LC W League Cup 3rd Round

Manchester United 4:1 Burton Albion

Post-match discussion


Wed, 20 September 2017

The Martial show!
 
I feel for Pereira, he made a right mess of that.
 
Professional performance until the chaos of the dying stages. I'd be happy to see us never play 5-3-2 again.
 
Martial and Rashford showing their class tonight, like they were playing against school boys.
 
Looked very comfortable - not a real test. Good to see Martial playing well, and Lingard looked excellent - he's actually got a really good touch and control...

But overall, nothing more and nothing less than expected. Have to expect to win these games.
 
We will get a spanking by someone. Concede way too many chances.

Shaw looks over weight and Lindelof is shite.

Apart from that Rash and Martial were fantastic.
 
We will get a spanking by someone. Concede way too many chances.

Shaw looks over weight and Lindelof is shite.

Apart from that Rash and Martial were fantastic.
winning 4-1 and the first thought that comes into your head is we will get a spanking
 
Mata going off changed the dynamic of the team.

Entertaining game though, Martial and Rashford were class. Lingard very good.

Lindelof was very bad again, too bad we conceded.
 
Their goal was the only unnecessary thing today but other than that, professional performance and killed the match early nothing to be said more than that.
 
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Jose will be furious we conceded that goal.

What a performance from Martial tho. Weirdly I guess kinda poor finishing from him when he's normally so assured. There were some difficult chances but Christ some of the things he did tonight. Deserves its own highlight video.
 
Shite football. Scoring only 4 goals all the time. It's like Mourinho gives up after scoring 4 goals and only tries to defend after that. When will our club come out of this ditch. Total defensive mentality. Parking the bus after 4 goals. We need to buy more creativity in the attacking third. And probably bring in Klopp. I'm sick of watching our team score only 4 goals. At least we conceded one today, so that was refreshing. But that's the only highpoint from today. Long way to go.
 
3-5-2 is a shit formation for us, we are not comfortable with it.

Beyond that, not many other conclusions to draw with such weak opposition.
 
Shaw just doesn't look like he's going to cut it with us. It might seem harsh to judge a player based on his first appearance in ages, in a match that's already done when he comes on, but he kept finding himself in the weirdest positions for a LWB. I just don't think he has a footballing brain.

Lindelof didn't look impressive either. Looks like he's going to have to settle for more cameos in cup comps for a little longer.

Martial's finishing was unusually sloppy, but everything else he did was just :drool:. Shame the scissor kick or the run through the middle didn't end in goals. They would have been worthy of his display today.
 
Great first half. Not as great second half as we reduced the pace of our play and changed the tactic. Mata and Rashford got taken off and so it is quite clear they will start again against Southampton.
 
winning 4-1 and the first thought that comes into your head is we will get a spanking

We beat a team who will struggle to stay in the championship and they made changes themselves and weren't at full strength, yet they created 4 very good chances.

Against a better team our defence will be exposed.
 
We beat a team who will struggle to stay in the championship and they made changes themselves and weren't at full strength, yet they created 4 very good chances.

Against a better team our defence will be exposed.
Yeah well this kinda isnt our first team aswell and we would have an entirely different defence with de gea and matic in.
 
Always have to have some moaners don't we :lol:

Smashed them and played some lovely football, with the players mostly not currently in the first X1.

Then we made a few subs even to that, and not surprisingly weren't as fluid.

Good game, easy done, next round please.
 
Got it done in the first half where the gulf in quality in our forward players was apparent and it was a stroll from there. Mata, Martial and Rashford were impressive and onto the next round we go...
 
We beat a team who will struggle to stay in the championship and they made changes themselves and weren't at full strength, yet they created 4 very good chances.

Against a better team our defence will be exposed.
Against a better team that won't be our defence. FFS.
 

Man of the Match

Anthony Martial image Anthony Martial 64% of 808 votes

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Player Ratings

6.7 Total Average Rating

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Score Predictions

735,7,4
  • Man Utd win
  • Burton win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 37% Man Utd 3:0 Burton
  • 26% Man Utd 4:0 Burton
  • 14% Man Utd 5:0 Burton
  • 13% Man Utd 2:0 Burton
  • 4% Man Utd 3:1 Burton
  • 2% Man Utd 4:1 Burton
  • 2% Man Utd 2:1 Burton
  • 1% Man Utd 5:1 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 0:0 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 1:0 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 1:2 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 4:2 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 1:3 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 5:3 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 1:5 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 0:1 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 4:3 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 2:3 Burton
  • 0% Man Utd 1:1 Burton
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Burton
Possession
69% 31%
Shots
16 10
Shots on Target
11 3
Corners
5 2
Fouls
11 14

Referee

Graham Scott