Like a thief in the night, Bristol City stole away the dream of retaining the Carabao Cup from Manchester United. A shocking goal at 90+3' was all that was needed to kick-start the party for the Bristol City fans who last won Manchester United about 43years ago.
Here are 5 Matters arising from this Shocker;
1. MATCH RUSTINESS GALORE
José 'Uchenna' Mourinho in his wisdom gave the long term absentees a run out in this game. This included Zlatan 'Ekwueme' Ibrahimovic who was given his 1st start since return from injury, Luke 'Ajebota' Shaw, Daley 'Ifeanyi' Blind, Paul 'Ikenna' Pogba, and Matteo 'Sambo' Darmian.
The match rustiness of these lads was visible to the blind and audible to the deaf with wrong passes, weak shots and lazy runs flying everywhere.
2. RASHFORD - MARTIAL 'COLLABO' LESSON NOT YET LEARNT.
Despite the bad luck and poor results always associated with playing our whiz-kid Marcus 'Rashidi-Yekini' and Anthony 'Ikechukwu' Martial together, the boss went on to start them both against Bristol City.
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As expected, getting the best out of each of them is like expecting to 'separate water and garri after the Eba is made'. It wasn't necessary against Bristol City.
3. JOB ADVERT MUST CONTINUE.
The need for a proper right winger at United can never be over emphasised. The team is paralysed on the right. Everyone who has been tried there hasn't met up to standard including Mata, Rashford, Martial and Lingard.
United is thus predictable as more often than not, no serious threat ever comes from the right, and so the zone marking is concentrated on the left.....Today,Martial was practically locked with 3 'Globe Padlocks'.
4. NO FEAR FACTOR.
United started the game with some sort of respect for Bristol city. They seemed to allow them play their game like a Naija person saying "Make I first see wetin you fit do"
This seriously backfired as the lads gradually grew in confidence and realized that 'we can do this'. They started playing 'Bristol tiki-taka' and before 'Eze came from school', they scored two lovely goals and .......GAME OVER!
5. MATTEO 'SAMBO' DARMIAN
This Italian deserves special mention. He was caught napping too often and sometimes allowed small boys to do him 'show me your number'. His forward contributions were also non-existent adding salt to the injury of Rashford struggling on the right.
He may have been match rusty, but it wasn't a good day for the Italian as the two goals also came from his side of the pitch.
IN THE END, despite the rustiness galore, the 'talk-na-do' striker Zlatan ' Ekwueme' Ibrahimovic found the net for the first time in this his 2nd missionary journey....A sublime free kick.
AFTER ALL SAID AND DONE, all we can say is Welcome to Zlatan and Goodbye to Carabao cup.
UP NEXT ......Leicester City, Same time, Same station, on Saturday. Stay tuned to ManUtdNaijaFM.
GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED.
Here are 5 Matters arising from this Shocker;
1. MATCH RUSTINESS GALORE
José 'Uchenna' Mourinho in his wisdom gave the long term absentees a run out in this game. This included Zlatan 'Ekwueme' Ibrahimovic who was given his 1st start since return from injury, Luke 'Ajebota' Shaw, Daley 'Ifeanyi' Blind, Paul 'Ikenna' Pogba, and Matteo 'Sambo' Darmian.
The match rustiness of these lads was visible to the blind and audible to the deaf with wrong passes, weak shots and lazy runs flying everywhere.
2. RASHFORD - MARTIAL 'COLLABO' LESSON NOT YET LEARNT.
Despite the bad luck and poor results always associated with playing our whiz-kid Marcus 'Rashidi-Yekini' and Anthony 'Ikechukwu' Martial together, the boss went on to start them both against Bristol City.
.
As expected, getting the best out of each of them is like expecting to 'separate water and garri after the Eba is made'. It wasn't necessary against Bristol City.
3. JOB ADVERT MUST CONTINUE.
The need for a proper right winger at United can never be over emphasised. The team is paralysed on the right. Everyone who has been tried there hasn't met up to standard including Mata, Rashford, Martial and Lingard.
United is thus predictable as more often than not, no serious threat ever comes from the right, and so the zone marking is concentrated on the left.....Today,Martial was practically locked with 3 'Globe Padlocks'.
4. NO FEAR FACTOR.
United started the game with some sort of respect for Bristol city. They seemed to allow them play their game like a Naija person saying "Make I first see wetin you fit do"
This seriously backfired as the lads gradually grew in confidence and realized that 'we can do this'. They started playing 'Bristol tiki-taka' and before 'Eze came from school', they scored two lovely goals and .......GAME OVER!
5. MATTEO 'SAMBO' DARMIAN
This Italian deserves special mention. He was caught napping too often and sometimes allowed small boys to do him 'show me your number'. His forward contributions were also non-existent adding salt to the injury of Rashford struggling on the right.
He may have been match rusty, but it wasn't a good day for the Italian as the two goals also came from his side of the pitch.
IN THE END, despite the rustiness galore, the 'talk-na-do' striker Zlatan ' Ekwueme' Ibrahimovic found the net for the first time in this his 2nd missionary journey....A sublime free kick.
AFTER ALL SAID AND DONE, all we can say is Welcome to Zlatan and Goodbye to Carabao cup.
UP NEXT ......Leicester City, Same time, Same station, on Saturday. Stay tuned to ManUtdNaijaFM.
GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED.