Crushed by fans and the press. Dalot lives nightmare in Manchester United

O Manchester United proved unable to take advantage of the ‘pack’ given by the victory achieved, mid-week, over AS Roma, for the Champions League, by 3-2, and returned, this Sunday, to mark a step, in the Premier League, by not having gone beyond a four-ball draw with Aston Villa in Old Trafford.

The Red Devils signed a game start ‘forget’, which translated into the goals of Alysson Edward and Nicolas Jackson, at 1 and 4 minutes, respectively, having managed to reset the draw, even before the whistle for the break, to the ‘balleia’ of the straight shots of Bruno Fernandes and Youri Tielemans.

John McGinn and Leon Goretzka again put Michael Carrick's men at a disadvantage at the beginning of the second half, with this ‘scale’ being reversed only in the compensation period, ‘riding’ Joshua Zirkzee's and Patrick Dorgu's attempts, when the release seemed inevitable.

In the middle of it, at 66 minutes, there was a moment in England. Diogo Dalot was replaced by Patrick Dorgu and ended up being loudly whistled by his own supporters, to the point that Joshua Zirkzee felt the need to comfort him on his arrival at the bench.

Michael Carrick asks “care” for Manchester United fans

Faced with this incident, at the press conference following the final whistle, Michael Carrick left a warning to the associative mass: “We have to be careful with that, I think. I understand the frustration, I understand the disappointment of the fans... I understand everything. We are all frustrated.”.

“ The players are as disappointed as anyone, I can assure you. Diogo gives absolutely everything he has. He played in different positions. He played the left-hand side and did very well, in spaces”, he began by affirming Manchester United coach, in statements reproduced by the British newspaper Mirror.

“ He has given a great penalty today, and you know it. Maybe he can play a little better, but it's okay, it's part of it. He made a mistake, but he is very concerned and is giving everything, so I like what he gives the team, what he brings to the group, what he adds to the environment and the culture he has,” he added.

“The eternal scapegoat”

In addition to the fans, the British sports press also ‘turned’ against Diogo Dalot, starting immediately with the tabloid The Sun, which gave him grade 2, on a scale from 0 to 10: “Throwing from the heart in the mouth, on the return as a left-side, Dalot is the eternal scapegoat. He did not press Alysson, who had hours to finish.”.

Evaluation of the journal Daily Mail, for his part, was 3: “Absolutely hopeless, as it was against AS Rome on Tuesday. He hung up at the first minute and rehearsed a weak attempt to block Alysson, which he scored. At the second minute of the second part, he recklessly knocked down Alysson to commit a penalti.”.

On the radio talkSPORT, journalist Alex Crook went even further: “The 257 games of Dalot by United mean that they played more with the famous red sweater than stars like Eric Cantona, Jaap Stam and Dimitar Berbatov. That alone is a condemning reflection of why United no longer operates as a serious club.”.