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Manchester United's performance against Arsenal on Saturday was gutless and spineless.
It was the kind of performance that epitomised modern players who absolve themselves of any blame. And I can’t recall seeing a United team as bad since the mid-to-late Seventies, maybe going all the way back to 1974 when Denis Law’s goal for Manchester City relegated them.
I asked United supporters on social media over the weekend for their thoughts and plenty said it is the worst it has been since Dave Sexton was in charge until 1981. Others thought that was being unfair on Sexton’s team but, either way, that tells you what we’re watching.
I’ve said for years now that when you have a philosophy of just throwing a group of galacticos at the board, you run the risk of being all about branding, image and selling a product rather than a football team. And the fact they lost to an Arsenal team who, prior to their win over Chelsea last week, were doing everything they could to remind us how flaky they are shows just how far they have fallen.
While United were branding the arrivals of Paul Pogba, Alexis Sanchez and Angel Di Maria, down the road, City were putting out one-line statements saying, ‘Kevin De Bruyne has signed a new contract’. That’s the difference between