Both Manchester United and Newcastle are playing good football. Manchester United are supposed to get some goals before now but the problem they have is how to put the ball at the back of the net.
That was also the major problem when they played Europa League midweek. If Manchester United really need to be at the top four of the English Premier League this season they have to fix their striking problem and find ways to score goals. It is more worrisome because Martial is not in the team.
Manchester United's biggest problem now, they have no solution in scoring goals, usually Marcus Rashford always appears to score in these conditions, but in their last two games Rashford has not been able to do that, apart from Martial who is still injured, Ronaldo and Antony has not been able to give his best in two games for Manchester United.
Manchester United could control the game well, but they struggled to score chances. During the match Manchester United only got 5 Shots Off Target and one of them was Shots On Target. Manchester United players had to fight hard to dismantle the Newcastle defense, which played very tightly, until the 78th minute Manchester United had not managed to break the deadlock.
Newcastle, who have performed well this season, are very troublesome for Manchester United players, they are able to withstand all attacks from Manchester United players well. Ten Hag will have to change his plans to dismantle Newcastle's defense so they don't drop points at Old Trafford.
It will be a tough task for Erik Ten Hak in the next match, besides not being able to score goals, there are also many selfish Manchester United players, especially the strikers.
Many balls cannot be used properly, so the opportunity to score a goal is wasted.
The match is about to end and ManU just shows a very bad performance in attacking. Especially CR7 is pursued by bad luck! I bet on a win but it will definitely remain a draw.
A draw looks good for Newcastle United, but unfortunately Manchester United are getting left behind in the race for the top three standings.
For the time being Manchester United is in 5th place with 16 points, 3 points difference from Chelsea, 7 points from Tottenham Hotspur.
But Arsenal continue to show a good performance, which makes me very happy! I hope City lose points today to give Arsenal some space for the first place
0-1 victory over Leeds United was enough to maintain the standings, Arsenal have shown very positive results this season, although not yet half the season has lasted.
Arteta managed to make the young squad consistently win, so they were able to rank first in the Premier League.