{"id":1277260,"date":"2022-09-08T23:10:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T22:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1277260"},"modified":"2022-09-08T23:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T22:56:56","slug":"man-united-real-sociedad-erik-ten-hag","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-united-real-sociedad-erik-ten-hag\/","title":{"rendered":"Erik ten Hag&#8217;s poor European home form brought into the spotlight as Manchester United lose to Real Sociedad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester United were unable to carry their recent uptick of domestic form into the Europa League as they suffered a 1-0 loss to Real Sociedad at Old Trafford this evening.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brais M\u00e9ndez settled a closely fought contest from the spot before 60 minutes had been played. It was a controversial penalty as the video assistant referee judged United centre-back Lisandro Mart\u00ednez to have handled the ball inside the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>Despite registering no fewer than 15 shots, seven more than their visitors, Erik ten Hag&#8217;s line-up &#8212; which included a first start of the season for Cristiano Ronaldo &#8212; was only able to post three on target. <em>Los Txuri-Urdin<\/em>&#8216;s narrow victory ended United&#8217;s four-game winning streak and brought to light Ten Hag&#8217;s poor home record in European competition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brais M\u00e9ndez&#39;s game by numbers vs Manchester United:<\/p>\n<p>17 passes in final third (most)<br \/>4 touches in opp. box<br \/>2 shots<br \/>2 final third entries<br \/>2 chances created<br \/>1 goal<br \/>0.88 xG<\/p>\n<p>Grabs the winner for Real Sociedad.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UEL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UEL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1567981202149199873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tonight was the Dutchman&#8217;s 21st such contest and in those games he&#8217;s suffered nine losses, which is a contrast to when he&#8217;s on the road. Across 20 previous away games the former Ajax tactician picked up just two losses (one coming at Anfield a few seasons ago).<\/p>\n<p>As touched upon, Ronaldo led United&#8217;s attack with Anthony Elanga and big summer acquisition Antony supporting him. Ronaldo&#8217;s former Real Madrid teammate Casemiro started his first game for his new side. They couldn&#8217;t prevent their visitors from San Sebasti\u00e1n from creating a piece of history.<\/p>\n<p>Before this season <em>La Real<\/em> had never won against English opponents in Europe (two draws and four losses), scoring once across six matches. Not only did they break that duck but Imanol Alguacil&#8217;s side doubled their club&#8217;s tally when facing Premier League opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United were unable to carry their recent uptick of domestic form into the Europa League as they suffered a 1-0 loss to Real Sociedad at Old Trafford this evening. 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