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Manchester United had been anticipated to battle tooth and nail in opposition to an out-of-form Manchester Metropolis of their Manchester derby on Sunday. In the long run, it turned out to be the exact opposite.
The Purple Devils succumbed to a hapless 0-3 defeat on the Etihad, with Pep Guardiola’s aspect easing to a win regardless of not taking part in significantly effectively.
Ruben Amorim’s inexplicable determination to undertake a safety-first method when the hosts had been there for the taking backfired spectacularly, thereby heaping extra stress on the pinnacle coach.
Only a few of the gamers can maintain their head excessive after the dismal outcome, and sadly, the usually-reliable Leny Yoro endured a sport to overlook.
Yoro had a sport to overlook
He was at fault for Metropolis’s second, getting rolled simply by Jeremy Doku, who handed it contained in the field for Erling Haaland to attain.
The 6ft 3in centre-back bought bodily bullied by the 5ft 8in winger, and looking out again on the highlights, the 19-year-old shall be kicking himself for his positioning.
He didn’t cowl himself in glory for the primary both. Luke Shaw was guilty for permitting Doku to breeze previous him, however as a substitute of marking Phil Foden, the Frenchman was caught in no man’s land.
And the Metropolis star headed the ball into the purpose beneath no stress by any means when the wonderkid ought to have tried to aggressively go to win the header contained in the field.
Yoro’s worst-ever sport in a United shirt
Within the 62 minutes he was on the pitch, the defender accomplished 0 tackles, whereas dropping all 4 of his duels (each floor and aerial).
He additionally dedicated two fouls, whereas getting dribbled previous as soon as and Amorim rightly hooked him early on. He was handed the bottom rating (5.8) by Sofascore amongst United’s defenders.
This was simply the previous Lille star’s worst sport in a United shirt, and unluckily for him, it got here within the Manchester derby.
Leny Yoro might want to mud himself down, and get this out of his system rapidly with one other enormous sport in opposition to Chelsea up subsequent.
Characteristic picture Carl Recine through Getty Photographs
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