Man United was beaten by a single goal in their loss toEverton. 1:45
Since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, Manchester United have had some bad days at Goodison Park.
The team was beaten by a single goal by the Toffees to follow on from a 2-0 defeat under David Moyes in 2014, a 3-0 defeat under Louis van Gaal in 2015, and a 4-0 thumping under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2019. The fact that the results are still happening nearly a decade after Ferguson left shows how important it is for the next manager to turn the club around.
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If there is an April trip toEverton on next season's fixture list, then it might be a good time to add another zero to the price.
Anthony Gordon's first-half goal has given United a bigger mountain to climb if they want to play in the playoffs.
It says everything about the state of the team that even though they lost at Crystal Palace in the previous game, they couldn't lift themselves enough to beat a team who had lost 17 of their previous 22 league games. They don't belong in Europe's top club competition because they are playing like this.
The players should be eager to play in the competition, but as long as we play like we are today they don't deserve it. It is hard for us as a coaching staff to understand why we didn't create more chances.
After a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Burnley on Wednesday,Everton were there for the taking.
Marcus Rashford was able to force Jordan Pickford into two good saves despite United's poor start. The second came after 12 minutes, but between then and a long-distance shot from Paul Pogba nine minutes from time, United created nothing. The ball was smashed into the benches in protest at the time being of the team, but most of the damage was done by the player himself.
The home fans wildly celebrated every pass and tackle after Gordon's shot went off Harry Maguire and past David De Gea in the 27th minute.
We had our moments and could have scored in the first 25 minutes, but I wish we were more penetrating. We were not able to break down that wall in the second half.
It shows the confused thinking at United that when they needed a substitute to change the game in the second half, they turned to Juan Mata, who hadn't played in the league this season.
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The United performance would have been worse if Pickford had not saved the final shot byRonaldo. Alex Telles was poor, Bruno Fernandes gave the ball away again and again, andRonaldo was almost anonymous, but the list of players who underperformed went beyond those three.
It was the 42nd goal they have conceded in the league this season, the worst record of any of the top eight and the same number as 18th-ranked Burnley. It was ironic that on Wednesday Sean Dyche told his players that they didn't look like a team who knew how to win a game, and Frank Lampard could have said the same thing, but he chose not to.
It is not possible to talk about a team that does not know how to win a game. We got the result we needed today.
If Ten Hag takes on the United job, he will need new players in the summer, but the issues do not begin and end with the squad. The players are only part of the problem, as shown by the fact that only De Gea has started each time.
The fans heard the same thing after each of those desperate results in this part of the world, and that's why Rangnick told the board what needs to change in the summer. Time will tell if Ten Hag is the man to stop the rot or if he is next in line to get stuck with the Toffees.
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