Manchester United didn’t get their first win of the Premier League season on the board as they have been held to a 1-1 draw by Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday.
Leny Yoro’s header, which was later determined to be an personal objective from Rodrigo Muniz, gave the Pink Devils the lead within the second half, they usually gave the impression to be on track for all three factors.
Sadly, a lapse in focus on the again for United allowed Emile Smith Rowe to ghost in and knock the ball previous Altay Bayindir to seal some extent for the house aspect.
There was additionally a missed penalty amongst all of it, as Bruno Fernandes skied his effort over the bar within the first-half earlier than the personal objective from Muniz put United forward anyway.
Bruno Fernandes’ efficiency in opposition to Fulham
The Portugal worldwide had the right probability to open the scoring when a penalty was awarded for Calvin Bassey’s foul on Mason Mount within the field, however blazed his effort properly over the bar.
Fernandes was sad with the truth that the referee interrupted his run-up, which he did begin once more, however that was not sufficient to excuse how poor the strike was.
The United skipper did, nonetheless, get pleasure from a really stable recreation other than that penalty miss. Per Sofascore, the central midfielder gained eight of his ten duels, accomplished each of his tried dribbles, and created one probability.
Fernandes tried to get on the ball to make issues occur, while being combative and robust out of possession, however let himself down in uncommon vogue from the penalty spot.
In the meantime, Patrick Dorgu’s total efficiency was worse than the captain’s on the left and Ruben Amorim ought to think about ruthlessly dropping him from the aspect.
Why Patrick Dorgu needs to be dropped
The Danish full-back is within the aspect to supply dynamism and an attacking outlet down the left as a wing-back, however didn’t present wherever close to sufficient high quality in opposition to the Cottagers.
Dorgu’s efficiency left far an excessive amount of to be desired. While Fernandes was, a minimum of, robust defensively, the wing-back misplaced six of his eight floor duels and was dribbled previous twice with out making a single sort out, per Sofascore.
This exhibits that it was far too simple for Fulham attackers to get the higher of him in one-on-one battles, and that he didn’t present Luke Shaw with sufficient safety down the left flank.
Sadly, the 20-year-old flop’s use of the ball didn’t make up for his lack of defensive high quality, as the previous Serie A starlet didn’t ship high quality in possession.
Vs Fulham | Patrick Dorgu |
|---|---|
Minutes | 90 |
Key passes | 0 |
Large possibilities created | 0 |
Crosses accomplished | 0/2 |
Dribbles accomplished | 0/1 |
Photographs | 0 |
Possession misplaced | 18x |
Stats through Sofascore | |
As you possibly can see within the desk above, Dorgu misplaced possession a whopping 18 occasions with out making a single probability or having a shot on objective to check Bernd Leno.
The one time that the Danish whiz did make an ideal run to interrupt the final line of Fulham’s defence, his stretched try to cross the ball hit the aspect netting with out troubling anybody in Fulham white.
This is the reason Amorim should ruthlessly ditch the younger defender from the beginning XI for the conflict with Burnley within the Premier League subsequent weekend, after the League Cup recreation in opposition to Burnley.
In an excellent world, that would come with a change of form to a again 4 with Luke Shaw in his extra pure place, however it may see Shaw or Diogo Dalot play because the left wing-back as an alternative.
