One 2/10, four 3/10s and a 0-4 scoreline summed up Manchester United's night at Como. The loss in Como vs Manchester United came after United conceded inside two minutes, then spent the rest of the game chasing it. Michael Carrick's future as head coach was described as hanging by a thread after the defeat.
United's ratings collapse
The numbers on the individual ratings tell you almost everything. Noussair Mazraoui was handed a 2/10, the lowest mark in the report, after a slow start that never improved and a performance described as woeful. Bruno Fernandes received 3/10 and was criticised for moaning and complaining at teammates almost constantly in the first half, while Harry Maguire also got 3/10 in a back line that was exposed far too easily.
Manchester United's problems were visible from the opening minutes, with Nico Paz striking inside two minutes and adding a third soon after. Andrey Santos and Diogo Dalot were part of the same defensive mess, but the focus stayed on the players whose ratings sank the lowest. One poor display is one thing. A cluster of 2/10s and 3/10s in the same defeat is something else.
Zirkzee's late consolation
Joshua Zirkzee at least offered one small positive, with a late consolation that stopped the scoreline from looking even uglier. He had already done little to change the flow of the match, and Anastasios Douvikas had scored at the start of the second half before Zirkzee's goal arrived.
His 6/10 was among the brighter individual marks, but it came after the game had long slipped away. United's Champions League night was already damaged by the time Zirkzee scored, and the result leaves the 4-0 defeat at Como as the story, not the late goal.
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