Manchester United’s interim manager Ralf Rangnick has hinted he made a tactical error that allowed Aston Villa back into the game last night.
The Red Devils had gone 2-0 up at Villa Park thanks to two goals from Bruno Fernandes, but capitulated late on as a quickfire double got Villa back into the game and earned them a 2-2 draw.
Speaking in his post-match press conference in the video below, Rangnick admits he considered changing to a back three after United went two goals ahead, but ultimately decided against it because he didn’t want to invite Villa onto them, though clearly that happened anyway…
United fans won’t be too pleased to hear this from Rangnick, who certainly doesn’t seem to be having the desired impact since taking over as interim manager.
The German tactician was highly rated before he came in, but this is almost certainly the biggest job of his career so far, and it’s not got off to a smooth start.
I think Man United board is to blame for not being decisive. United had the opportunity to hire Conte but they footdragged and ended up with Rangnick. It is a familiar situation at united their decision making is always belaboured and they end up with wrong choices at great expense both to the club and the fans. The united board has failed to identify the major problems with united or are unwilling to tackle them. We are watching where this our new coach exhumed from the age of dinosaurs will take us to. I still wonder how united board came up with this bloke and why. Certainly there is more to this than meets the eyes. I thing his appointment is not purely based on footballing but perceived financial reasons. Sure that explains the consultancy offered to him. The united board have been playing on the sensibility of the club and fanbase for too long and they are precisely why united have been moving around in circle like a barber’s chair since they came on board.
Man u need to sign defending midfielder
very bad management at man u since alex left .
same situation years ago when matt busby left.
i believe people running the club at the moment have no interest in football only profit ?
if so why waste appox 250m on pogba ,vdb,sancho,martial…who bring nowt to the table..very poor management.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I guess it is only right that Ralf should shoulder the blame as he is the manager. Most supporters will know that a tactical change wouldn’t have altered very much as the players still left on the field of play would still have capitulated as Ralf didn’t have players of the right calibre or tactical acumen to chose from
really after the horse as bolted .ie hindsight
when you are 2-0 up to switch to 352 to keep what you have…its tactical acumen and winning games.spur of the moment ,in ralfs case he had 10mins to close it down thats a managers job .