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The four best hopes of Manchester United ended in a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield already relegated.
Scott McTominay's opening scoreline in the eighth minute seemed to have sent Manchester on the road to routine victory that would qualify him for the Champions League until the last day, but their performance was only as good. Is gradually deteriorated and Isaac Mbenza was able to recover some of the loot. the bottom of the Premier League.
In the absence of Romelu Lukaku, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave Alexis Sanchez his first start in the league since the beginning of March. This is one of three team changes tied with Chelsea last weekend.
Huddersfield also made three changes. Aaron Mooy, Alex Pritchard and Chris Lowe are all back for the Terriers' last home game.
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The season was disappointing for season ticket holders at John Smith's Stadium, who saw their team beaten 14 times in 18 games, scoring just nine goals in the process, and taking the worst possible start here.
United had too much free space to allow McTominay to go through the midfield and when he shot at the goal, Jonas Lossl completely ruined a routine stop by going strangely with his shins to allow the young Scotsman to strike. to sneak under him.
For the opening half-hour, there seemed to be "how much?", But the hosts gradually gained a foothold, and Victor Lindelof had to be twice vigilant to ward off the dangerous centers at the very far post.
His central half-partner, Phil Jones, had a typically erratic afternoon. After being held by Jonathan Hogg for a late challenge, he almost gave Huddersfield an equalizer, conceding possession of the ball on the edge of his own surface, to finally be saved by an honest David De Gea stop to deny Karlan Grant .
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In spite of everything, United nearly scored two goals in the meantime: Paul Pogba had a great pbad back to direct Juan Mata's shot on the crossbar.
Grant nearly equalized by a curly effort shortly after half-time and Solskjaer was clearly far from happy with how his team had started the second half as he was making a double change less of ten minutes after the start of the recovery, sending Tahith Chong and Ander Herrera. for Nemanja Matic and the injured Sanchez.
The changes made did little to dispel the badent about United's performance. They were quickly punished, as Lossl corrected his mistake by launching a counterattack that put Mbenza on the ball with a simple long ball in his hands. Belgian placed under De Gea to make it 1-1.
Jones and Marcus Rashford have both lost glorious opportunities to regain the advantage, the first lifting the center of Ashley Young above the bar, and the last cutting off Mata's gap.
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S addressing Sky Sports, United Ole boss Gunnar Solskjaer admitted that his team was "not good enough" against Huddersfield:
"Over 90 minutes we were not good enough, we missed chances to put the game aside, we created a lot of opportunities and we did not really leave them in our half. Places, stadiums full of energy, we know if gave them hope that they would be ready and unfortunately we did it.
"Sometimes it happens, concentration, application, decline of confidence, it was strange to see how we changed our approach to the game instead of just playing, we chose some difficult options.
"We are where we are for a reason, and for a long season we have not been good enough to compete in the Champions League, which is not a surprise, but we were hoping to show better results. performance today. "
Manchester United captain, Ashley Young, addressing Sky Sports:
"I can not blame the effort and attitude.In the first 20 minutes it was all we .It's hard to take their goal, we knew we had to help ourselves we ourselves and we did not do it today so we are disappointed.
"We stopped pbading the ball forward and let them come back in. It was a festive mood or it was a Cup final against Man United. We knew it would not be easy, but in the first 20 minutes we knew what we were doing, but we could not get the three points. "
Dip in the form:
"I'm not sure what it is, that could be a number of things.Good, now we can not put our finger on it.It's hard for the team now we can not get into the top four and we have to look at how our season went and come back.
"Sometimes we have not played as we should have and that is why we are in the table, we have to leave and come back fresh."
Do not enter the Champions League:
"It's a huge blow – I've always said that when you talk about Manchester United, you should not be talking about the top four, but rather priorities."
We will soon hear Ashley Young and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer …
An appropriate image to summarize the Manchester United season?
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90 + 4 minutes: Lossl is reserved to waste time, which is a bit odd, because I do not see why he was not throwing himself on it and trying to get the winner. United looks vulnerable.
90 + 1 minutes: Eight minutes added.
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James Robson is at John Smith Stadium
Hold on for a thrilling final as United strives for the winner. There should be a lot of extra time after the corner incident, so it may not be over yet.
But United will also leave a lot of room at the back for Huddersfield, so do not rule out a winner either.
88 minutes: Save money!
Tahith Chong looked offside but the flag went down and pulled up, but Lossl lowered the pressure to deny it.
And then out of the bar! It's again Pogba with a tremendous curling effort that allowed Lossl to beat but to return to reality.
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83 minutesVictor Lindelof was United's best defender today, but he is stuck in the tunnel. Dalot is on.
78 minutes: Another delay while Lossl is taking a lot of McTominay while he has just cleared, but eventually, the Scotsman can continue.
73 minutes: And another!
Juan Mata is positioned on Rashford Road but he seems to slip when he hits him and sends him flying miles wide.
71 minutes: What luck!
It's a sneaky free kick from Ashley Young and the Huddersfield scoring is shocking. Phil Jones escapes completely free, but guides his arrival to the end of the line.
65 minutes: We had a long delay here because Mbenza hit the corner flag in half at a party, and it took the better part of five minutes to find a replacement.
GOAL!
60 minutes: something to cheer for and it comes!
It's a horrible goal to concede from United's point of view, but Credit Lossl, who had a scream for the first goal. It's his quick thinking of starting the break from a corner, and from there, it's just a kicking hand that sends Mbenza behind. A cool finish.
GOAL! | Huddersfield 1-1 Man United | Isaac Mbenza 60 & # 39;
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James Robson is at John Smith Stadium
There is a growing feeling that this United team is just gbaded. Players have looked exhausted for weeks – and you can not do much as a manager when that's the case.
Maybe this can be used as a mitigation for their dramatic collapse in the last weeks of the season – and it may only be fair to judge Solskjaer when he has a full pre-season. The signs are certainly not encouraging.
54 minutes: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is clearly not happy. A double change here while Ander Herrera and Tahith Chong replace Nemanja Matic and Alexis Sanchez, who is hindering the tunnel.
52 minutes: And it was almost the leveler!
They are all jogging while Grant finds himself face to face with Phil Jones.
51 minutes: A bit like in the last part of the first half, United seems to be able to score every time he attacks, but does not give you confidence on the other end. So lax in defense.
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