It’s one other European soccer season and Manchester United have been as soon as once more left upset as they didn’t qualify for the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League knockouts. The Premier League facet crashed to a 0-1 defeat in opposition to Bayern Munich, ending backside of Group A with solely 4 factors in six matches (one win, one draw and 4 defeats).
Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League.(AP)
United have misplaced 12 of their opening 24 matches of this season, and have additionally ended their League Cup defence. In the Premier League, they’re at present sixth within the standings, placing additional doubt on Erik ten Hag’s future as supervisor. Kingsley Coman scored the winner within the 71st-minute for Bayern, who completed on high of Group A. It was a quite one-sided encounter as United didn’t dominate in all departments.
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Speaking on TNT Sports after the match, United legend Rio Ferdinand criticised the membership and lashed out at their European document. “Very disappointing, to say the least. When that group came out, you would have expected Man Utd to go through. To score three goals in each of their away games and come away with the points that they did is criminal really.”
“When you score that many goals in the group stage – scored 12 and conceded 15 – there lies your problem. It’s kamikaze football, basketball football. You attack, we attack, and see who comes out on top. You get what you deserve. If you’re not clinical, you can’t close matches out, you don’t deserve to progress to the knockout stages,” he additional added.
Meanwhile, Paul Scholes, who was Ferdinand’s teammate throughout their skilled careers, additionally criticised Ten Hag’s facet. “I agree with that, it’s been a really poor campaign. It started with the Galatasaray game at home, as soon as you lose a home game in the group stages you’re struggling, you’re really up against it,” he stated.
“But after that, in some games they looked very good. They were getting leads in games, two-goal leads, but just couldn’t manage to see games out. Tonight was probably the most disciplined performance of all of them. I don’t know how intense Bayern were, it’s difficult to say. But you never really felt tonight that Man Utd were going to score goals,” he additional added.
To make issues worse, United are up in opposition to league leaders Liverpool of their subsequent match, scheduled for Sunday at Anfield. A defeat might additional dent their confidence, however a win might see them stage a comeback.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
