Manchester United gamers after their loss to Fulham (Credit: X)
The former Barcelona man lately referred to as out the shortage of planning that the present Manchester United squad suffers from beneath Erik Ten Hag, going on to state that they appeared higher off beneath the reign of former supervisor and United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Statistics can deceive, however in soccer, the eyes don’t lie. Well, within the case of Manchester United, each don’t lie because the Red Devils’ lack of identification and chemistry continues to rear its ugly head time and time once more.
Since, dropping Rasmus Hojlund, who was in blistering aim-scoring kind following his disappointing begin to his Old Trafford profession, United has slumped to a dismal loss towards Fulham within the Premier League while barely scraping by way of the likes of Nottingham Forest within the FA Cup.
And all who’ve witnessed the Red Devils in motion have seen all of it. Including and never solely, one of the most effective midfield maestros of all time, Cesc Fabregas himself.
The former Barcelona man lately referred to as out the shortage of planning that the present Manchester United squad suffers from beneath Erik Ten Hag, going on to state that they appeared higher off beneath the reign of former supervisor and United legend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
“I don’t know the numbers. But, with Ole, there were some good big games. At least you saw a plan which was to defend well and have great breaks, and great counter-attacks. And this is exactly what Manchester United don’t have at the moment,” acknowledged Fabregas on the Planet Premier League podcast.
Cesc Fabregas acknowledged that Manchester United had a clearer plan beneath Ole Gunnar Solskjaer than they at present have beneath Erik ten Hag. pic.twitter.com/HrTzKQcN29— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) March 1, 2024
The World Cup winner then went on to level out the deficiencies that plague the present United squad, focusing on the facet that no prime staff might look and be so defensively weak on the counter-assault, referring to the Red Devils’ current 2-1 loss to Fulham.
“With Man United, I don’t have the perception that they are a solid team at the moment. Only looking carefully at the counters that Fulham did to them, and the way they were done, it makes the alarm bells go.
“It cannot happen that a top, top team gets done on counters so many times in one half or over 60 minutes. And this shows that there is something lacking,” expounded Fabregas.
Well, Manchester United could be hoping to kind themselves out to some extent quickly, as they’re set to take on defending champions Manchester City, who’re coming in scorching after a completely dominant present towards Luton Town which noticed the likes of Haaland and De Bruyne wreak havoc in a 6-2 win over the newly-promoted PL aspect within the FA Cup earlier this week.
