Manchester City caricatures Manchester United defense

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11/06/2021 –
15:35

Old Trafford has become hell for Manchester United and paradise for their rivals. Playing at home is an ordeal for the ‘red devils’ and a sweet treat for their eternal opponents in this Premier. Liverpool crushed (0-5) with a hysterical ‘hand’ to ‘ManU.’ leaving Solskjaer touched … and the Manchester City caricatured, like the ‘reds’, defending their neighbors by pushing the Norwegian coach into the abyss (0-2). The derby could be the end point of the ‘Solski era’. Patience is running out for the Theater of Dreams. They can’t wake up from this nightmare even if they whistle.

The Premier is once again impossible (they are six behind the City, second, and eight behind the leader Chelsea, who has a game less) for a United that has ‘spent’ before Christmas the credit of a millionaire squad plagued by quality (Cristiano, Bruno Fernandes, Sancho …) in which their defense has led to football bankruptcy. They add four points from the last 18. A win in the last six rounds. And the gifts are already tradition. And before Manchester City, donning the imposing and expensive derby suit, destroyed themselves. The ‘sky blues’ did not get dirty to achieve an unappealable triumph. The result was very courteous. Another great game from Guardiola’s. Commanding, submitting his rival and leaving his stamp at Old Trafford. They took the ball to the Etihad and riddled their rival with shots, who miraculously stood up.

The big difference between the defeat suffered against Liverpool and the defeat against the ‘cityzens’ was in De Gea’s gloves. Between 0-1 and 0-2, the Spanish goalkeeper made five saves! in just seven minutes to Gabriel Jesus (point-blank), to Cancelo (flight), to his partner Lindelf (foot down), to De Bruyne (outstretched) and again to Cancelo (hand to the side) who avoided a more bulky marker. The three centrals that worked so well for Solskjaer against Tottenham were transparent before the ‘blue’ siege. Bailly, Maguire, and Lindelf staggered. More defenses was synonymous with less security.

The Wan-Bissaka hole

Without Varane, United is jelly. Also, they are lost. The City, without ‘9’, mare to the ‘red devils’. With Foden starting from the left and Gabriel Jesus from the right, De Bruyne was the reference of an attack in which Gndogan, Bernardo … appeared everywhere. And the ‘ManU.’ he was always late. Messy, pressing in an uncoordinated way … Don’t even see the ball. Some evils that are already chronic and are repeated match by match. Bruno was isolated and Cristiano unassisted. A party team that was a candy for City, who played and played without opposition.

Solskjaer’s entire plan was broken within seven minutes. With Guardiola’s men hovering around the rival area, Cancelo centered and Bailly got the ball into his goalkeeper. The local castle had fallen apart. The ghosts of Liverpool and Salah return to an Old Trafford that is vulnerable: there are already 14 consecutive games without leaving their goalkeeper to zero at home. United’s worst run since 1959!

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They came out to defend … and they don’t know how to do it. They wanted to pressure and did it irregularly. And in seven minutes they were behind. A diabolical scenario for the ‘red devils’ and dream for the City, who found a reef behind Wan-Bissaka. The English full back was very good as a lane. Neither attacked nor defended. And through its hole entered Cancelo and all the celestial vanguard. The meteorological downpour was also football. City was a machine to generate chances, spikes, combinations … and they all flowed behind Wan-Bissaka.

From his side came all the occasions that De Gea coupled. Up to five times the goalkeeper had to intervene, who equaled Cesc as the Spaniard as more games (350) in the history of the Premier, to prevent the gap from increasing. He could not with the play that definitely portrayed the United defense. Cancello (from the left, why not) put it and Maguire and Shaw let it pass in an incomprehensible way. Bernardo Silva slipped behind and scored the 0-2 against a De Gea who could do something else. An improper goal of elite football that exposed the local behind. A nonsense.

The 0-2 closed the duel. Neither the changes (Pep nor did he move his bench) made the match change in the second half. It was closer to 0-3 than 1-2. United were powerless and City did not want to do any more damage. Like Liverpool after the 0-5 before time at the Clsico. Only Cristiano rebelled … but Ederson stopped him. Pure desperation. The difference between City and United is already abysmal. Manchester is heavenly, Old Trafford is their backyard (they’ve won eight times at their neighbors’ homes, more than anyone in the ‘Premier era’) and the ‘Red Devils’ crisis is deepening. London’s green shoots withered in the derby. Solskjaer, who lost his ‘antiGuardiola’ label, cannot find his way out of the labyrinth. The situation is already untenable.

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