‘He needs to leave my Club with immediate effect I don’t want to See him in Old Trafford Sir Jim Ratcliffe has Sack Erik Ten Hag this evening after a shocking defeat to West Ham
On Sunday Manchester United lost 2-1 to West Ham.
Having drawn 1-1 with Fenerbahce in the Europa League on Thursday night, United was hoping to get back on track and launched a fantastic start against West Ham.
In the first half Erik ten Hag’s team was completely dominant, generating many of chances, and Diogo Dalot missed the season mark by passing the ball past Lukasz Fabianski.
It was goalless at the interval; Dalot inexplicably missed the target with the goal at his mercy. The home team did better when play started for the second half and led in the 73rd minute before Casemiro header created an equalizer less than ten minutes later.
United level in the game gave them the chance to fight for a victory, but it was West Ham who scored next after receiving a very dubious penalty.
Review here what transpired in the game.
On touchline and in stands, angry responses cannot cover reality.
Manchester United was the team vanquished, even against a team with a defeatist attitude.
West Ham got United’s scalp even though they were booed off at the half. They are not the revolution they once were.
United are hardly likely to let this lie. Days will be spent debating West Ham’s winning penalty kick, a collision between Matthijs de Ligt and Danny Ings, a belated intervention by the Video Assistant Referee Michael Oliver, and an unsatisfactory assessment by the on-pitch referee.
United supporters went crazy as the London Stadium’s enormous screens repeated the incident. In the press box Darren Fletcher was on his feet. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Erik ten Hag, Rene Hake approached the fourth official as the players were contesting the validity of it.
Andre Onana and De Ligt thought there was a handball. Whether or not is a moot question. In cricket, referees have been told to work under the ‘umpire’s call’ clause. VAR has shaky foundations, at best. Still, the overrated Oliver oversaw it.
The game went over one hundred minutes. Twelve minutes more were added. Van Nistelrooy served as ball boy. Ten Hag tapped his watch to match Sir Alex Ferguson. Time suddenly started to run out.
