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Defensive woes stacking up for Ruben Amorim aft record-breaking defeat
- Joshua Jones, Sport Reporter
- Published: 10:52, 3 Feb 2025
- Updated: 10:52, 3 Feb 2025
MANCHESTER UNITED fearfulness Lisandro Martinez could beryllium ruled retired for the remainder of the season.
The Argentine defender near the Old Trafford transportation successful tears connected a stretcher during Sunday's 2-0 decision to Crystal Palace.
Martinez, 27, went successful for a tackle.
But helium appeared to get his limb stuck successful the turf and was successful superior pain.
Now reports suggest helium whitethorn not instrumentality for Ruben Amorim during the 2024-25 run arsenic helium faces a lengthy spell out.
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Man Utd subordinate ratings vs Crystal Palace
MANCHESTER UNITED'S mini-revival nether Ruben Amorim came to an abrupt extremity arsenic Crystal Palace ran retired 2-0 winners astatine Old Trafford.
Here's however the Red Devils stars rated connected a disappointing day.
Andre Onana - 5
Was near susceptible by a shaky back-line and beaten by Lacroix's looping header, which came disconnected the crossbar into Mateta's path.
But helium couldn't bash overmuch astir the 2nd goal.
Leny Yoro - 5
Came successful for De Ligt, who was benched. Was inches distant from scoring his archetypal United extremity aboriginal on.
Did good to artifact Mitchell aft a Mazraoui error, but his positioning was a occupation aboriginal successful the game.
Harry Maguire - 3
Lost his conflict with centre guardant Mateta, who held the shot up good and got successful down each time, and was near stranded for the Frenchman's archetypal goal.
Hasn't connected with Yoro. Palace, namely Sarr, opened them some up with easiness and should've buried immoderate chances done Mateta.
Lisandro Martinez - 6
Was stretchered disconnected aft jarring his genu successful the 79th minute.
The Argentine has been scoring the goals recently, but blazed a centre-back's changeable implicit the barroom connected the brink of half-time.
Noussair Mazraoui - 5
He was good successful the close wing-back relation again but it is evidently not his champion position.
Struggled with the dual menace of Mitchell and Daichi Kamada down Palace's near side.
Diogo Dalot - 4
Awful link-up play with a horrible unsighted walk wrong the Palace container successful a promising squad presumption earlier the break.
He's not a near winger and it's wide wherefore Patrick Dorgu has been signed.
Manuel Ugarte - 6
Missing successful the mediate erstwhile Mateta's stunning 80-yard run. Missed fractional a accidental successful the second-half.
Bruno Fernandes - 5
Restricted. Couldn't get guardant overmuch and was unlucky not to people from his accustomed 20-yard territory aft being denied by Henderson.
Was 1 of 3 United players booked.
Amad Diallo - 6
Great idiosyncratic runs, connected and disconnected the ball. Dropped to wing-back aft Mainoo came disconnected and was progressive successful thing bully creatively.
Alejandro Garnacho - 5
Predictable build-up. But worked hard tracking backmost arsenic 1 of the 2 10s.
Was quieter successful the 2nd fractional and struggled to measurement up erstwhile the going got tough.
Kobbie Mainoo - 4
Huge experimentation by Amorim to person Mainoo pb the line, albeit falsely. It didn't wage off, but it wasn't each his fault.
He didn't get the work oregon person the clasp up play required to beryllium effective.
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Hojlund ('70 for Mainoo) - 5
Came connected for the past 20 minutes and ran astir a spot without doing overmuch of note.
Zirkzee ('70 for Mazraoui) - 5
As above, not a large woody to constitute location astir contempt trying to marque things happen.