Category: 5 Things We Learned
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5 Things We Learned: Newcastle United 1-4 Manchester United
Following the atrocious start Manchester United have made to their Premier League campaign this season, emphatically topped off with the 6-1 humbling by Tottenham at Old Trafford two weeks ago, it was hard to look ahead to the upcoming fixtures and foresee many victories. Performance levels against Jose Mourinho’s men were nothing short of a…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United
On Tuesday evening ahead of the home game against Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur side, the odds on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer getting his marching orders from Manchester United were 7/2, with speculation that one more poor result could signal the end. Even the most optimistic of fans feared the worst ahead of the double header of…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
The return of Jose Mourinho to Old Trafford promised drama and incident, and the home team and their supporters rose to the occasion. This was a vital result for Mourinho’s successor, who needed three points to halt a terrible sequence of recent results. Thankfully his side were less jittery than the Amazon Prime streaming service,…
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5 Things We Learned: West Ham United 2-0 Manchester United
It was tepid, limp, lethargic, and possibly most damning of all, it was entirely predictable as Manchester United were dispatched back to the North West having been soundly beaten at the London Stadium. Here are five things we learned: 1. There was a lack of quality There was a moment in the Sky Sports commentary…
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5 Things We Learned: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Manchester United
1. Good performance – deserved more In spite of receiving plenty of plaudits for their victory over Chelsea, I was less enthused than most with United’s performance and felt that the score line could have been the other way around had Chelsea got the first goal. The performance against Wolves however was a big improvement,…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 4-0 Chelsea
Frank Lampard’s Chelsea came to Old Trafford for this curtain-raising fixture for the 2019/20 Premier League season. With both clubs in a state of flux, it was difficult to predict who would gain the upper hand. Even the most optimistic home fan would not have dreamed of a 4-0 thumping; it ended up an emphatic…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. Injuries Changed the Game On a day where it wasn’t only this game that the players dictated the changes their manager would be allowed to make, Manchester United sustained three injuries in the first half of this intense derby. Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, and his replacement Jesse Lingard all had to…
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5 Things We Learned: Cardiff City 1-5 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. Football can be fun It could be easy to draw too much inference from a single game of football. Ultimately, Manchester United achieved a comfortable victory against a poor Cardiff City side who occupy 17th position in the Premier League table. Neil Warnock was furious with the display of his side,…