Manchester United succumbed to their third defeat in five matches on Saturday with a deflated loss to struggling Everton. The result left them in seventh place, six points off the top four. A season that started out with a lot of hope of finally mounting a title challenge has quickly disintegrated into one of the worst in the club’s history.
Just one win in the last seven fixtures has led to many writing off the club’s season, already awaiting the arrival of their own bald saviour in Erik ten Hag who is expected to ditch sunny Amsterdam for cloudy Manchester. While the pessimism is warranted, the side still has seven games left in the Premier League and their season, against all odds, can still be saved. Here’s how –
Bench Ronaldo
Beyond the goals, Cristiano Ronaldo offered little value to Juventus in the last three seasons. With the goals drying up, he has actively been a huge net negative for Man United.
Edinson Cavani offered continuous movement and space creation, Anthony Martial offered on-ball technicality and 1v1 proficiency, and Marcus Rashford offered pace in behind. All of Manchester United’s strike options last season gave the side something other than goals which is not the case for Ronaldo, who has looked isolated on the field, with no teammate seemingly able to understand him.
Cristiano Ronaldo speaks out after smashing a fan’s phone at Goodison Park pic.twitter.com/pnfHKKetb8
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