Ken Early: Three games and two defeats into the new Premier League season and the choice to keep ten Hag already looks unwise
Three games and two defeats into the new Premier League season and the choice to keep Erik ten Hag already looks unwise
Instead they yielded to a mood of fan euphoria after the FA Cup final victory over Manchester City, and decided to give ten Hag another chance. Three games and two defeats into the new Premier League season that sentimental choice already looks unwise. It would be one thing to believe that a new coach would soon purge the familiar flaws United displayed in a painful 0-3 defeat to Liverpool.
The obvious risk is that you tilt too far towards caution and end up playing, as Arsene Wenger used to say, with the handbrake on. But so far Liverpool have struck a good balance. The obvious question as the goal went in: “Where was the right back?” At the moment when Ryan Gravenberch started the attack by intercepting Casemiro’s sloppy pass, Noussair Mazraoui was crossing the halfway line on his way to occupy the attacking wide position he is supposed to take up when United have possession. He immediately turned and started running back but it was already too late.
The third goal, 10 minutes into the second half, started with a pressing trap. Liverpool invited United to pass the ball to the unmarked Kobbie Mainoo, but by the time the young United midfielder was receiving the ball Alexis MacAllister was already challenging him. Salah was still in his accurate mood and swept a first-time shot past the poorly-positioned Onana.
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