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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter at Old Trafford

Casemiro has bewildering glimpse of topsy-turvy life at Manchester United

Casemiro is embraced by mascot Fred the Red before the match against Liverpool.
Casemiro is embraced by mascot Fred the Red before the match against Liverpool. Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA

For Carlos Henrique Casimiro it was a most bewildering introduction to the often nonsensical world of Manchester United. But a perfect education all the same.

Nothing demonstrated the inconsistencies of Erik ten Hag’s new team, or the scale of the new manager’s task, better than their ability to reduce a Liverpool team with Premier League title pretensions to mediocre fodder at Old Trafford. And just nine days after they had plumbed further depths of their own at Brentford.

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