[Skills]

Poor but needed those 3 points more than a performance

 

[next_number_seven]

Our midfield is lacking a lot. Eriksen is a big loss.

I don't see the point of Weghorst, does little despite assist at the end

 

[Maroon Lucifer]

Moving Rashford up top done the trick

and this created a new role for Weghorst, who really was kind of good after that. He did end up with a key role to the second goal.
He was really really bad before that though. So were most of our players tbf

 

[December_16]

We never give up, that’s the amazing part. Fecking get in!!

 

[Get In Scholesy]

As the game went on I started caring more about the game reaching its conclusion than I did about the result, terrible football match.

Anyways big 3 points. Given the resources available, Ten Hag did very well.

feck Leeds.

 

[RuudTom83]

Bloody horrible on the eye...but thankfully Rashford is the best player in the world in 2023 so the 3 points are a welcome present.

Barca up next!

 

[Murder on Zidane's Floor]

YYYYEEEESSSSSS

Is my overwhelming reaction. Despise Leeds and they game raise like utter losers whenever we play them.

Garnacho with another goal, for a young lad he is starting to produce and that's good.

Marcus is looking like a £150m striker. Every week he is producing and scoring the "striker type goals, headers, scrappy ones". Amazing, hope he keeps it up.

Maguire is a travesty and needs to be sold ASAP.

Good win, bad game, now let's hope it's a good ebening.

 

[Reditus]

we instantly became a better side once Martinez was introduced

very tough game and one of my happiest 3 points this season

 

[Eriku]

So who here thought we’d be 17 points ahead of Liverpool this season?

Yeah, but they have 3 matches in hand

 

[Himannv]

Shaw MOTM for me. Both Garnacho and Licha were fantastic off the bench though.

 

[Mike Smalling]

Great win! It was a slog, but getting the victories in these games is huge.

Also, I would like to encourage Luke Ayling to consider maybe fecking right off.

 

[space]

Good win. Watched the game without checking the match day forum constantly and honestly surprised by some of the comments!

Leeds away was always going to be tough but in the first half we had the better chance and should have been 1-0 up. Considering no Casemiro, I thought we handled them well with DDG only having to make one save. They were great for the first 15 minutes in the second half but you could see them tiring and big gaps opening up, perfect for someone like Garnacho.

Professional performance considering injuries and number of games we are playing. Weghorst held the ball well and caused them trouble, Rashford wasn't his best but is so dangerous. Thought Sancho did okay too. Sabitzer was excellent, calm and always in the right place + a beautiful pass to start the attack for the first goal.

Maguire's passing was atrocious but his defending very good, Martinez so calming once on. Shaw was brilliant. Can't really fault them today. Bruno everywhere as usual too.

 

[Superunknown]

ETH's substitutions and positional changes made the difference. He got it spot on. We had a few other chances to score, plus two tight goals disallowed (both require another look, imo). We deserved the win, in my opinion. The play from Sabitizer to Shaw to Rashford for the first goal was excellent. Loved Garnacho's finish and Wout did well to get the assist. He looked so much better after his positional change.

On another note, I really dislike Leeds. I don't wish them well this season.

 

[Utuhu]

ETH needs to be more pragmatic and super reactive with substitution during games, especially when things are not going well.

 

[ti vu]

Weghorst was excellent after the subs.

Not really.

He got one assist, but failed a similar situation to play Garnacho, Rashford through earlier.

ETH made it hard for ourselves starting WW. He's almost shite. Switch Rashford upfront, stretching play change the game. Same as the mid game against Leeds!

WW in Fellaini role is still mostly poor. A few aerial ball which Fellaini would have easily dominated and shielded the ball, WW missed up. WW playing this role means Bruno had to be shoehorned into a different role.

At the end, the offside tap in is very poor situational awareness, poor instinct.

Rashford up too is not ideal, but much much better than having WW there. If after 2 recent games, people can't see it, I really don't know what else could help...

 

[Jazz]

The Leeds players and fans really infuriated me on this here Sunday afternoon so I'm especially loving that we beat them.

