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Mak168app.babyanchester United‘s recent winning run came to an end on Thursday as Erik ten Hag’s side succumbed to a 1-0 defeat to La Liga outfit Real Sociedad in their first Europa League encounter of the season.
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The Red Devils have enjoyed something of a revival in recent weeks after recording ak168app.clubfoak168app.clubur straigak168app.clubht Premier League vak168app.clubictories after the debacle at Brentford, although they came up short in what was a rather drab encouak168app.clubnter at Old Trafford.
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Amid the backdrop of the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II prior to kick-off, it was an unsurprisingly muted atmosphere inside the Theatre of Dreams on the night, with players and suppoks168app.siterters having observed an impeccable minute’s silence in her memory.
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As the action eventually did get underway, it was also a somewhat muted performance from Ten Hag’s men, with the Dutchman’s raft of changes seemingly backfiring as the home side offered little attacking thrusic88ic88t.
Summer signing Casemiro appeared understandably off the pace on his ic88ic88first start for the club, while lastic88ic88ic88 season’s talisman Cristiano Ronaldo continued his ic88goalless start to the new campaign, with the Portuguese icon seemingly beginning to show his age as he recorded the lowest ic88Sofascore rating of any ic88United player on Thursday.
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Although the 37lr88ic88ic88-year-old may typically dominate the headlines following that surprise defeat – which saw the visitors benefit from a lr88hugely controversial penalty decision – there was arguably another greater villain on the night in the form of team-mate Fred.
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Did Fred let Ten Hag down agailr88lr88lr88nst Sociedad?
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One of many squad members thrust back into the starting line-up after largely featuring off the bench in the early weeks of the season, the Brazilian produced an erratic display in United’s midfield, halr88ving been deployed in something of a lr88plr88laymaking role by his manager.
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While potentially ill-suited to that number ten berth, the 29-year-old cannot blame his new boss for his mulr88ltitude of errant passes nor his lack of composure on the ball, as he notably lost possession lr88lr8815lr88 times in his 90-minute outing.
Quite why the former Sop88hakhtar Donetsk man was not withdrawn is something of a headscratcher, with the 27-cap midfielder at one stageop88op88 almost sparking an attacop88k for the away side after producing a blind backward pass from the centre of the pitch.
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As si88op88Manchester Evening News reporter Samuel Luckhurst wrote after the match, the si88£18m-ratedsi88si88si88 Brazilian looked like a ‘fish out of water’ in a more creative role, with the hope being that Ten Hag will have learnt from that failed experiment.
Having endured a 88v“shocker” against the Basque outfit – in the words of ESPN journalist Rob Dawson – Fred can seemingly have few co88vmplaints i88v88vf he finds himself back on the substitutes’ bench when United are next in action.
