Erik ten Hag watched on as his Manchester United side were held to a draw by his former club, FC Twente. Despite taking an early lead through Christian Eriksen's strike, United's complacency allowed Twente back into the game.
But this was a familiar tale of woe for the Manchester United boss.
They took it, striker Sam Lammers burrowing into the box and then burying an effort into Andre Onana’s near post.From a kind of stupor the game was now a staggering mess. The latter had faded completely in the second half after an encouraging first 45 but these dropped points in the new league phase of this competition owe much to United’s complacency.
The obvious thing – the simple thing – to do next would have been to swipe his left foot at the ball to either clear his lines or win a throw. Buy some time and get up the pitch.The Portugal international has become a more prominent operator for Ten Hag’s side and that, perhaps, is part of the problem. While he may be capable and comfortable inverting into midfield, and will always offer you a sporadic moment of class with a long range effort, too often Dalot simply makes the wrong choice.
Rashford, back in the starting XI after being rotated for the stalemate at Crystal Palace on Saturday, was by far United’s most potent threat. There were some clever nutmegs – one which Ronaldinho would have been proud of with a snappy out-to-in movement – and moments of sharpness in his play.
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