We deserved to lose. If you show no ambition to take a win, then you deserve a defeat. Simple as.
They had the beating of our full backs, we're more comitted in challenges, and won the majority of the aerial balls (Yes I know we scored with a header). We scored, and then sat back for the rest of the half, even after they got the pen. Which to me, makes me think that we went there aiming for a draw and that was it. Play like that at OT and you will lose, the mancs are to good not to score at home, and break teams down.
Our fullbacks got skinned regularly, Insua has the worst turn of pace I've seen in a player, but it's been like that all season. Also with their second goal, nobody got tight on Fletcher, the man on the ball is always the danger man, so you go to him. He didn't, Fletcher got a cracking ball in, goal.
Still on Insua, he limited Maxi going forward, because he was always having to track back and protect him. So Insua has cost us in defence and going forward. Not all his fault the result obviously, but once again he looked out of his depth.
We created very little going forward, which again showed our lack of ambition, and by the time Rafa made the changes, the mancs had taken total control of the game IMO. Babel was really trying to get us going, but with no movement there is only so much he could do.
All in all, I'm very dissapointed (again this season) and to be 18points off the mancs, with the season not even over yet...that hurts, and the fact they look very much on course to retain the title. We all know whats needed in the summer, but we all know we won't get it.
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