We asked for your thoughts after Sunday’s Premier League game between Manchester United and Liverpool.
Here are some of your comments:
Man Utd fans
Carl: Sometimes you cannot fathom why players do the things they do and the mistakes they make. What is always pleasing is when they react positively and make amends. Well done to the management team and a special mention to Kobbie Mainoo and his team-mates. What was a poor season has become a good one with Champions League qualification.
Neil: In the past few games, why has Lammens fallen into playing out from the back? It was one of his strengths when he came in that he kept it simple with long balls, unlike the calamity Onana. Another lucky escape after Brentford. I’m sorry, but Michael Carrick is living on borrowed time. Julian Nagelsmann is my choice.
Mark: That 20-minute period early in the second half just shows how close the performance of the current United and the United from last season are. It’s a thin line between success and failure for us at the moment, and we’re just falling on the right side. We need cool, calm heads in the midfielders we bring in.
Simon: Great man-of-the-match performance from Kobbie, particularly in the first half, breaking up Liverpool’s play with interceptions and tackles based on great positioning. The goal was his reward. Mainoo is nailed on for England.
Liverpool fans
Wiz: Regardless of injuries, we are papering over cracks all the time with Arne Slot. Boring, slow, predictable and passionless. It clearly doesn’t work in the Premier League. He won it last year with the last of Klopp’s team and has now dismantled it totally. There is no identity at all. Slot has still got to go, or it’ll be another 30 years before another trophy.
Kieran: Liverpool’s problems this season are many in all areas of the field. Their biggest problem is the correct recruitment. No alternatives to Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate. No cover for Conor Bradley at right-back. Florian Wirtz has been a major disappointment, and he is not suited to the physicality of the Premier League. Missing out on Marc Guehi was the club’s biggest mistake. Alexander Isak and Jeremie Frimpong should not have been bought. Sporting director Richard Hughes is the real problem!
Mez: Very poor overall. They were gifted two goals early in the second half, but they never looked like winning it. Slow play, no identity, no bite up front, all over the place defensively and, more importantly, no midfield. Even if Slot keeps his job beyond this summer, I think he will be sacked within weeks of the new season.
Dax: If it wasn’t for United’s mistakes we could have been hammered. It’s not that Slot doesn’t have a clue, it’s that the team just aren’t playing with any kind of passion… except for Rio Ngumoha and Dominik Szoboszlai. The counter-attack is non-existent or too slow, the passing lacks any kind of purpose and nobody seems to want to close down opponents. All too frequently, we are allowing opponents to form an attack safe in the knowledge that we’ll give them the space to do it. We need to show teams the kind of pressing we were so good at and be ready for the break. I don’t think Slot is at fault here. It’s the players.
