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Manchester United 2:2 Leeds United

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Wed, 08 February 2023

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We deserved to win. Some players didn't come up to their standards. The less said about Fred, the better. Same with Weighorst today. Fernandes, Dalot and Varane can play lot better.
 
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Frantic, no composure, panicked bad passing and giving the ball away.
Fair play for coming back from 2-0 down. We have to beat them on sunday. Leeds fought like their lives depended on it.
 

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Got away with that tonight,we should have been beat,we were way off it.
Shit happens now go and beat them at their place on Sunday and move on.
 

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Did Leeds make 6 subs? According to sky sports they did!
 

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New manager curse, probably batter them in the away tie.
 

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Licha continues to be World Class. My MOTM.

Glad to have Jadon back on form; hopefully this is his springboard.

Fred is a diabolical footballer; needs to be the first shipped out in the summer.
 

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Need to find a way to play through their press on Sunday. ETH has to think of a way to get his tactics right against a similar performance.
 

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I’m not going to mention Fred as it’s too fecking obvious as he was genuinely Championship level at best but Weghorst offered absolutely nothing at all, Garnacho needs to learn how to stay on his feet and Dalot only passed to Varane or Martinez until around the hour mark.
 

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Shaw's control of the ball is out of this fecking world.

Given the new manager bounce and Sabizer and Fred never playing together, we should have played one more midfield or a back 3.
 

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Fred's connection with the ball is terrible. Sooo limp.
 

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Please can we get rid of Fred already. Man has been stinking up the place ever since he came here and costing us games all the time. Its like playing with 10 men.
 

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And that is the reason we’re not ready to challenge for the league yet. Should be picking up 3 pts here. Created enough. Feel like we’re a striker and a replacement for Fred away from challenging.
On the plus side a lot of what we’re doing is good. Some more depth and hopefully a bit more consistency and we should be good for a proper challenge next season. 65%+ possession, 24 attempts to 8. We should have won that game, even with Leeds playing out of their skin.
 

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They had a ridiculous bounce in the first half that Ive only ever seen from Ole's first two games. We did well to come back from 2 down
 

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Laughable we only really started putting crosses in when Weggy went off.
 

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Can every team please stop sacking their manager just before our games please?
 

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So frustrating. A reminder of the impact the new signings have made. Loss of control without Casemiro and Eriksen
Cannot be overstated but those two take us from a 6th-10th level side to a top four one. All the composure and class from our midfield was gone tonight. Erratic chaotic shit. Shows how much we must upgrade in those back up positions.
 

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Got caught short at the start of each half, Leeds came out ready to run themselves into the ground and we just weren't ready to match that and were punished. We did well to come back into it and Leeds had to ride their luck at times but we just lacked that push at the end to keep going and get the winner, gave ourselves too much to do.
 

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Poor first half, better second half, with some truly atrocious attempts at finishing by Fred and Fernandes. 2 points thrown away.
 

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That's another one where Ten Hag has screwed Utd by playing Rashford on the right. Pretty much any armchair observer could have told him that it's been a waste of him and it should be the last thing he should try.

Aside from that, Varane was atrocious. He was caught way out of position for the Gnonto goal, then topped it off with the OG. Dalot was also rusty.

There'll be some criticism of Garnacho, but I thought he did most things right, just needs to be a bit more clinical with his finishing but that will come as he develops more power in his shooting. The ball was behind him for his first chance as well.

The main positive was the cameo of Sancho. Watching that it's bizarre why he didn't start.

Weghorst continues to be a waste of space.

Utd were sleepy at the start of this game, but should have plenty of motivation to smash Leeds in the return.
 

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Fred was unbelievably bad. It's amazing how porous our midfield is without Casemiro - don't have much hope of United picking up three points while he is out of the side.
 

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Wout goes out and we score two. He was supposed to help us score.
 

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Can't expect to win games conceding silly early goals in both halfs. Could have been worse, but everything seem to fall for them
 

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A performance from Fred that will be remembered for years, for all the wrong reasons. I couldn't believe what i was seeing
 

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Our midfield options past Casemiro and Eriksen are painful. Sabitzer looks promising but we need to shift a lot of this shite off once and for all.
We need a few midfielders, 2 quality strikers and 1 backup striker, at least.
 

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Very poor start to both halves - the second half particularly given we had notice. Superb header from Rashford and great to see Sancho back. Garnacho looked like a little boy lost.

We’ll probably beat them next time up as I doubt they can maintain the new/interim manager bounce.
 

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It's 2 points dropped but we were 2-0 down so a 2-2 draw is not that bad. Reminds of those few 2-2 draws we had against Dyche's Burnley few years ago.

Everything went from from minute one basically so it is what it is.
 

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Basically the ref let them get away with murder in their press, as soon as both their CMs got booked (far too late IMO), I whacked 20 quid on us to win. Managed to cash out with some profit, but the chances were there to win it.

My dad asked me how Sabitzer was doing during the game and I let a little chuckle out. Genuinely felt sorry for the lad having to play with Bruno and Fred in there.

Overall, very frustrating.
 

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Can’t remember a player with a worse game than Fred today. Not a single foot right - wow he is bad at everything other than running.
We deserved the win, we are so much better than Leeds.
 

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It's not a new revelation but our midfield options are simply awful. I'd rather try Iqbal in there instead of Fred if he'll pass or shoot like a Sunday league footballer. I know it's not his forte but he was way too bad at the basics. At least Sancho looked good and we won't have to wait long to take revenge.
 

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Two absolutely shocking goals to give away.
If we had either of Erikssen or Casemiro available, we win that game.. fine margins
 

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- Leeds were wasting time the moment the first goal went in.
- Abysmal performance from United, losing possession that easily for Leeds goals.
- Happy to get a point after 2-0 down, we're in a top 4 battle, not title contenders.
- Sabitzer looked a bit lost I think.
- Sancho, amazing. Welcome back.
 

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Don't have a midfield without Casemiro and Eriksen. Don't have a right hand side of our attack without Antony.

Hopefully we have some kind of depth beyond the first XI next year.
 

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Did well to come back. Honestly, we had enough chances to win over the course of the game. Again, we just can't finish consistently.

Shooting ourselves in the foot (twice!) was criminal though, what happened?
 

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Score Predictions

194,4,15
  • Man Utd win
  • Leeds United win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 28% Man Utd 2:0 Leeds United
  • 25% Man Utd 3:0 Leeds United
  • 15% Man Utd 3:1 Leeds United
  • 10% Man Utd 2:1 Leeds United
  • 5% Man Utd 1:0 Leeds United
  • 5% Man Utd 1:1 Leeds United
  • 4% Man Utd 4:0 Leeds United
  • 2% Man Utd 2:2 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 4:1 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 0:2 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 5:0 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 5:1 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 3:2 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 0:0 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 0:1 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 4:2 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 0:5 Leeds United
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Leeds United
Possession
66% 34%
Shots
24 8
Shots on Target
7 2
Corners
6 5
Fouls
7 11

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Simon Hooper