All eyes are once again on Ruben Amorim after his Manchester United side slumped to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Everton.
To make matters worse, the Red Devils were against 10 men since the 13th minute of the clash.
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Idrissa Gana Gueye was shown a straight red card in the early stages at Old Trafford after referee Tony Harrington spotted him in a heated exchange with teammate Michael Keane, which culminated with Gueye appearing to push the Toffees defender in the face.
Old Trafford erupted at the decision, delighted at the prospect of Amorim’s men having a one-player advantage with over an hour left to play.
Yet, a scintillating strike from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall threw a spanner in the works in the 29th minute.
Unrelenting attacks from the hosts continued after the opener, well into the second half and the dying embers, though none were enough to get past Jordan Pickford, who oversaw one of his most tremendous displays of the campaign thus far.
Amorim told tactical sternness ‘unforgivable’ vs 10-men Everton
When Harrington blew for full-time, it marked United’s fourth loss of the term, as well as the 18th of Amorim’s Premier League tenure.
12 months to the day of his first outing as United’s head coach, the Portuguese’s record stands at just 45 points in 39 matches.
1 – Manchester United have lost a Premier League game at Old Trafford after seeing the opposition pick up a red card for the first time ever, winning 36 and drawing 10 of the previous 46. Upset. pic.twitter.com/wGs8jqiUMK
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“And that’s why Amorim is not the one. To not change the flawed system v ten men for so long is utterly unforgivable. Players were terrible but that’s mainly on the manager,” said talkSPORT journalist Alex Crook post-match.
Next up for United is a trip to face an in-form Crystal Palace team at Selhurst Park on Sunday afternoon.
Amorim has to take most of the blame. He needed to change from his system when Everton went down to 10 men, but his stubbornness, once again showed that we will lose more games like this, in the future.
Everton, even with 10 men were still winning the battle in midfield with Garner and Co. An extra man should have been brought on here from our bench, but Amorim still insisted on playing 5 at the back. This game was lost through managers decision making and no one can change that fact.
The pyramid of responsibility at United starts at the apex with Ratcliffe, then the Board, selected by Ratcliffe, then the Manager/coach, selected and supported by Ratcliffe, then the players selected by Amorim. How many times does he have to make poor choices and bad decisions before Ratcliffe and the Board take notice? He is putting player development back 5 years, team progress to the level of a mid table Championship side. His rhetoric on youth is just that, those players in the Academy should be grateful they are not chosen for first team duty, Amorim would only coach and deploy them backwards in development.
Amorim is NOT a good manager i repeat NOT a good manager!!!!
So, this is what it’s come to: the famous, once-feared Manchester United are just another mid-table side guaranteed to have an embarrassing defeat just when hopes are starting to rise. Stuck with a Manager who can’t employ Plan B because he doesn’t have a Plan B. And his Plan A sucks; he is incapable of understanding that what worked in a weak Portugal Division doesn’t work here where all but the worst 1 or 2 Teams can on occasion beat anyone – see victories for Forest and Newcastle.
We’ll get turned over by Palace; it’s time to do whatever it takes to lure Iraola and salvage something from YET ANOTHER lousy campaign.