Manchester United suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of Nottingham Forest. Here are our player ratings from the game.
(A score of 6 is around average)
Andre Onana 5 – Well and truly beaten for Forest’s goal. Appeared to be easily wrong-footed.
Leny Yoro 7 – Seamlessly slotted back into the team after a short injury spell. Solid both on the right and left of the three-man defence. Confident on the ball.
Matthijs de Ligt 6 – Decent performance.
Noussair Mazraoui 3 – Very poor for Anthony Elanga’s goal. Had multiple opportunities to engage the Swede but failed to, allowing him to find the back of the net. Poor again moments later during yet another Forest fast-break when he opted against making a challenge, but luckily, it didn’t prove to be too costly. A game to forget for Mazraoui.
Diogo Dalot 7 – One of his better performances as a wing-back. Solid on the right and involved in some nice attacking plays. Delivered a number of dangerous crosses that were begging to be finished.
Manuel Ugarte 5 – A few poor touches and passes. Hooked at half-time.
Casemiro 7.5 – Made a number of brilliant line-breaking passes that helped United get past Forest’s blocks. Got his head one two or three corner-kicks but couldn’t quite find the back of the net.
Patrick Chinazaekpere Dorgu 4 – Unable to keep up with Elanga for the goal. Got into some promising positions forward but couldn’t make it count. Some sloppy moments.
Bruno Fernandes 6 – Tested Sels early with a powerful strike and later connected with a well-delivered cross from Dalot, but Sels comfortably gathered the header. Aside from that, not as influential as he usually is, although he pinged a brilliant over-the-top ball into the path of Garnacho in the second half.
Alejandro Garnacho 2 – Shambolic during the opening 45 minutes. Killed most of United’s attacks, overran the ball when dribbling and struggled to control his touches. Slight improvement in the second half when he switched to the left but he was wasteful once again and got booked for kicking the ball away.
Joshua Zirkzee 5 – A few good passes and hold-up play, including a brilliant flick that set Garnacho on his way. But didn’t offer nearly enough presence in the striker role.
Substitutes
Rasmus Hojlund 4 – No impact really. Fired a shot into the side netting during the opening stages of the second half.
Christian Eriksen 4 – Same as Hojlund. Didn’t make a difference.
Mason Mount 6 – Lively when he came on and came close to hitting the target with his first touch. Nice to see him back on the pitch.
Harry Maguire 5 – Went up top for the dying embers of the match and had a chance to score but couldn’t find the right connection with his head.
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