Manchester United Defeated Again

                For many of the fans in red today, the Manchester United game was a disgrace and a shame, and for many, a confirmation of the doubts of this team. As Louis Van Gaal took the coaching position of this team this year, he looked to improve and build up this team, but it seems that not enough was done for new players this year and the squad is not working as a team. Spending 150 million pounds this summer on top strikers such as Falcao and Angel Di Maria while picking up smaller name defenders such as Marcos Rojo, it has been worried that United will have to outscore their opponents rather than keep the other team from scoring. This has been confirmed by the start of the season for this team.

                With a slow start to the season having lost a game and tied two, United were looking very grim this last week. Then, as fans became desperate for any sign of improvement, United crushed QPR at home last Sunday 4-0. Some fans saw this as the end to the team’s slump, while others insisted that the game meant very little as to how the team would fair throughout the season as they were not challenged defensively. Today, it seemed, would decide the verdict; whether or not the team could last an entire 90 minutes ahead of their opponents, and at the start it seemed they would, with a 2-0 lead over Leicester City. However, it did not last, as Leicester began to expose the weak back and came back for an astonishing 5-3 win over United. With this defeat, the old predictions about United this year arise yet again and there is serious doubt as to whether or not the team will reach their goal of the title or even making top four. To win against attacking teams with their current defense, United will have to score a plethora of goals to outscore the teams, and I don’t see how the team has it in them to reach any great accomplishments this season.