From Premier League contenders to rock bottom in a matter of weeks. After five defeats in last nine games and just one clean sheet in 21, Manchester United are out of the title race after nine rounds. The Red Devils are seventh in the table, eight points away from the league leaders Chelsea. After all expensive signings they made, they still have a long way to go if they wanna become Champions, and yesterday’s result was a clear proof.#AlexFerguson #ManUtd #MANUTD #LFC @LFC #Liverpool pic.twitter.com/RPOc99GPYG— Nikos 🇨🇾🇬🇷🇬🇧 (@RefugeeNik) October 24, 2021 With an unbalanced squad and an average manager, Manchester can win against inferior opposition, but struggles against bigger ones. They narrowly escaped defeat against Atalanta, who were without five players, but not against Klopp’s Liverpool. And even Manchester coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer couldn’t soft the blow.“We know we are rock bottom, we can’t feel any worse than this. Let’s see where we take it. Man United have had tough times before, but we’ve always bounced back and taken on challenges. The last few weeks we’ve hit a brick wall. The performances haven’t come and we’ve conceded too many easy goals. Of course, we’re all low, I can’t say now that I’ve felt any worse than this, this is the worse I’ve been, the lowest I’ve been, but I accept the responsibility and that is mine today and it’s mine going forward. I do believe in myself, I do believe that I am getting close to what I want with the club. I think what we’ve done, what I’ve seen, the development, of course the results lately haven’t been good enough, it’s hands up and that brings doubt in anyone’s mind probably. But I’ve got to keep strong and I do believe in what we’ve been doing, the coaching staff, the players” said Solskjaer.Jesse Lingard responds to a fan ‘I’m not on the pitch’. [@CantonaManc] pic.twitter.com/9WVwMwQmHC— United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) October 24, 2021 12.2 billion Ksh. That’s the price United paid for Harry Maguire two years ago. And captain’s performances this season are worth maybe 1 billion, not more. Again one of the worst on the pitch, the captain came out of the dressing room to apologize to the fans.“First and foremost, apologies to the fans. It’s nowhere near good enough at this club. We are all disappointed. We spoke in the dressing room, I’m here because I have to be here. The only real thing is we have to apologise to the fans. They stuck right with us, singing and chanting at 5-0, but for us as a club we have to do better. I think it was too open. I’m not here to analyse the game. We are so disappointed, we gave them too many chances, they were really clinical. Defensively, and I’m a defender first and foremost, conceding four at home at Old Trafford is nowhere near good enough. As a player, I know myself, I will be looking at myself as an individual and the performance of the team, I’m the captain and I lead the boys. We have to come together and stick together” said the captain.PLAYER RATINGS: Man Utd – Liverpool: Salah’s perfect game against United’s sorry defenseThe winning team was also shocked after the game. No fan, yet alone player or coach in Liverpool could have predicted the result, but they like it anyway.“What can I say? Did I expect that? No. What we did in the last third in the first half, how we pressed them high and how we won balls, got the balls in the right areas and scored wonderful goals. At half time, I told the boys we had to play better and not just in the last third but all the rest. We stopped playing football. It’s only because we don’t show up and don’t want to play. Of course, the result is insane. I asked if there was a result like this and no-one can remember it. It will take a while to happen again. We want to write our own story in this club, they put a nice piece in the history of the team. That is really special. I feel it is not the moment where we celebrate like crazy because of respect for the opponent” said Jurgen Klopp after the game.
