Ruben Amorim will be particularly disappointed with his Manchester United disciple Diogo Dalot who didn’t heed the technical staff’s instructions on the play that led to Tottenham’s winner.
A depleted United side could ill-afford any individual mistakes on Sunday evening when they took the field with a makeshift lineup and a bunch of unsung academy products on the bench.
With the squad being hit by a severe injury bug, Amorim had to find solutions to plug the gaps, especially in the attack and in the middle of the park, as Amad Diallo could be out for the season, while Kobbie Mainoo, Toby Collyer and Manuel Ugarte were all missing.
Hence, the eleven players on the bench had to produce a formidable display to make sure United were to come out with any points from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Sadly for Amorim, Alejandro Garnacho was guilty of wasting a sitter, while Dalot, out of all people, betrayed his manager with his complacent defending on Spurs captain Son Hueng-min, although the manager had just aske dhim to remain on the South Korean’s shoulder.
“Ruben Amorim urged Diogo Dalot to get tighter to Son Heung-min. Less than a minute later, Dalot was still too narrow and Son’s volley wreaked havoc, eventually leading to James Maddison’s decisive tap-in.” revealed Manchester Evening News journalist Samuel Luckhurst who watched the action from nearby.
Ruben Amorim disappointed by Diogo Dalot
This is interesting considering how the 25-year-old, alongside club captain Bruno Fernandes, are considered the only two players who share a personal bond with the manager, something that the rest of the squad reportedly noticed.
Dalot had also heaped praise on his compatriot, insisting he’s the right man to take the Red Devils back to Premier League glory.
“I think we can win a Premier League with this manager but at the same time, we need to create an environment where he has everything set for what he wants from the players. We need to also adapt to the system. It will take some time,” claimed Dalot.
“Obviously we cannot think too much ahead but I’m really convinced that the way he conducts himself, the way that he communicates with players, the idea that he has… we can do it.”
Dalot is only interested in Dalot he cosied up to Ten Hag the same way only looking after number one Amorin will get us relegated the way he’s going on and the excuse for not bringing on a substitute until injury time just doesn’t wash anyone of those youth team players would have loved to get a few minutes on the pitch after doing warm ups and Obi who is scoring goals for fun deserves more than a few minutes what kind of impression did he get from being ignored while we were losing and then only getting a few minutes
Amorim should have been disappointed in all eleven of his starters. Not a single player aquited himself well. The club had better order some more televisions.
The closest to putting in a reasonable performance, IMHO, was Zirkzee, who was good on the ball, but entirely lazy off it. That was followed, IMHO, by Bruno, who ran hard all game but lost the ball several times in dangerous areas and picked mostly poor passes. Neither Dorgu nor Dalot shone at any point but they were far from the worst. Garnacho was, again, extremely wasteful. The back three looked like they’d just returned from a very long lunch. Of course, I could go on.
I therefore think it’s a mistake to single out Dalot for criticism; it took a whole team to lose that game. My comment to myself at about the mid point of the second half was, “two mid-table teams just pottering about trying to play football”.
I’d like to say it was a shameful performance, but I think this team is beyond feeling shame.