This is really poor so far. Darmian distribution is so painful to watch.
FA Cup 3rd Round
Manchester United 2:0 Reading
Old Trafford
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- Sat, 5 January 2019 @ 12:30pm GMT
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This is pretty much what I expected 11 random players to look like early on.Need to start playing out from the back. Romero and Darmin hoofin everything and Lukaku is atrocious at holding a ball upSanchez and Lukaku not doing well enough irrespective of opponents.
Double ''ard bastard.feck all in that.
Yeah, you can tell they arent used to playing together.13 min
Ilori goes into an aerial challenge with Lukaku and lands heavily. He's getting treatment but if he can't continue then the legend that is John O'Shea may have to come on!Reading dominating possession so farHorrible flat start. Don't look up for it at allAll these misplaced passes aren't gonna get these lads in our first team on the regularFirst intercepted chipped ball from sanchez. 9 more and he might unlock an award although im not sure what award it is.I would like to see Ole get out of his seat and bollock the team for the tempo.John O'Shea actually plays for Reading?Reading look really nicely set up. Well organised, aggressive in the tackle and closing down quickly.
United will need to up their game here.Should have Sanchez playing more in the middle and Lukaku elsewhere. Same old same old with Ron.
The difference between Lukaku and Rashford is night and day atm.Need a proper deadwood clear out in the summer.Fair play to Reading. They've played some decent football early on.Sure looks like five of our front six have been fecking dreadful or not been getting a sniff this season. Reading on top...This is like watching Joses United. The midfield three is poop.
Tony and Marcus dont need to worryI'm sure that there's a connection here I just can't see it yet!
Match threads are full of insightful comments.Without Rashford and Lingard chasing the ball, we look incredibly slow up front. We rely on these two to create the tempo and get the ball to slower players like Sanchez, Mata and Lukaku.Disjointed play from us to say the least. Too many changes perhaps?
It's so frustrating as even if it does reach Lukaku, he wouldn't be able to do anything with it with his back to goal.Fred playing in a more forward role. If he can't get a goal, assist or whatever against this opposition, then I'm worried.Bit worried about the midfield here, understandably Fred/Perreira/McT look like they've never played as a 3 before.
Still, no chances anywhere yet.
Definitely. Irrespective of the goals he's scored lately, you can quite clearly see that he changes the dynamics for the worst.That was better16 min
First shot in anger of the match as McTominay sets up Sanchez on the edge of the box for a shot which he sends just over the bar.
Took 15 minutes for an effort on goal.
That was niceIf these Utd players were capable of stringing three passes together I’d be happy!Lovely football.
They've woken up finallyIt's coming, one goal and Reading will shit themselves!Why'd the keeper not come for thatthey just woke up!Good try from Sanchez there. Put him up front for goodness sakes, he looks far better there.Darmian forget he’s at CB today?Pereira looks excellent.17 min
Reading have a chance of their own now as Yiadom finds himself in space on the corner of the box, but he fires his shot high over the bar.Midfield lacks bite. Herrera is not rapid, but he is quite nippy and Matic can make those forward passes. Then Darmian at the back is simply hoofing it. Add to that the forwards who lack pace.
But it's ok, we need games like these to get our second string to understand what Ole wants. Can't be dependent only on our first choice XI, these players need game-time to improve.- Status
Man of the Match
Runners-up
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20%
Matteo Darmian
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10%
Romelu Lukaku
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8%
Juan Mata
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7%
Alexis Sanchez
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6%
Phil Jones
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3%
Marcus Rashford
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3%
Scott McTominay
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2%
Tahith Chong
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2%
Ashley Young
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1%
Fred
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1%
Andreas Pereira
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1%
Diogo Dalot
Player Ratings
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 382 ratings.
Score Predictions
479,7,7
- Man Utd win
- Reading win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 33% Man Utd 3:0 Reading
- 24% Man Utd 4:0 Reading
- 14% Man Utd 2:0 Reading
- 13% Man Utd 5:0 Reading
- 6% Man Utd 3:1 Reading
- 2% Man Utd 4:1 Reading
- 2% Man Utd 2:1 Reading
- 1% Man Utd 5:1 Reading
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Reading
- 1% Man Utd 1:0 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 0:1 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 0:3 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 2:2 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 2:3 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 5:2 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 1:1 Reading
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Reading
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Reading
- Possession
- 40% 60%
- Shots
- 8 13
- Shots on Target
- 5 5
- Corners
- 1 4
- Fouls
- 14 13
Referee
Stuart Attwell
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Tahith Chong
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replaced by Marouane Fellaini
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replaced by Marcus Rashford
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