“Several players need to go” – Nigerian Manchester United fans reflect on Leeds United defeat

Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United during the Premier League match against Leeds United at Old Trafford. Copyright: ImagoxConorxMolloy

Manchester United‘s seventh loss of the English Premier League season was confirmed last night as Leeds United clinched a 2-1 win, courtesy of a double from Noah Okafor, Soccernet.ng reports.

Michael Carrick’s side hadn’t kicked a ball in an official game since the 20th of March, before the International break, and were a little rusty at Old Trafford as Okafor broke the deadlock inside five minutes.

The Swiss-Nigerian doubled the lead in the 29th minute, and after the game, taunted the Red Devils with a post on his social media page.

Having waited days to watch their team back in action again, the Nigerian Manchester United fans didn’t hold back in calling out the incompetence from the fans.

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Have a look at what the fans feel about Manchester United’s loss to Leeds United, as compiled by Soccernet.ng.

Reacting to the performance, Chris Analysis said: “After a full month, the players decided to disgrace us at Old Trafford. A lot of players need to go, even the manager. I’m not sure he’s the right one.

“Casemiro is leaving, we need a replacement before he exits. If there’s none, we need to beg him to stay. Just because Mainoo was absent, we could not string passes together.”

Opposing fans also taunted the Red Devils, calling them out and telling them to win their games after calling out Arsenal and Chelsea over the past few days.

Chukwuma Henry also raised concerns about Michael Carrick’s in-game decisions – “If we played against Manchester City like this, we’d concede seven. We have a striker who doesn’t run. If Carrick gets this job, it’s all down to Benjamin Sesko.”

“We travelled, and everything changed. He’s not been fielding Ugarte since, and today, it was evident. It was a poor performance all round. I’ll keep blaming the manager.”

“We’re experiencing foolishness in this club. There has to be consequences for these things. I don’t think Carrick is the man. I always talk about Iraola because I saw him do things with Semenyo and the rest. They all left, but he defeated Arsenal,” Kurotams Justus said.

“Amorim is the cause of our problems. Playing a game per week has made these players relaxed. How far can we go in the Champions League with Ugarte and Luke Shaw in the starting eleven? Overhaul the entire team,” Orduson Jenny added.

Manchester United’s loss to leads put them level on points with Aston Villa, who occupy 4th place on the EPL table, opening up the race for the Champions League spots with six games left to play.

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