Manchester United suffered a setback in their defeat to Everton, with Ruben Amorim’s side being criticised for the manner of their performance at Old Trafford
Manchester United are still dealing with the fallout from their defeat to Everton. Ruben Amorim’s side surrendered their five-match unbeaten streak in a 1-0 loss at Old Trafford on Monday night.
The Red Devils had reasons to be confident ahead of the game, given the signs of improvement Amorim’s team have shown in recent weeks. However, United failed to capitalise after Everton were reduced to 10 men following Idrissa Gueye lashing out at his own teammate early in the first half.
Instead of United seizing the advantage, Everton took the lead through Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and successfully held on to the three points. The result gave David Moyes his first Old Trafford win as a visiting manager and left United 10th in the table. Here. Mirror Football takes a look at some of the headlines surrounding United.
Man Utd star speaks out
Matthjis de Ligt slammed the manner of United’s performance after struggling to create chances against Everton. The United defender criticised the team’s approach, suggesting that De Ligt was unhappy with Amorim’s tactics during the game.
“From our side, we didn’t do enough. Didn’t make the runs or bodies into the box,” he told Sky Sports. “They are strong in the air so we didn’t have the players to score from that.”
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“We basically played to their strengths. These are the main aspects, but we have to look at ourselves and it’s not good enough.
“We’ve been away and trained for a while together. I just think we lacked a bit of urgency in several situations.
“They get punished if you lack this urgency. If you don’t score, you lose this game. We lacked this hunger to make a difference on the most important moments.”
Man Utd legend ‘threatened’
Nicky Butt has claimed he has almost had his Manchester United season ticket revoked. His former teammate Paul Scholes detailed his difficulties in obtaining extra tickets for games due to the number of staff changes since his playing days. Butt responded by relaying an issue with his United season ticket.
“If you don’t use them three times you get them taken off you,” Butt explained on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast. ‘I’ve had an email saying ‘you’re having your ticket taken off you’.’
“So I rang them up and said ‘Can I speak to somebody about this please?’ And they go ‘Who am I speaking to please?’ And I go Nicky Butt and they go, ‘OK, well who’s that?’
“I couldn’t really say it but I felt like saying: ‘I played about 450 games for this club! I’ve won about six or seven titles.’ It’s a different world, I wouldn’t know [who to go to for tickets].”
Butt played for United from 1992 to 2004. He made 387 appearances during his time at the club, winning several major honours, including six Premier League titles, three FA Cups and the 1999 Champions League.
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