Manchester United gives a frightening picture against Basaksehir. The criticism of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is growing. Is the successor ready yet?
There is often a narrow line between genius and madness. At Manchester United, it’s seven days. This team is currently puzzling football fans.
On Wednesday a week ago the team of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took apart RB Leipzig in the Champions League according to all the rules of art. The Red Devils sent the previous year’s semi-finalist from Old Trafford
home 5-0. It was not only the result, but the way it impressed. Solskjaer had coached tactical fox Julian Nagelsmann according to all the rules of art and pulled the cops’ teeth with simple means.
Seven days later, United gave a frightening picture in the 1-2 defeat at Basaksehir Istanbul – offensively harmless, defensively
completely disordered. Only two shots went to the Istanbul Gate in the 90 minutes. United with negligent defensive behaviour
Significant scene: In the 12th minute, the Turks knocked a united corner out of their penalty area towards the centre line, where striker Demba Ba was completely free. No United defender had the ex-Hoffenheimer on screen and secured the corner so that he could walk alone to Dean Henderson’s goal and turn the ball 1-0 from the Turkish champion’s point of view.
Such a mistake must not happen to a team of this calibre. Solskjaer knows that too. “At the first goal we play a short corner and forget about the man at the top, and that’s unforgivable,” criticized the Norwegian after the match.