The manager is new and Cristiano Ronaldo did not start but none of that fixed problems that have haunted United for years
bright sun, a blue sky, the temperature climbing beyond 20C. The trams packed well over three hours before kick-off, the megastore rammed. The stewards and security men disconcertingly chirpy. The face of the new manager glaring from the scarves stretched out on the stalls on Matt Busby Way. A distinct buzz in the air. Perhaps even, if one really looked for it, a sense of optimism. Then they kicked off.in recent years but few quite so dispiriting as this.
Early in the second half Marcus Rashford allowed a simple pass to roll under his foot and out for a throw-in. It was that sort of day all round. He is a shell of the player he was, hollowed out by a lack of confidence so profound that a late offside flag in one counterattack felt almost cruel because of the opportunity it afforded him to mess up the finish.All the talk before kick-off had been of Cristiano Ronaldo being left on the bench while Christian Eriksen started as a false 9.
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