When the Manchester Derby entered the final minutes, at a time when Man United was 1 goal behind, the home team brought Joshua Zirkzee on to look for hope, while the factor brought in by Man City was Iliman Ndiaye.
One player is considered redundant for Man United, the other is Man City's strategic rotation plan. At a time when Man United played with more players and wanted to equalize, Michael Carrick did not even have a sharp weapon on the bench. Meanwhile, when Ndiaye came on, he caused no small waves for the opponent's defense. That is one of the highlights showing the biggest difference in personnel level, even wider is the level of the two teams.
The midfield in the Derby is also a very large gap for Man United compared to their arch-rivals. Last summer, Man City spent up to 241 million pounds for the pair Elliot Anderson - Enzo Fernandez. Meanwhile, Youri Tielemans - Man United's midfield newcomer in the recent match only cost 35 million pounds. The pair with Tielemans - Kobbie Mainoo is a product of the Carrington training academy. Therefore, the transfer value of the central midfield pair on Man City's starting lineup is about 7 times more expensive than their city rivals.
Finally, the left-back position. After a season of playing a full 38 matches in the Premier League, Luke Shaw was injured "as predicted". He was absent from the win over Sabah in the middle of the week in the Champions League and is now not registered for the Manchester Derby. In the end, Patrick Dorgu was chosen and the Danish defender left behind a poor performance below expectations.
Dorgu's poor performance is also partly due to Carrick's way of using this star. In the second half of last season, Dorgu was pushed up to play as a striker and once shone. Throughout the pre-season friendly period, the 21-year-old star also played as a striker. Only when Shaw was injured in the past few days, Dorgu was forced to return to his old position. Of course, he could not have enough time to adapt, leading to such a poor performance in the Manchester Derby.
These are the most prominent issues of Man United and the consequences of this issue come from a transfer season that is not as expected. However, when looking deeper into this matter, it can be seen that the reason for this situation comes from the fact that the financial foundation of the team is still very precarious. Man United still owes a lot at this time and the specific number will be announced on September 24.
Michael Carrick is having a start exactly like Ruben Amorim last season, the season the Portuguese coach was sacked when he only had 4 points after 4 opening matches. From now until before Christmas, if things do not improve, "Red Devils" fans may once again read the news that the team sacked the coach.
