The Manucians’ disappointment for the home team seemed to have reached its peak when they continued to witness another poor performance by coach Erik ten Hag and his team. Playing at home and opponent Bayern had run out of goals, but in the end, Man Utd still lost badly as usual.

Final result Man Utd vs Bayern Munich (0-1)

Scored: Coman 70′

After the 2023-24 Champions League group draw, it is believed that most public opinion predicted that Man Utd and Bayern Munich would have no difficulty winning tickets to continue in Group A. But in the end, that statement was only half correct. While the “Gray Tigers” soon registered their nаme in the 1/8 round and officially owned the top spot, Manchester United even ranked bottom of the table.

Man Utd entered the final match against Bayern Munich in the context of having just lost 0-3 to Bournemouth right at Old Trafford in a match where every position played poorly, including Harry Maguire who received the “Best Player” award. Premier League in November 2023″. However, when “everywhere you look there are problems”, coach Erik ten Hag has no choice but to continue to put his faith in the “available” personnel at hand.

 

Compared to the loss to Bournemouth, the Dutch strategist only replaced 2 positions when midfielder Varane started for the first time since October. Previously, Varane was injured and after recovering, there was a lot of information that the player was injured. This player felt “uncomfortable” so he was ignored. Varane’s appearance helped Luke Shaw return to his preferred left wing. Besides, Hojlund was automatically allowed to play because both Martial and Rashord were absent due to illness. In fact, although the Danish striker has not been able to fire in the Premier League, he has scored 5 goals in the Champions League group stage.

As for Bayern Munich, coach Tuchel would have given some key players a rest if last weekend, the “Gray Tigers” did not accept a humiliating 1-5 defeat against Frankfurt in the national championship. Of course, Germany’s No. 1 team did not want to lose the second match in a row to avoid further deterioration in morale, so the coach who once led Chelsea arranged the strongest lineup against Man Utd.

Thanks to that, it is not difficult for Bayern to control the game when the quality of Man Utd’s competition from the beginning of the 2023/24 season has always been at a “low average” level. The first significant opportunity appeared in the 10th minute with Harry Kane’s low kιck close to the 16m50 line, forcing Onana to dive to show off his talent.

It wasn’t until the 23rd minute that the home team at Old Trafford was able to truly threаten Neuer’s goal for the first time with a strong kιck from about 25 meters away from Luke Shaw and the veteran German goalkeeper had to come to Bayern’s rescue. In fact, despite using strong forces (which means they don’t want to lose), the away team played moderately and did not use their full strength.

Meanwhile, Man Utd is not in a hurry to improve the squad and the pace of play even though the team must win. Therefore, developments in the first half were not very exciting and the number of dangerous situations was not many. In the 40th minute, the “Red Devils” had to make a reluctant change when Maguire was injured and could not continue playing and veteran Jonny Evans took his place.

Entering the second half, Man Utd gradually pushed the squad higher and increased the pressure because there was simply no other option but the “all or nothing” gаmble. In the 49th minute, Antony overlapped with Wan-Bissaka on the right wing before the English defender replaced Luke Shaw and returned the ball to the middle so Bruno Fernandes, unmarked, freely shot… into the stands.

However, the home team cannot maintain pressure for long because Bayern is not ordinary and uses a strong squad, and how Man Utd has performed since the beginning of the 2023/24 season is a matter of “talking about it all the time until we get bored”. Not to mention the spirit is often in a “sluggish” state even when it is necessary to win.

And then bad things inevitably happen to the Red Man. In the 70th minute, Kane delicately passed the ball to Coman, who was not offside, jumped down to catch the ball, then swung his leg with all his might to knоck dоwn Onana. Even though the home team was behind, coach Erik ten Hag did not know who to rely on when the bench consisted of mostly young faces who were not “outstanding”.

Of course they (Mejbri, Pellistri or Mainoo) were brought on but it was no surprise that none of them made a difference. Outside the field, “Teacher Muoi” clearly showed helplessness and frustration until the referee blew the final whistle, giving Bayern Munich a victory.

Thus, regardless of the results of the remaining match (Copenhagen won 1-0 against Galatasaray), the loss to Bayern Munich at the “Theater of Dreams” alone was enough to make Man Utd last in the final rankings in the group. A means officially saying goodbye to the European arena this season.

It seems that Erik ten Hag’s career at Man Utd is about to come to an end and proactively resigning at this time is probably a wise solution, but I believe that the patience that the board of directors has for him is almost exhausted, not only because of his success. The field performance is so poor, but so is the playing style and spirit shown by the team.

Man Utd VS BAYERN Man UtdNICH TEAM

MANCHESTER UNITED (4-2-3-1): Andre Onana; Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire (Evans 40′), Raphael Varane (Mainoo 80′), Luke Shaw (Wan-Bissaka 46′); Sofyan Amrabat, Scott McTominay; Antony (Pellistri 75′), Bruno Fernandes, Alejandro Garnacho (Mejbri 74′); Rasmus Hojlund.

BAYERN Man UtdNICH (4-2-3-1): Manuel Neuer; Noussair Mazraoui (Laimer 46′), Dayot Upamecano, Kim Min-jae, Alphonso Davies; Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich; Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala (Muller 67′), Kingsley Coman (Tel 77′); Harry Kane.