Tag: 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: 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,…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. There is a gulf between the sides The debate about who is the biggest club in Manchester is a simple one given the fan base, self-generated resources and history of sustained success at Manchester United. However, it could not have been more painfully obvious in this latest Manchester derby as to…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 2-1 Everton
1. Movement Up Front Creates Space… Would you believe After weeks of pressure building against Romelu Lukaku, Mourinho finally decided to drop his £75 million man. Rashford was given the striker’s berth ahead of Lukaku on Sunday and although he didn’t see much of the ball, it was his movement off the ball and his…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 0-1 Juventus
Follow Jason: @jsnfrmn 1. Lukaku not good enough On form, there are a few things to like about Lukaku, his strength and pace make him unplayable on his day, he still has major flaws when in form such as his control and link up play. Without service he offers very little, we need more than…