It did not make good viewing did it!
The wait for Manchester United’s 2020 / 2021 season came to an end yesterday when they kicked their season off with a home fixture against Crystal Palace.
It was a game that Manchester United were expected to win after all Manchester United have a lovely habit of winning their opening fixtures and with title aspirations growing, it was a game we expected to win.
The script surely did not point to a Crystal Palace win, but that was how it ended, with Manchester United comprehensively beaten.
Okay, we might want to moan about the penalty decision and the twice taken penalty affecting the game, but Crystal Palace looked far more fluent going forward.
Manchester United looked jaded and looked as far away as ever when it comes to challenging for Liverpool’s crown.
They say that you can, in the modern game, only afford to lose 3 games if you wish to challenge for the title, well, any more performances like that will soon end that title dream.
After the game, speaking to the media and as reported by The BBC, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer had this to say:
“You can see we are short, and they deserved the points.
“Today was a performance you don’t see very often from this group. We should look at ourselves in the mirror. Everyone knows we can perform better than this.”
So where has it all gone wrong so soon?
Has the clubs’ minimal transfer activity been the problem?
We look around and see that Liverpool and Chelsea have been bold in the market whereas it all seems to have been transfer tittle-tattle when it comes to Manchester United, all talk and no end product as they might say.
Here at Vital Manchester United, we are looking forward to what you have to say on the subject matter, who do you think is to blame and where do the problems lie.
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