Manchester United lost 1-0 against Nottingham Forest in their Premier League clash after Anthony Elanga scored the only goal of the game.
Manchester United went behind within the opening five minutes after their first corner of the game. Forest counter-attacked and former United player Anthony Elanga scored brilliantly.
Ruben Amorim’s side responded well and came close to scoring when Diogo Dalot found Bruno Fernandes inside the box, but his header was straight at Matz Sels.
United continued to look decent in possession but vulnerable when Forest jumped forward on the transition. It was the trend of the first-half.
Things looked worse in the second period, with more sloppy moments in possession and few chances made. Amorim turned to Harry Maguire in the latter stages as a makeshift centre-forward.
He was the closest to scoring for United at the end as his shot was stabbed off the line to secure Forest all three points.
The United player ratings can be read below.
United player ratings vs Forest
André Onana – 5/10
Question marks over the goal. Seemed to get wrong-footed too easily. Good save in the second half, which was eventually given as offside.
Leny Yoro – 7/10
Returned to the side and looked good. He stopped Elanga on the break late on in the game.
Matthijs de Ligt – 6/10
An OK game.
Noussair Mazraoui – 6/10
Can’t really blame him for the goal because he was tracking the run of Gibbs-White. Decent otherwise.
Diogo Dalot – 7/10
One of the better players on the night. Better attacking threat than most of the forwards and won most of his battles.
Manuel Ugarte – 4/10
A poor start to the game with some bad touches. Subbed at half-time.
Casemiro – 6/10
Some good passes to break the Forest lines but was brought off early after a foul while on a booking.
Patrick Dorgu – 4/10
Needs to build some relationships with his teammates because he still doesn’t look on the same wavelength as some of those around him and that led to some sloppy moments.
Alejandro Garnacho – 1/10
Poor play for the Forest goal and did absolutely nothing going forward. Kept on trying to beat his man or shoot from distance and kept failing every time.
Bruno Fernandes – 5/10
Good start to the game but got frustrated and was closely monitored by the opposition. No one else stepped up.
Joshua Zirkzee – 5/10
Some nice touches to bring others into play. Not much impact in the final third.
Substitutes
Rasmus Højlund – 5/10
Christian Eriksen – 5/10
Mason Mount – 6/10
Harry Maguire – 6/10
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