Hugo Lloris: Made one outstanding save to deny Anthony Martial and handled another couple of tricky shots well. No chance with the pen. 8/10.
Serge Aurier: Got into lots of good positions without any semblance of quality in the final ball. Lucky his usual slip ups went unpunished. 6/10.
Davinson Sanchez: Didn’t start well on the ball or in the air – one fluffed clearance in particular gifted Marcus Rashford a decent sight of goal. But his pace was crucial to us hanging on when the game was stretched. 6/10
Eric Dier: Was acing his audition at centre-back before the fresh legs of Paul Pogba drew a penalty, which I think the 26-year-old was unfortunate to concede. Looked more confident and I hope that doesn’t knock him. 7/10
Ben Davies: A typical Davies performance; no frills, but no spills. 5/10
Moussa Sissoko: Can’t remember the last time this guy walked off the pitch having not had a good game. Six months since his last, he was straight back at it. Superb energy and defensive cover, and used the ball okay too. 8/10
Harry Winks: Put in a decent shift but outclassed and overrun when Pogba came on to join Bruno Fernandes. That’s when we need someone to help us keep the ball and Winks cannot command a game like that. 5/10.
Steven Bergwijn: Looked our most dangerous attacker and scored a superb individual goal before tiring in the second half. Decent defensive shift too. Looking like a shrewder capture with every passing game. 7/10.
Erik Lamela: Did lots of good stuff in both halves but wasted two or three opportunities to pick out a final pass. We didn’t have many clear-cut chances and that lack of quality from Lamela was the reason why. 6/10.
Son Heung-min: Had a quiet game. Doesn’t have many these days. 5/10.
Harry Kane: We judge him by high standards but it won’t get much worse than this from the England skipper. Didn’t have a sniff of goal and looked leggy 10 minutes into the second half. Completing the full 90 means we can expect more of the same against West Ham as he works his way back.
Substitutes:
Giovani Lo Celso: Looked like he was close to creating something on a couple of occasions but it didn’t quite happen. A decent cameo. 6/10.
Gedson Fernandes: Was completely lost filling in upfield; we’ve hardly seen him in his best position. Sessegnon would have been a better option. 4/10.
Manager:
Jose Mourinho: Got the lineup right as we looked solid for an hour. United then changed the game off the bench and Jose’s response did halt their momentum before the unfortunate penalty. Could have made more of his subs though. I’m already sick of him complaining about what options he doesn’t have. 6/10.
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Kane didn’t rate at all? fair enough.
Defensively we were more concentrated and efficient,but you can’t rely on that for most of the match.There needs to be better tranformation from defence into attack and we didn’t have that until Gio came on.
A lot of our attacking in the first half relied on the long ball over the top,but Lamela in particular failed with his final ball.It was obvious that fatigue would set in as the game wore on,particularly for four of our players who had virtually no matches in 2020.Kane in particular was peripheral and out of it at the end.
The fact remains that,whatever you think of him,Pogba made the difference when he came on.That right foot half volley he made to Rashford,I think who fluffed the opportunity,was sublime.
Lloris-7.5,Aurier-5,Sanchez-6,Dier-6.5,Davies-6,Winks-6,Sissoko-7,Lamela-6.5,Bergwijn-6.5,Son-5.5,Kane-4.5.
Fair summary Joe. By the time Harry Kane is match fit four or five games in it will be too late. Still we are paying for Levy’s ineptitude in not buying a striker. It’s unfair to to judge the players this early but midfield is a problem, Lamela is no midfielder and N’Dombele must be showing nothing in training, disaster in the making with him. I like Winks but he needs a top defensive midfielder and a fit Lo Celso along side him. Unless City are banned and we win seven out of eight games you can forget the Champions League. It’s as clear as day we need more quality, I support Mourinho and he said he’d have Spurs challenging for the title next season. Without real top signings we might be competitive but we won’t be challenging City and Liverpool any time soon.
And we’re back!…lack of fitness and lack of ideas..it was like watching Scunthorpe (us) playing against United in a cup game and just trying to hold on..
Lamela was good in spells but didn’t add much to create anything. Son & Kane terrible…Bergwin did ok…Hugo played well and Dier actually did ok but he always has that in him so will never be the player we want him to be…all in all very disappointing at home and I can only remember 2 shots on goal..
Jose is moaning already, harsh penalty but if it was the other way round I would’ve expected us to get it..
I think CL is out the question, getting Europa is going to be hard enough..