As Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United football club suffered their fourth straight Premier League defeat, Bruno Fernandes was sent off for the third time this season.
Two minutes after the restart, Fernandes failed to assist his squad following a poor first half. Referee Tony Harrington gave Fernandes a second yellow after he scraped down Nelson Semedo’s ankle, already resulting in a booking.
The second half was the complete opposite of the first half, which plunged into a time of nothingness amid deepening fog. Fernandes caught Wolves captain Nelson Semedo on the top of his ankle with a bad challenge, earning him a penalty at the age of 85 seconds.
Tony Harrington, the referee, quickly issued a second yellow card. In the first half, Fernandes had received a warning for tripping Cunha, the team’s greatest and maybe most talented player. Cunha is an enthralling striker who can do the miraculous.
Matheus Cunha’s corner sailed over Andre Onana and right into the far corner in the 58th minute, making it worse. This is the second “olimpico” that United has given up in a week.
Last season, this match was a thrilling 4-3 match, but since both teams have had new managers, and the two Portuguese coaches are now devoted to their 3-4-2-1 systems, it was a very different match. The squad that appeared to be having greater trouble was United.
They lacked zip, moving the ball far too slowly to exploit opponents that started the game in the bottom three, even when it was 11 versus 11. Amorim will be even more certain that significant adjustments are necessary for the upcoming season.
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Vitor Pereira, the new Wolves head coach, has already won two straight games. Amorim must be hoping for back-to-back triumphs after once again leaving Marcus Rashford out of his side.
Fair play if your 2024–25 bingo cards said, “United will concede twice directly from a corner in the space of a week.” It’s amazing how this team manages to underwhelm in fresh and strange ways.
After Cunha followed Son Heung-min’s lead and found the goal from the most acute of angles, everyone at Old Trafford who hadn’t heard of a “olimpico” this time last week will undoubtedly have now. Onana and Altay Bayindir both misjudged the ball’s flight completely, although neither player took any pride in their mistake against Tottenham.
There was enough suspense at Molineux to think that Amorim’s team may pull off an equaliser until the very end of the game, and Fernandes’ red card clearly provided some mitigating circumstances for this United loss. This was still subpar, though.
Cunha’s goal, the second straight from a corner in two weeks, was the sixth set-piece goal United had let up under Amorim. So far this season, no Premier League side has given up a higher percentage of goals from these circumstances.
United lacked rhythm from the time Leny Yoro, elevated to the XI for his second league start for the club, was booked for clipping Cunha just four minutes in. Yoro was among those pulled just after the hour when Amorim made three changes, introducing Christian Eriksen, Casemiro, and Antony. Next came Alejandro Garnacho and Joshua Zirkzee. How about Marcus Rashford? He was not included in the fourth consecutive match.
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At the final whistle, Rockin’ All Over the World blared over the speakers, but United’s players most likely went off the ground with the Wolves supporters’ cries still echoing in their ears. “You’re no longer famous,” they sang with joy.
Deep into stoppage time, Hwang finally put an end to the suspense with a crucial second. Who else but Cunha rushed into an empty United half and squared for his partner without hesitation?
On Monday, United takes on the unbeaten Newcastle, who have won four straight games under Eddie Howe. Amorim has four days to convince his players to play differently.
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