Fenerbahce Away: European Nights Aren't What They Used To Be

Mazraoui starting in midfield was an interesting selection by Ten Hag. I don’t understand why he didn’t switch the formation to a 4-4-2 in the absence of our captain instead of playing people out of position. Lindelof looked poor at the back, and I think he was at fault for the equaliser.

This is how I would have lined up giving Garnacho and Rashford some great linkup opportunity. Then Dalot loves to venture up the pitch as well so maybe this combination should be trialled. Eventually we could have had Amad/Rashford taken off and Zirkzee on. I don’t think he should be starting as a striker when he constantly tries to play like a 9.5, dropping into midfield. 

I can’t deny the chemistry between Zirkzee, Mazraoui and Eriksen for the goal though. We saw brilliant link up play between from the trio mentioned above which left Eriksen with an easy finish.

WOW! Ugarte saved us in the first half from a CERTAIN goal, with a stunning sliding block across the goal line. Just take a second to watch this, watch it more than once if you want to!

£50 million well spent. 

And I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t impressed with Onana recently. Premier league save of the month in September then pulls off a stunning double save in Turkey. Unfortunately there were few good clips available, but I've linked the official highlights at the bottom of the post.

I would have loved to see the odds on Mourinho getting sent to the stands last night, he let his feelings known over a “stonewall penalty” which ended up being minimal contact. It was refreshing to see these decisions being made correctly. Enjoy a clip of Jose moaning!

 

Anyway that’s officially a year since we won a game in Europe; hopefully 3 points at home against PAOK.

Official Highlights

UPDATE- I knew Ten Hag would be sacked after this shocking start to the season!