Manchester United continued their unbeaten run below interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy with a 1-1 draw towards Chelsea at Outdated Trafford. For a lot of the sport, either side may solely muster a lacklustre efficiency, and issues solely actually sparked to life within the final 20 minutes.
It was United who took the lead, with captain Bruno Fernandes changing a penalty which was gained neatly by Rasmus Hojlund. He bought on the tip of Casemiro’s cross, taking a heavy contact previous Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sanchez and was tripped because of this by his outstretched arms. The Crimson Devils skipper made no mistake from the spot.
Enzo Maresca’s facet hit again simply 4 minutes later, and it was a chic end from Moises Ciacedo, Sky Sports activities’ participant of the match at full time. The midfielder volleyed house from outdoors of the penalty field from a nook, pulling his facet stage.
Neither crew may discover a winner, though there have been golden probabilities for the house facet. United’s finest probabilities got here by way of Alejandro Garnacho, who was one of some disappointing gamers towards the Blues.
United’s worst performers vs. Chelsea
It was a troublesome day on the workplace for 20-year-old Garnacho, who has began the final a number of video games for the Crimson Devils. He missed a couple of essential probabilities, with Fernandes teeing him up in acres of house, however his poorly-hit shot may solely land sadly within the arms of Sanchez. He additionally blazed a strike over the crossbar on the volley, though the choices to cross have been there as an alternative.
His stats through Sofascore mirror simply how disappointing of a efficiency it was from the teenager. United’s quantity 17 accomplished solely certainly one of his 4 tried dribbles, accomplished 76% of his passes and will solely win one from 9 duels.
Diogo Dalot was one other participant who was underwhelming towards the West Londoners. Normally an extremely constant performer, the full-back couldn’t get into the sport. He picked up a sloppy yellow card for a poor foul and allowed Pedro Neto to run previous him on a couple of events.
The Portugal worldwide acquired a 5/10 for his efforts from The Manchester Night Information Journalist Samuel Luckhurst, the chief United author. He criticised the Crimson Devils quantity 20 for a ‘sub-par efficiency’, explaining he ‘had no affect’ on the sport within the second half.
Nevertheless, as poor because the pair have been towards the Blues, there was somebody who was arguably even worse. That participant is Manuel Ugarte.
Ugarte’s stats vs. Chelsea
It has been a extremely disappointing begin to life in a pink shirt for Uruguay midfielder Ugarte. He price the Outdated Trafford membership upwards of £50.5m together with add-ons from Paris Saint-Germain over the summer time however has but to place up a convincing efficiency and safe a everlasting beginning spot.
Sunday’s outing towards Chelsea was very a lot the identical story. The 23-year-old may probably not get into the sport, gifting away a number of cynical fouls which resulted in a Forty second-minute reserving. He was sloppy in possession and didn’t take care of the ball very nicely.
Certainly, his stats from the sport definitely mirror this. The United quantity 25 had simply 38 touches of the ball and accomplished 76% of his passes. Extremely, the midfielder gained simply two from 13 duels, together with 12 floor duels, and dedicated six fouls. It was an underwhelming efficiency to say the least.
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Ugarte stats vs. Chelsea |
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Stat |
Quantity |
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Touches |
38 |
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Cross accuracy |
76% |
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Passes accomplished |
22/29 |
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Floor duels gained |
2/12 |
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Fouls dedicated |
6 |
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Variety of instances possession misplaced |
11 |
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Tackles gained |
1/3 |
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Stats from Sofascore |
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Luckhurst didn’t assume a lot of his displaying both. The journalist gave him a score of simply 5/10, explaining he’s ‘nonetheless floundering at Premier League stage’, and that he was ‘bossed by Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia’, the Blues midfield pair.
United will probably be hoping their summer time signing can rediscover his finest type below incoming supervisor Ruben Amorim. He performed his finest soccer at Sporting below the identical boss, and the Crimson Devils absolutely should hope he can discover the identical ranges as soon as extra.
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