Manchester United! .. Even Tottenham without Harry Kane is more dangerous than you!
Manchester United suffered a 2-0 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in the match that brought them together in the second round of the English Premier League.
The loss was not really a surprise in light of the team’s levels in the first round against Wolverhampton, especially at the level of the attack, which has not yet appeared from the preparation period.
Eye on judgment
In the 26th minute of the match, Garnacho hit a dangerous ball from the edge of the penalty area, and from a very close location, which hit the Tottenham defender.
The Red Devils immediately objected and wanted a penalty, but neither referee Michael Oliver nor his assistants in the VAR room indicated anything.
In that case, the referee is free to award the ball a penalty kick or not, as it is discretionary, and the ball was very close and the defender’s body was in a normal position due to his movement to block the shot.
So perhaps the objections to match referee Michael Oliver were unreasonable, and he may have finally agreed in his decisive decision not to count any fouls.
Tottenham without Harry Kane
For the first time in years, Tottenham plays in the English Premier League without Harry Kane, and despite winning with two clean goals, this is not a real indication of the strength of the London team’s attack.
In the end, the first goal came through defensive midfielder Babe Sarr, and the second was scored by defender Ben Davies, in the complete absence of an offensive contribution.
Tottenham may have achieved a very important victory today in the Premier League campaign, but repeating that result with the same details later may be difficult for them.
Especially in light of the chances that the team created and the attack did not take advantage of them throughout the 90 minutes.
The same crises as Manchester United
As was the situation in the first round against Wolverhampton and despite winning at the time with a clean goal, Manchester United was not in his day again against Tottenham.
In the last round, the victory came through the defense duo Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Raphael Varane, and in the face of Tottenham, the strange offensive absence continued.
Marcus Rashford, Anthony and Garnacho once again proved useless on the field, providing a lackluster version of a title contender’s attacking line.
Despite playing with two players in the defensive midfield today, Casemiro once again appeared alone in the face of Tottenham’s attacks, and the midfield appeared fragile and weak.
And offensively again, it was the only solution for Bruno Fernandez, who appeared helpless due to the absence of real support for him, whether from behind him or in front of him.
The whole point
Ten Hag did not learn from the problems of the first game of the season and repeated the same mistakes, hoping that Varane, Martinez or any player on the field would save him with a header or a long-range shot.
But because football cannot stand next to you with all this success, the team had to lose to Tottenham with a clean double, and perhaps they deserved to lose more.
In the end, there is still a lot of time for Tin Hag to improve things and appear better in the next rounds, so that the team may compete for the title this season, or at least not suffer until the last moments to secure a European seat.
