In United's 1-0 defeat to Wolves, the whole team stumbled and made hundreds of active mistakes again. The data showed that United had conceded the ball 145 times, including as many as 45 active pass errors.
In the 54th minute of the game, Manchester United counterattacked, Mason Greenwood burst into the front with the ball, and the next cross was sent between Ronaldo and Wan Bissaka. C Ronaldo, the captain of the game, started on the right side, desperately running to save the ball, and successfully left the ball within the sideline. After struggling to save the ball, C Ronaldo rushed out of the field due to inertia and crashed into a billboard on the side of the stands.
However, after Wan Bissaka took the ball, he shook off the defender and his right-footed cross went straight out of the bottom line. Originally, people thought that the ball was so outrageously deflected, it must have met a defender, who knew that the slow mirror showed that Wan Bissaka's supporting foot was too far away from the ball, resulting in a right-footed cross that was off topic.
The amateurism of this biography is comparable to Rashford's left-footed burst from the audience during a visit to Newcastle. Manchester United fans on social networking sites were furious, mocking Wan-Bissaka as a "comedy player".
And this is just the tip of the iceberg of Manchester United's many mistakes in this game, that is, C Ronaldo himself, who also sent the header back to the head of Wolves center Raul Jimenez when assisting in the defense of the backcourt, almost making a big mistake.
At that time, the two Wolves players stood in front of De Gea and should never return to the top, but thanks to C Ronaldo's "oolong return pass", Jimenez was also caught off guard, not ready, and pushed the ball to the side. He then received a cross from his teammate and was offside, but he was unable to top the ball, allowing United to escape the fate.
United's defensive mistakes can also be hoped that De Gea will save or the opponent will be distracted, thus turning the danger into a disaster. But low-level mistakes on offense directly prevented the Red Devils from creating too many decent offensive opportunities. Another stat shows that Ronaldo, who plays as a striker in this game, only had three touches in the Wolves penalty area in the 90 minutes.
In contrast, Wolves center Connor Cody also had three touches in the Manchester United penalty area, and Ronaldo's chances in front of goal could only be equal to the opposing center-back, which fully demonstrated how inefficient the Red Devils' offensive organization was. Since Bruno Fernandez did not start this game, C Ronaldo and Cavani needed to take turns to withdraw to catch the ball. Meanwhile, the two wingers were hampered by Wolves' 343 defensive system and were unable to open the wing corridor. Coupled with Wan Bissaka's unbelievable cross, C Ronaldo and Cavani could only watch the ball fly over their heads in front of goal, in vain.
Manchester United starting left-back Luke Shaw pointed out after the game that the team's performance was not good enough and lacked responsibility. "We look at our squad, the stars in our squad, we have incredible strength." Luke Shaw told Sky Sports, "But sometimes, it's not enough to be strong enough. We need to be more intense, we need to be more aggressive, we need to play more motivated. I think, to outsiders, our performance today didn't do those three things at all."
"In the dressing room, we know everyone wants to win and that's our goal, but we have to put 100 per cent in after stepping into the pitch and do everything we can. I think to beat an opponent like Wolves, every player has to be 100% committed because it's a tight game. Now, we have time to refocus. We can have a full training session next week and maybe the manager can instill more ideas and let us play the tactics he wants on the pitch."