{"id":1121830,"date":"2019-12-22T16:20:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T16:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1121830"},"modified":"2022-12-05T14:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:49:24","slug":"watford-man-utd-solskjaer-pearson-match-analysis","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/watford-man-utd-solskjaer-pearson-match-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Watford condemn Man Utd to lowest Christmas benchmark since 1989"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In an incredible afternoon of football, Watford beat <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-u424zvf9roh5261ncvj7tibmyic152x1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> 2-0 at Vicarage Road.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was the Hornets&#8217; second win of the season and marked the first time they had seriously led so far in this campaign. Nigel Pearson&#8217;s tenure is really taking shape just as <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-xk5u58s0lhrdou8mbbndf79m07eddir6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/ole_gunnar_solskjaer\">Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/span>&#8216;s looks to be falling apart. What did we learn?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7450070\/embed\/v4?image_option=full\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. David de Whoer?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Who is this guy in goal for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-i9ovjeiwms82mbf1rlzbujgjf9emhos0\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span>? The indecisive goalkeeper who flaps at crosses? The weak-bodied guy who got absolutely mangled at Goodison Park for Everton&#8217;s equaliser? Yes that was a foul but the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-7jdggj8qkp2nzswrq6gg7bylcd8oc8wf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> &#8216;keeper also showed no backbone coming out for the ball. And then there&#8217;s today against Watford.<\/p>\n<p>Ismaila Sarr shot at goal, and &#8211; look &#8211; shots are never easy to save even if that is the literal point of a goalkeeper. So the ball hits the ground and bounces up, and that&#8217;s always awkward, right? You have to adjust and grab the ball high as it floats gently towards your hands, that&#8217;s only what goalkeepers have been training to do since the age of 6 or 7 &#8211; it&#8217;s not easy to do! David De Gea could manage it, but this stranger that&#8217;s currently in goal for <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-yquz83sq2zbsv2git4lygf3jfdcrw5o7\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> has no chance at making such basic and routine saves. And he didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Since the start of the 2018\/19 Premier League season, no player has made more errors leading to goals (6) than David de Gea.<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OMKXfcAX0V\">pic.twitter.com\/OMKXfcAX0V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1208766587211309057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. Watford have life in them<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Two weeks ago, Watford looked dead and buried. Then they appointed Pearson and things have begun to whirr to life at Vicarage Road. Alright, they&#8217;ve not transformed into 2011 <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-zr3ov2vis8g4thkja1ced3k9msduvz40\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/fc_barcelona\">Barcelona<\/span> and they owe this victory to two catastrophic blunders from <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-qrdymclr1m06on7hhpoihuife9jvi5ce\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span>, but there was so much to like here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1121858\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/watford-2-0-man-utd-full-player-ratings-as-de-gea-mistake-costs-red-devils\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1121858\" class=\"wp-image-1121858 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/22162029\/watford-2-0-manchester-united-featured.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1121858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/watford-2-0-man-utd-full-player-ratings-as-de-gea-mistake-costs-red-devils\">Full player ratings from Watford 2-0 Ma Utd<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>After a valiant display at Anfield, the Hornets knew they had to do more at home. And do more they did. They pressed and harried <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-l2y2sitx4cmw5zf8wnjxt13dwnxhg1rf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> whenever the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-d6hlx5znm3n1wz38ym71blt0oodbtt0x\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Red Devils<\/span> advanced on them, never giving their visitors a moment&#8217;s peace in the key final third. Watford pushed <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-h5e27augxb4w9erbwgvfiqs5wrxen5gc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> wide, forcing their creative players to win 1v1&#8217;s and then, if they managed to do that, could only funnel crosses into the box where the Hornets&#8217; centre-backs comfortably dealt with them.<\/p>\n<p>The win moves Watford onto 12 points, leaving them just six points from safety. They&#8217;re still bottom but now it&#8217;s just on goal difference and the vibe is so much more positive for the Hornets. Troy Deeney called it &#8220;massive&#8221; after the game, and that&#8217;s exactly what it is.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nigel Pearson has now won as many Premier League games this season as Javi Gracia, Quique S\u00e1nchez Flores and Hayden Mullins combined (1).<\/p>\n<p>Pearson&#39;s at the wheel&#8230; ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hlBk8BHyDu\">pic.twitter.com\/hlBk8BHyDu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coral (@Coral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coral\/status\/1208776657672327168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. United&#8217;s Haaland pursuit has merit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>People will be looking at <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-c7tesfewznodezxrhrjns72f7vwr7fi5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United&#8217;s<\/span> pretty obvious pursuit of striking sensation Erling Haaland and wondering why the hell the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pdltftddgxekzsx7t020ag7la6a4fv7c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Red Devils<\/span> are after a striker when they are so lacking in midfield structure? Well, part of the reason the midfield has such a hard time of things is that two thirds of the front three are just far too capricious.