Is Manchester United loses in the forest: is Harry Maguire a sign of their disappearance?
With Manchester United 1-0 in Nottingham Forest and needs a goal to avoid a 13th defeat of the season, the manager Ruben Amorim turned to the bench.
He had already withdrawn Joshua Zirkzee – a three -league scorer from when he completed a move of £ 36.5 million at Old Trafford last summer – in favor of Rasmus Hojlund, who contributed with 13 league goals since United spent £ 72 million for him in 2023.
With other scarce attack options, Amorim has adopted a family approach to coaches at all levels of the game: he sends the great man.
In all honesty, Harry Maguire has almost come well as a improvised striker, his effort in bundle in the seventh minute of injury beat Matz Sels but does not connect Murillo Central defender on the merits.
Maguire recorded multiple shots on the target during his nine -minute cameo (one) of Zirkzee in 78 (zero) and Hojlund after pausing (zero).
Little illustrates the despair of United better than a 32 -year -old central defender who is their most threatening weapon in the opposition penalty area.
“We tried with good opportunities, but in the last third, the last step, the last assist was not there. So if we don’t, we can’t score goals,” said Amorim a TNT Sports after the game.
“This season is so. We had many shots on goal, we pushed the opponent to the last third, but in the last third we had a lack of quality.
“We know the characters of the team (forest) and a goal can put them in a situation they love. We have to score two goals to win a game and this is frustrating as it was the beginning of the game. We helped them to win three points.”
Goals are clearly a problem for United: they scored 37 games in 30 samples this season and are on the right way to beat their lowest goals from the 49 premier league set in 2015-16.
But the objectives are far from the only metric that illustrates the United struggles. Is Amorim team set for their worst campaign in the Premier League?
