Pulling on the red jersey seems to work as reverse alchemy – removing ability to put ball in the net
Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund of Manchester United. (Photo by Ed Sykes/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)
Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund of Manchester United. (Photo by Ed Sykes/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)
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For Ruben Amorim the stats initially appeared rather encouraging. Against Nottingham Forest his work-in-progress Manchester United team secured 69 per cent of possession, strung together 649 passes (more than double the number managed by their opponents) and had 23 shots.
There is just one stat, however, that matters: the number of goals scored. And, for the eleventh time this Premier League season, United managed none at all. Consequently, thanks to a jet-heeled intervention by United alumnus Anthony Elanga, three points once more evaded their frustrated manager.