Wenger noted that there was a disconnect between Man United’s attacking and defensive players
By Kehinde Okeowo
Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has pinpointed why Manchester United struggled against league champions and neighbours, Manchester City on Sunday.
The Reds were trashed 3-0 in a derby played at Old Trafford following a brace from Citizen’s Erling Haaland and a strike from his team mate, Phil Foden.
Speaking on the game, Wenger attributed Pep Guardiola’s dominance to Man United’s inability to build up play from the back.
According to him, this dented the confidence of Ten Hag’s players and led to City picking the three points at stake.
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He went on to assert that there was a disconnect between Man United’s attacking and defensive players, saying that allowed City too much space during the match.
While analysing the game on belN Sports, the legendary Gunners boss insisted that the Reds Devils had no hope during the clash and that he felt sorry for them.
“I would say the gulf between the two teams became bigger and bigger as the game went on,” Wenger said.
“In the end, for such a big club you felt sorry for Man United because there is no hope in the team.
“I don’t see where they can improve, basically. This team has lost confidence, quality and even spirit today. I would say it was not a great fighting spirit from Man United, on top of that.
“I believe where Man United suffers a lot, first of all, is about the quality, the individual quality of the players.
“And I felt today they were very poor at building the game up from the back. They gave the ball so many times to the goalkeeper when they had possibilities to play forward. I would say it started there.”
He added, “Then you make the whole team uncertain and lack confidence because when you feel the fear is behind, they do not want the ball.
“I would say the second part of their big problem today was the huge distance between the striker and the defenders.”
