Jamie Jackson was at Old Trafford, and his verdict has landed. Off you click! Thanks one and all for reading this MBM.
... and now BT have a word with Ralf Rangnick. “Unfortunately, again, it is very similar to the last couple of games. A very good first half hour, we did all the things we intended to do with the counter attacks and deep runs, it’s the way we created and prepared a great goal. But we stopped doing that, and in the second half we lost a bit of shape. We struggled to defend them in transition. We had enough chances in the last 20 minutes to score again, the expected-goal ratio was clearly in our favour, but in the end we didn’t get the result we wanted to. On the one hand, we have to respect that Southampton played well, they are not easy to play against. But we lost composure, and took the wrong decisions, sometimes under pressure, sometimes not. This is where we have to get better. We told them to be aggressive and stay compact, not give them any space, this is exactly what we told them, but it is a different thing to play like that on the pitch. We are all disappointed but we must look forward to Brighton.”
