Man Utd 1-1 FC Twente, marked the start of Europa League campaign for united. FC Twente is a boyhood club of Erik Ten Hag. They did upset united with a draw. United have become a club with inconsistent performances. One can´t predict when they will play good football or bad football.
"I would have preferred a different opponent. It's never nice to hurt someone or something you love."
- Erik Ten Hag
What he meant is “he feels bad trying to defeat twente a club he has great affection for but he probably doesn’t have that range of English.”
Man Utd 1-1 FC Twente, Full Time.
What Next:
- Man United vs Totthenham, 29th Sept, 4.30 BST, at Old Trafford.
Post Match Analysis, Man Utd 1-1 FC Twente:
Man United have shown in today´s match that they can be inconsistent without reason. Besides having best team available to play, united showed no hunger to score goals or to win a game.
Bruno is lacking leadership. He is taking team nowhere. He should have been more in command and get everyone play. He should just go back and watch Roy Keane. In terms of his personal performance, he didn´t make any impact in the game. He was seen complaining. Eriksen shouldn´t be substituted. It should have been Bruno.
Zirkzee is just playing casual practice game in evening on local turf near his home. He is next Anthony Martial for United.
Man Utd is a very big club. Every week in stadiums, in bars, in cafes, and almost all part of world in late nights to early morning, fans passionately watch games but Erik Ten Hag side didn´t show any hunger to win or to score goals. In 1st half itself, anyone could have predicted, united would concede as players don´t have seriousness on the field.
Erik Ten Hag should have planned this game better as FC Twente wasn´t a very big team. Also, it is a team he knows better. Poor result for united.
FC Twente achieved what they wanted. They upset the united at old trafford. For them, it was a win. Their fans celebrated the result with players. One thing for sure, FC Twente has passionate fans who care for their club. They were there for their team till last mint. They could have scored one or two goals and would have done big embarrassment for united and Erik Ten Hag personally. They defended well on wings, giving less space to Amad. Rashford could break their defence but he was very poor with final pass. Great game for FC Twente, and their fans.
Key Events:
- Match Started, with Harry Maguire starting with Martinez.
- Rashford and Amad on wings, Zirkzee striker.
- 7th mint, Twente missed a chance in goalkeeper area.
- 34th mint, man utd scored. Eriksen with a good shot.
- Man United 1-1 FC Twente, Half Time.
- 67th mint, Garnacho in, Amad out.
- 68th mint, Twente Scored.
- United showing no hunger to win a game. What a pathetic and boring performance by united.
- 79th mint, Hojlund, Mainoo, Mount in and Rashford, Zirkzee, Eriksen out.
- Man United 1-1 FC Twente, Full time.
Man United vs FC Twente, 1st Half Analysis
For Manchester United, they are leading but not an impressive performance. It’s like they’re playing against some big team. The opponent shouldn’t be dominating the game like that. Ugarte should up his game. And Amad too.
Rashford is sharp but wasting the ball.
They need to play deeper and more faster They should be winning with nothing less than two goals already. United got possessions but final touches are wasteful.
Zirkzee needs to be more clinical and show some hunger to score goal.
Twente is playing bold at Old trafford. Given they are playing away, they are defending well. They have plan and strategy to play against United. They might stun united if united don´t score more goals. In 1st half they also got quite a few good chances but couldn´t convert them.
In the first half, both team had just one shot on target.
Man Utd Squad:
FC Twente Squad:
Man Utd vs FC Twente, Pre-match Analysis
FC TWENTE manager Joseph Oosting has said that he plans to upset Manchester United at Old Trafford. FC Twnete is currently in a good form. In last 6 games in this season, they won 3 games, drew 2 games, and lost 1 game. In the last match of Europa Cup qualifier, they drew with RB Salzburg 3-3. Twente had 52 percent possession in the game. Twente is not an easy side for united to beat.
Man United on the other hand failed to score against Crystal Palace despite giving a good performance. Man United side has everything to beat Twente. Hojlund made a comeback in last game which is something positive. Erik Ten Hag has emotional connection with his boyhood club but he is ready to face them. United are hoping to score goals and win the match and continue the rebuild campaign.
FC Twente is boyhood club of Erik Ten Hag
Football Club Twente , sometimes known internationally as FC Twente Enschede, is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede.
When interacting with media, Erik was just reminiscing about when he used to be in the (FC Twente) ultra’s stand and when he became a player, coach and assistent there. He was a bit nostalgic about the club and has some fond memories there. But maybe some fans who are whining about this should look at his record with Ajax against FC Twente (4 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw).
FC Twente Fans were louder than Man City fans, in Man City vs Watford game
A few hundred FC Twente fans are in the city of Manchester for Man United v FC Twente game. Twente fans attended the game, Man City vs Watford, at Etihad and they were louder than home Man City fans.