Four Manchester United players find themselves in the top 10 of errors leading to goals since the start of the 2020/21 season, led by captain Harry Maguire, in a damning indictment of just where it is going wrong for the Red Devils.
The Manchester United and England centre-back has endured a torrid season to date this campaign, coming off helping the Three Lions reach a major tournament final for the first time since 1966. However, for United, he has been well below par, and has made a massive 7 errors leading directly to goals for opponents.
Midfielder Nemanja Matic is second on the list with 6, while Maguire’s fellow defenders Aaron Wan Bissaka and Luke Shaw also feature on the list, each having made 4 such mistakes.
It means that the four players, three of whom are regular starters, have contributed 21 goals for opponents since the start of the 2020/21 season, more than their Manchester rivals Manchester City have conceded all season to date.
😬 Harry Maguire has committed the most errors leading to an opposition shot on goal of all outfielders since the start of last season in the Premier League
👹 He’s not alone from Man Utd, as we dive into the worrying stats behind their defence 👇
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) April 22, 2022
It also explains just how Manchester United have managed to ship 48 goals this campaign, more than relegation-threatened Burnley and the second-most in the top 10 behind Leicester City.
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Ten Hag to fix mistakes?
Whether he can have the same effect on a defence that is performing as a shadow of the close to £200 million value that the Red Devils shelled out for it remains to be seen, otherwise, he may be forced to do some severe and early restructuring.
