British Newspaper: 'Man Utd has not changed compared to last season'

"The optimistic fans of Man Utd - and their numbers are certainly dwindling - can tell themselves that the home team was close to winning," Ladyman's post stated. "With two minutes of play time remaining, substitute Alejandro Garnacho hit Arsenal. A lot of terrible things happened in the next 10 minutes or so but if that tight offside situation hadn't been blown. penalty, the result of this match could be very different. However, the statistics do not lie."

Yesterday, Man Utd was suppressed, but prevailed thanks to Marcus Rashford's curling shot in a quick counter-attack in the 27th minute. But right after serving, Arsenal equalized the score with a one-touch shot from captain Martin Odegaard. outside the penalty area. After Alejandro Garnacho's goal was denied for offside in the 89th minute, Man Utd conceded two goals in injury time. The first was Declan Rice's shot in the penalty area in the 6th minute of injury, and finally the solo shot into the far corner of Gabriel Jesus in the 11th minute of injury.

This result continues Man Utd's poor performance away from home under Ten Hag. This season, before falling at the Emirates, they lost 0-2 at Tottenham Stadium. Last season, when away from opponents in the top 8, Man Utd lost six matches, against Man City, Arsenal, Newcastle, Liverpool, Brighton and Aston Villa. Their best performance is a 2-2 draw at Tottenham and 1-1 at Chelsea.

"Look at Man Utd's starting lineup. Is this a stronger team than the last time they marched to Emirates Stadium, losing 2-3 in January? The answer is no," author Ladyman wrote, adding that Man Utd may only improve a little in goal thanks to Andre Onana's ability to play with his feet, even better than some defenders like Victor Lindelof.

Injuries have somewhat "cut a hole in Man Utd's spine", when Raphael Varane, Luke Shaw, 76 million USD rookie Mason Mount are absent, and 94 million USD striker Rasmus Hojlund has just recovered and pointed to field in the second half. This makes Man Utd's squad too thin to face stronger teams, partly reflected in Ten Hag's decision to substitute. At the end of yesterday's match, when Lisandro Martinez and Victor Lindelof showed signs of exhaustion, the Dutch coach could only be replaced by Harry Maguire - the player who had just been stripped of the captaincy and pushed onto the transfer floor - and the midfielder. The defender is 35 years old and returns to Man Utd on a short-term contract Jonny Evans.

"But is that enough? Man Utd can't compete for the Premier League title since the last championship more than 10 years ago. That was once considered the life of the club," the article continued. "Last season, Man Utd was 14 points behind champions Man City. So this season requires big steps, not small steps. This is a sign that problems are lurking for Man Utd."

Man Utd also encountered instability at the top. Last week, British media reported that the Glazer family ended their bid to sell Man Utd when they could not agree on a fee with two candidates, Qatar's King Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and England's richest man Jim Ratcliffe. Previously, Al Thani was said to be close to owning Man Utd for 6 billion pounds (7.2 billion USD), but the Glazer family did not agree and raised the selling price.

However, the British journalist believes that Man Utd is unlikely to "collapse" this season, because there are enough good players to win matches, especially at home at Old Trafford. "Top 4 is not out of their reach," he wrote.