Pranav Nair
Manchester United fans livid as club bow out of the Europa League
Sailors are a superstitious sort and believed that bad things happen in threes. That certainly proved to be the case for Manchester United yesterday.
The Red Devils took the lead early on as they looked to put an end to their semifinal misery this season. United had also qualified for the Carabao Cup and FA Cup semifinals, only to make it no further.
Unfortunately, it was more of the same last night as Sevilla fought back to secure their ticket to the final in Cologne.
United did at times look completely in control. In fact, the players came out swinging after the break and it looked to be a matter of time before we scored again.
An inspired goalkeeper and an indomitable defence kept us at bay before Luuk De Jong popped up to score the winner in the 78th minute.
Problems aplenty!
As if the altercation between Bruno Fernandes and Victor Lindelof was not enough, we failed to show any semblance of fight after going behind. It has become an all too familiar trend and is inexcusable, especially in a European Cup semifinal.
Responsibility will also have to be shared by the manager, who failed to change the tactics or make substitutions until it was too late. It is perhaps ironic that a team led by the hero of 1999 failed to fight until the last second.
United seem to be a million miles away from competing against the best teams. Serious investment and an improvement in tactics will have to be implemented to give us a fighting chance next season.
The Red Devils faithful were extremely unhappy with the level of performance on show. A number of them took to Twitter to vent their frustrations on the result.
Twitter reacts as Manchester United crash out of the Europa League
If this result doesn’t make Woodward get off his backside and make some transfers then I honestly don’t know what will.
— 💯 (@Prime_Utd) August 16, 2020
if any other club was carry on with all this fake positivity for clout cos its the in thing to do our ‘fans’ would be absolutely destroying them…
— fatlad (@footboxing) August 16, 2020
there is no wonder we have become a laughing stock.
Imagine playing one of the most important games in this season and not making a substitution till the 88th minute!!
— JB 🇸🇴 (@jabirm07) August 16, 2020
20 some shots on target. 1 goal. No subs until the 86th minute. Rashford terrible again. What did Pogba bring? Lindelof talking shit to Fernandes when he didn’t cover his area on the second goal. Another goalkeeper turning into Superman.
— Rasmus Bak ‘Junior’ Kristensen (@RasmusBak1992) August 16, 2020
Well done, club. Well done.
I’m sure you’ll work harder in training on winning more penalties next season. Good luck !
— Shane Fernandes (@shanefernz) August 16, 2020
Forget spending £100m+ on Sancho, it’s quite evident that the problem with this team is the defence. The worst back four I’ve seen at the club in my lifetime
— LUKE (@_DAVlES) August 16, 2020
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Disappointing. Big investment and nothing to show for it. It’s obvious that this squad needs some different personnel on both fronts. Managerial and on the pitch. Cliches are easy, but you have perform with wins. Excuses, and ifs and skiffs. To much blah blah and not enough wins.
— Flory Goncalves (@FloryGoncalves) August 16, 2020
After game against Copenhagen I said they are bunch of players who don’t work hard,Sevilla proved again more heart equal more chance…only Fernandes deserves praise nobody else!!!Millions don’t play,players do!!!
— V19 (@PawelSzpinek) August 16, 2020
We’ve bottled in in 3 semi finals this season can’t even bring on players until the 87th minute because we can’t even trust them we also haven’t scored a goal from open play in this mini tournament in Germany we deserve this
— Tяυsτ №¹-Yahya™ (@RealistYahz) August 16, 2020
Absolutely shocking all need to hang their heads in shame and them fcukers running the club need to put their hands in their pockets and shell out for some real talent! Sick of this crap!
— Trev UTID 🔰🇾🇪 (@knaggsy097) August 16, 2020
