Manchester United have been heavily criticised for committing basic errors and playing without an identity as they trail Tottenham 1-0 in today’s Premier League clash at Old Trafford.
Man Utd-focused journalists Samuel Luckhurst and Rich Fay have commented on just how badly the Red Devils look today, with plenty of commentators on social media clearly pretty bemused by what they’re seeing.
Brennan Johnson scored early on for Spurs after Micky van de Ven’s incredible assist, and since then we’ve not seen much of a response from the home side, with Fay noting that Erik ten Hag is now surely out of excuses after getting a lot of time to implement his philosophy, sign the players he wants, whilst also getting key men back from injury…
This is an almost fully fit United side in their third season under Erik ten Hag still playing with a total lack of identity and making so many basic errors #mufc
— Rich Fay (@RichFay) September 29, 2024
Meanwhile, Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News posted about Diogo Dalot seeming to just give up on tracking Johnson’s run for the goal, with the Tottenham winger running completely unchallenged to tap home at the far post…
Dalot seems to concede defeat here and hold his hands up before Johnson connects with the crosshttps://t.co/zgvForczzh
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) September 29, 2024
MUFC fans will be dismayed by this reaction, as it shows just how poor they’re being in a big game while everyone is watching.
In short, everyone can see how badly Ten Hag is doing, except the United board themselves, apparently.