He was so criticised, it was clear today that his impact is very important

The Red Devils failed in many ways, they did not find a way to be effective in their search for the result they had hoped for, they knew that this visit was going to be crucial, it was when the team that had a great end to their October participation had to be most united, it was one of the last three games they would play before the World Cup break, this visit to Aston Villa was vital to get the result they were looking for.

The whole match was complicated by players who had been consistent in their level of play, having major failures in important plays, they had had a lot of dynamism in the system of play in previous matches, but the face shown by the players of the Red Devils was very distant from what they had been doing in previous matches, they had had many failures in important sectors of the pitch.

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The defence that was going through a great moment was evident, Lisandro Martinez did not have a good game, next to Victor Lindelof they had specific failures, they made mistakes when before the team had an important defensive streak, in the last seven games they had left a clean sheet in six of those occasions, only one goal had been scored in the last seven games, there was a lot of lack of control in specific areas for the team.

The midfield was non-existent, he was a great player who managed a good balance in the way he played, he had a lot to make up for, but it was not enough, Christian Eriksen and Casemiro were not comfortable with the absence of Bruno Fernandes, they could not have a good performance with Donny van de Beek who repeated his place in Erik ten Hag's starting eleven, this player had performed poorly in the Europa League game against Real Sociedad.

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The Portuguese midfielder, Bruno Fernandes, was suspended for this game due to his accumulation of cautions, that's why they couldn't sign the player who has a specific role and makes the team work, they didn't realise how necessary he is for Eriksen and Casemiro to excel in their participation, this player was missing for the Red Devils who regretted his absence, the team lost emphatically.