Manchester United interim manager Ralph Rangnick has been disappointed and dismayed by his team’s 1-1 draw with Newcastle United in the Premier League and said he would like to see more physicality and energy from his players.
United went behind a seventh-minute strike by Allan Saint-Maximin before Edinson Cavani came off the bench, scoring a point for the Red Devils, who were once again grateful for some brilliant saves from David de Gea.
It was Manchester United’s first match in 16 days due to the recent COVID outbreak and Rangnik said he would like to see more from his side in terms of battling and taking risks.
“I did not like it [the performance] Surely. We’re trying to get better at controlling the games – today, we didn’t control the game except for a few moments. It’s about energy, physicality, and who wins the second ball and transitional moments and in all those areas, we weren’t at our best. In the end, we got a point, but overall we need to improve,” the manager said in a post-match press conference on Monday night.
“Against (Crystal) Palace, we were better, that was a different game and we played at home. Then we had two games here at Norwich and here at Newcastle and, as I said, it’s about physicality, it’s about energy… even when we were in possession of the ball, we had There were a lot of giveaways, including the goal that we conceded and if after seven minutes you’re scoring a goal at St. James’ Park, it doesn’t make things any easier.
“Today’s question was not about body language, it was a question of body physicality. Body language was not that much of a problem today, but if you want to be competitive here against Newcastle, you have to be physical and that was not the case in many parts of the game and so, we were struggling. Rangnik said.
He said that unforced errors made by his players were the reason for his struggle in recent matches.
“Our biggest problem was the mistakes we made, giveaways, unexpected mistakes. When we had the ball, we had too many deliveries that we gave. Even in the second half, when we leveled and their two Or three players were injured, we weren’t controlling the game and taking wrong decisions at crucial moments and that’s all.”
The United manager praised Edison Cavani for making an impact in the match.
“Obviously we were a goal behind so we needed a goal and we had to take more risks so we brought in Edinson Cavani and Jadon Sancho to play 4-1-3-2. In some situations, the goals we scored. Well done, we were good at that. Edinson has two more good scoring opportunities and with him we had another striker who was dangerous in front of goal. Today it wasn’t a question of formation – it was a question of how aggressive we were It was a question of energy and in those areas, we need to get better, including what we were doing when we were holding the ball,” he said.
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