-snip-but with the experience he has I think De Ligt is still good enough to be an addition to the Manchester United defense line, especially with Yoro's injury which was actually very much expected to make a breakthrough in the defense line, but it still cannot be implemented so that De Ligt can fill that position for the next few months and to make a better adventure at the new club.
Manchester United have really improved their defense and that is a good thing because they had a lot of problems in defense last season. I also hope to see Leny Yoro's performance because he is considered one of the talented young defenders at the moment. Unfortunately, an injury made him out for 3 months and that is not a short time. De Ligt is expected to help the defense and he came at the right time. His performance with Munich was not so good but I think De Ligt is still one of the best center backs at the moment.
I'm also expecting Manchester United to be back in form because last season was a total bad season for them, so I think they will try to make such mistakes again, although we understand that some of their positions were weak, and defense is one of them, and now they have found a solution to that with one of the best young defenders, so I'm hoping to see them at the top this coming season. They should not relent like last season. Manchester United is a big team that needs to get trophies like other clubs.
Although this victory was not easy, MU got 3 valuable points to start the new season smoothly. Their defense is still not reassuring, the mediocre attack of Fulham's strikers still does not give us the answer that the MU defense is improving. The arrangement of 4 midfielders in the central area helps MU have the advantage in numbers to overwhelm Fulham's midfield. However, this also caused some problems. MU showed that they were still perplexed when facing the opponent's counter-attacks, when the first line of defense, the midfielders, was overcome. In fact, MU was very lucky not to concede after Fulham's dangerous counter-attacks. Goalkeeper Andre Onana and new defender Noussair Mazraoui impressed, while Mathijs de Ligt only entered the field in the 81st minute and had few opportunities to show himself.
Meanwhile, I see that MU's attack is losing itself, especially Marcus Rashford, and I also remind Garnacho to improve his finishing ability.