Ruben Amorim and Manchester United suffered yet another defeat on Sunday, losing convincingly to the noisy neighbors Manchester City at the Etihad. It was a match that United never really made City uncomfortable in as similar problems popped up with the shape of the team and the ability to create meaningful chances.
The Reds just outpossessed City, and completed more passes than the Blues as well, and yet they produced a measly 0.19 xG with just two shots on target and no big chances created ahead
of garbage time. Two chances from point-blank range for Bryan Mbeumo and Casemiro boosted that number significantly late in the match, but both failed to steer the ball on target from close range.
City on the other hand were clinical, and shook off some of the rust despite a slow start to the season by constantly splitting United in the midfield and at the back. Phil Foden got an early goal to get things going and Erling Haaland followed with a pair of goals after halftime to settle the result.
In truth, it was a pathetic performance and the match felt settled as soon as Foden’s strike went in. United are a team that is figured out by every opponent they play, whether it’s a League Two side or the richest sportswashing project in the Premier League.
City came into this match on the back of two defeats in which they looked a bit lost, struggling to change over the pricey old guard for the pricey new guard. It was a team that had clear weaknesses even on Derby day, and yet United were helpless to do anything other than pass the ball sideways and backwards.
It has been said in this space before and again now: Something has to change from Amorim or he will not be around to implement changes much longer.
