contract. Maguire did nothing to halt the narrative that continues to swirl around him. But they were merely the most obvious and overtly, cartoonishly bad performances on a night utterly full of them. Antony’s occasional attempts to make something happen in the first half were just about the only admirable, the only non-sh*t thing about it.
Now it’s all at risk. Brighton certainly won’t be quivering ahead of the weekend’s FA Cup semi-final after watching this game, while another performance like this next week from United and even Spurs might fancy nicking a point.
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