Nemanja Matic certainly had an evening to forget vs Istanbul Basaksehir. The Manchester United fans certainly took to Twitter to let him know about it…
After securing two big Champions League victories against real quality opposition, it’s typical of this season that Manchester United struggle against Istanbul Basaksehir.
Before last night’s game, the Turkish side hadn’t scored a goal in Champions League football. United would gift them two in the first-half, allowing them to sit back, soak up pressure and defend in numbers.
Breaking down eams is something United have struggled to do, but they wouldn’t have been in that predicament if they could defend properly. It all started with Nemanja Matic.
His poor positional play gave Istanbul Basaksehir a deserved lead at that time, while the Serb continued to play poorly from that point forward. Matic couldn’t pick a pass, couldn’t cover the ground and he couldn’t control the game. At that point, what’s he on the pitch for…?
To our surprise, he would last the 90 minutes, despite not doing anything of note. Sure, he brings experience and guile to the table, but he didn’t show it in the Turkish capital yesterday evening.
I’m just not sure what the players were thinking when they put our slowest player as the last line of defence during the Demba Ba goal. Obviously, Matic didn’t cover himself in glory, but whose decision was that…?
Personally, I’d make Matic sit out a game or two and see if that re-lights the fire in his belly because we need to get some sort of spark from somewhere…
It’s no surprise then, that the United fans slated the star who struggled badly last night. Matic certainly came in for some heavy criticism on social media…
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