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Manchester United relapses. The Red Devils conceded their first defeat in 2024 against Fulham (1-2) this Saturday at Old Trafford. Dominated, uninspired offensively and too soft in the middle, the Mancuniens believed in it after Harry Maguire’s equalizer in added time. But Alex Iwobi ultimately rewarded the audacity of a good Fulham team.
You are missing a being and everything is depopulated. Without Rasmus Hojlund, current serial scorer in Manchester, Erik Ten Hag’s men delivered a very sluggish score in the rain. This deprives them of a fifth consecutive victory in the league and prevents them from catching up with the author of the fifth, Tottenham.
Two starts missed by the Mancunians
No shot before the 26th minute of play, roughly the same equivalent after returning from the locker room, the Red Devils suffered far too much to win. Faced with a Fulham team which is not afraid to play its football, the Mancunian midfielder was not up to the level of the meeting with choices which questioned. Erik Ten Hag had decided to start Omari Forson who missed his first professional start and had no choice but to put Marcus Rashford on to compensate for the absence of Ramus Hojlund.
A losing cocktail and very uninspired offensively. Very little movement and combinations between the local attackers who created the best chances with long shots, from Diogo Dalot on the post (31st) or Alejandro Garnacho who fell on an in-form Bernd Leno (41st), also ahead of Marcus Rashford (72nd) and Bruno Fernandes (90th+3). The German goalkeeper, on the other hand, missed his exit in front of the Portuguese by putting the ball into the feet of Harry Maguire as a surface fox (89th) on the equalizing goal which seemed to wake up this Manchester team.
But faced with this start of revolt pushed by Old Trafford, the Red Devils were finally cooled by a counter-attack led by Adama Traoré and concluded by a cross strike from Alex Iwobi à la Kylian Mbappé (90th + 7). The winning goal rewarded great efforts from the Cottagers who tried numerous times and stumbled against the post or against André Onana. Dangerous in the game, Fulham had finally found the fault on a set piece with a two-step goal from its defender Calvin Bassey Ughelumba (65th). The Londoners did not steal their success and plunged Manchester United back into its failings. Not a good omen one week before the derby against City.