They really are scum!

Now we have a bit of breathing room for top 4, which is great during this jam packed run of fixtures.

 

[Matt007a]

We were shocking really but the result is the most important thing and we got it. Maguire was as bad today as Fred was in mid week. Everyone one of his passes was either sideways or a failed diagonal to a Leeds player.

Good goals in the end, well finished on both and a nice cross from Shaw, who was one of our only decent performers today. We immediately looked better when Martinez came on, especially when playing it forward from the back.

 

[Zen86]

Rubbish performance.

It’s a reality check that we’re only as good as the team we put out and much of that is dependent on Casemiro. Glue that holds us together.

That said, it’s more points on the board. Onwards and upwards.

 

[MonkeysMagic]

Fantastic win. Before the game and during large parts of match just didn't think we woukd create or score but ecstatic to be proven wrong.

Even more satisfying coming against dirty scum in their back yard. Been seeing lots of social media posts of what their so called fans have been up to during the game, scum of the earth.

 

[ExoduS]

Important win ! We are still in this race.

 

[Tiber]

Scoreline flattered us but an important 3 points

 

[Red Star One]

Bad first half, second better, nice result. Eth a little bit more proactive so looks like he’s learning

 

[Tony247]

Phew.

And viva Rashford.

 

[Still ill]

Horrible match, great result. I'll take that.

 

[OmarUnited4ever]

Feck Leeds..


Happy for the win, not a good performance in terms of midfield control and chance creation but we got it over the lines, Ten Hag made a tactical switch in Weghorst switch to SS/AM role so he can battle in the middle and free Rashford to go central allowed for Rashford's goal and Weghorst assisted Garnacho.

 

[Woodzy]

Horrible game and mostly poor performance but there’ll always be games like that. It’s a cliche by now but we lose that one last season. Good times are coming.

 

[Acole9]

It was a pretty hard watch but buzzing for the win.

 

[Buchan]

We are finishing games quite strongly when the game is up for grabs, that much alone is a huge positive, for me.

Our schedule is brutal and we are understrength for various reasons so away wins against motivated rivals shouldn’t be taken for granted.

A huge three points, all told.

 

[RedDevilCanuck]

Rashford and Garnacho got the goals but Martinez and Fred turned the game around. Weghorst did well dropping deep too.

 

[Drifter]

We never give up, that’s the amazing part. Fecking get in!!

Like United under SAF

 

[Member 125398]

After the last game ETH told players to win their battles. They did that today and that's what kept us in it. Fantastic effort and a fantastic result.

 

[Adamsk7]

Considering we’ve been without Casemiro, Eriksen, Martial, Antony and McT (yeah I know but still squad depth), to get 4 points from two tough Derby games against a team on a bounce after a managerial sacking isn’t bad at all.

If we can beat Leicester and Brentford next then we are gonna be in a good place. We’re not in a title race but we kind of also are….

 

[Wheato]

The performance up till the goals was just shocking and could have gone either way.
Bossing it after that. Win is a win.

They played a mid block with everyone behind the ball. Ten Hag played it brilliantly, we passed it around the back four, then waited for them to tire and then we attacked them for the last quarter. Could have been 0-4 by the end.

We found the solutions today.

 

[Frosty]

The season is going great.

Maguire is a walking disaster.

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

2-0 flatters us, but given our glaring issues when we're missing key players you have to admire the fight we showed and obviously be delighted at grabbing the points.

 

[Reddevildans]

All the Leeds efforts on goals were because of individual errors at the back. Maguire is just awful. Slow, ponderous and completed overrated with his ability on the ball. Big three points nevertheless.

 

[Orange Tree]

I just know if we can hold on till the 60 minutes mark we will have a chance. Leeds won't have the energy to press all day.

That said, first goal out of nothing opened them up.

 

[moodyred]

We are 2nd in the table! Just for a couple of hours at least.

 

[Who's Kissing Cameras?]

Is Ayling normally that good? He was fecking sensational in both games.

 

[Who's Kissing Cameras?]

Never seen a defender come on and change the game. Lisandro is another level.