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-dr38frpaw7uuj6omd2m4i8wggm1onvk3\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/marcus_rashford\">Marcus Rashford<\/span> is mostly consistent, but Anthony Martial can drift through an entire game before playing well for one minute and Daniel James simply isn&#8217;t fully ready to start in a <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-rj8o4dwl7uvim7gekdjolfnytts0t1ek\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> on a game-by-game basis. Moreover their main alternative is Mason Greenwood, an 18-year-old whose deadshot finishing is so far ahead of the rest of his game he&#8217;s also not consistently reliable.<\/p>\n<p>So what <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-kkqt6urn2jh671bzdz8kuetzmezygtc5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> need is another forward who<em> is<\/em> reliable. A fast, physical striker who can link with team-mates but primarily someone who can blow the top off the defence and be relied upon for consistent production. Haaland scored in five of the six Champions League group games he played this season and is a striker of enormous potential. Having him on the books would take so much pressure off the other <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-0qbl2m3o66l472idt4xetmzw37v4xhxt\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> forwards, knowing that there&#8217;s another lethal forward out there. Someone who can score.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Erling Braut Ha\u030aland: Borussia Dortmund Transfer Profile\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vrKVNcLu-Cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>4<\/strong><strong>. Not a robot, maybe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been absolutely ridiculous so far this season. The Englishman signed for a whopping \u00a360m from Crystal Palace and has been nearly flawless for the entire first half of the season despite getting almost no help from the wingers ahead of him or even the centre-back next to him.<\/p>\n<p>He has performed with almost robotic consistency, but today we finally saw an error as he foolishly lunged in to make a needless tackle and concede the penalty that effectively killed the game off. After Wan-Bissaka made his first mistake for former club Crystal Palace, his then-manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-antonio-conte-roy-hodgson-johan-cruyff\/\">Roy Hodgson<\/a> said: &#8220;<span>He actually made a mistake in the 94th minute and I was relieved because I was starting to think he might be a robot.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>That speaks to how good he is that any mistake is genuinely a shock. But<\/span>\u00a0here&#8217;s the thing, yes that tackle was poor but Wan-Bissaka might actually still be a robot because the way he recovered from that devastating mistake was absurd.<\/p>\n<p>He just shook it off and went right back to making absurd diving tackles and unreal blocks. All <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ju0ll396ptr553h88hejbbdjmu7as49d\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> need to realise is that he&#8217;s best used as a defensive weapon to stop an opponent&#8217;s counter-attacks rather than thrust forward in order to attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watford have won a game at home in the Premier League for the first time since April 2019.<\/p>\n<p>LDLLLLDDDLLDW<\/p>\n<p>A huge win for the Hornets. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lAJkPRYJYn\">pic.twitter.com\/lAJkPRYJYn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1208776716744888321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>5. Boy, that escalated quickly!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For 50 minutes, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-s17szphokq0ach1xphy2hbtlehqwh0u9\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United&#8217;s<\/span> trip to Watford was about as boring as <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-pjw846uldwzhk3f22mgpde0b6lf83r1m\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> matches tend to get. There was almost nothing going on bar one Jesse Lingard chance that, in fairness, he really should have buried. It was so dull.<\/p>\n<p>Then almost out of nowhere Watford had a half-chance, Sarr was kind of open in the box but he scuffed his volley towards the goal when De Gea let the ball slip between his fingers. Less than five minutes later, Wan-Bissaka conceded a penalty with a baffling foul and\u00a0Deeney made it 2-0.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<br \/>\u274c<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their last 13 Premier League games. ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fpFiVd8ySe\">pic.twitter.com\/fpFiVd8ySe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1208765908665163779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Individual errors can happen, but for two to occur so quickly like that betrays the lack of leadership in the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-rph7qktbe6b6y67a7yhn5beny6f1lb4s\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> side. If the side had true leadership on the field, a proper figure for everyone to follow, then that person would have taken command after De Gea&#8217;s initial blunder to settle everyone down.<\/p>\n<p>Instead the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ozryi4ood4kg9q4kuf1ekimw447re8c8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Red Devils<\/span> floundered around with no direction and then found the errors were cascading. Harry Maguire is the man wearing the armband and he quite simply has to do better because without leadership, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-u0reltogd0j9suosg9ca2f8zie7zrk4x\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Manchester United<\/span> are always going to fold as easily as cheap paper, which will always undermine their attempts to become a proper footballing side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an incredible afternoon of football, Watford beat Manchester United 2-0 at Vicarage Road. This was the Hornets&#8217; second win of the season and marked the first time they had seriously led so far in this campaign. Nigel Pearson&#8217;s tenure is really taking shape just as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8216;s looks to be falling apart. 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