MU once again brought sad memories to fans after losing 4 unanswered goals to Crystal Palace, in round 36 of the Premier League.
Crystal Palace took advantage of the home field advantage and entered the match with great confidence. They proactively played attack while MU’s defense played like a dream. After many siege situations in the 12th minute, Crystal Palace scored the opening goal thanks to Olise.
Conceding early, MU actively held the ball and looked for an equalizing goal. In the 27th minute, MU put the ball into the home team’s net, but the referee did not recognize the goal because of a foul by Hojlund.
Mateta continued to “sow sadness” to the away team. In the 40th minute, Richards dropped a smart pass to Mateta. The striker wearing shirt number 14 easily passed Evans before firing a sharp shot into the near corner to beat Onana. The score is 2-0.
In the second half, Ten Hag made changes. However, that is not effective and the defense is still a weakness that cannot be overcome. In the 58th minute, Mitchell easily scored to increase the score to 3-0 for Crystal Palace with an easy cushion.
In the 66th minute, Olise completed his great day with a thunderous long-range shot to increase the score to 4-0. The 4-goal difference was maintained until the final whistle blew. The weak defeat caused MU to miss the opportunity to surpass Chelsea in the rankings.
Nacional newspaper revealed that if they receive a bad result against Crystal Palace in the next match, there is a high possibility that coach Ten Hag will be fired by Sir Jim Ratcliffe. On social networks, Man Utd fans were very disappointed with the performance of expensive stars when they could not win tickets to the Champions League next season. Most fans continuously demand that the team’s leadership send coach Erik ten Hag off immediately.
According to sources from ESPN, Brentford striker Ivan Toney has expressed his desire to join Manchester United during this summer transfer window. However, this deal can only happen if the “Red Devils” meet the huge salary he requested. Specifically, Toney is said to want to receive a salary of £300,000/week (excluding bonuses), a number that is extremely high compared to Man United’s current average salary. This salary is equal to Marcus Rashford, who is receiving the third highest salary (after Casemiro and Varane).
Toney’s “huge” request makes many people question the feasibility of this deal. Man Utd is in the process of rebuilding and will probably consider carefully before offering such a high salary to a player who does not have much experience playing at the highest level. This season, he has only scored 4 goals for Brentford in the Premier League after 15 appearances.