{"id":293476,"date":"2023-10-30T09:25:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293476"},"modified":"2023-10-30T09:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T09:25:59","slug":"arsene-wenger-claims-man-united-have-lost-their-quality-and-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/arsene-wenger-claims-man-united-have-lost-their-quality-and-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsene Wenger claims Man United have lost their &apos;quality and spirit&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Arsene Wenger claims Man United have lost their &#8216;quality, confidence and spirit&#8217; after Man City&#8217;s dominant 3-0 win at Old Trafford &#8211; and admits he feels sorry for the struggling club because &#8216;there&#8217;s no hope in the team&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manchester United lost 3-0 to rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ex-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger highlighted two major issues in United&#8217;s team<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>Wenger believes\u00a0that Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side have lost all hope and &#8216;fighting spirit&#8217;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United are a team with &#8216;no hope&#8217; left, Arsene Wenger claimed after the Red Devils&#8217; bitter 3-0 defeat against rivals Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland netted a brace for the Premier League champions before setting up Phil Foden for City&#8217;s third, as Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side won the Manchester bragging rights in style at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Although United showed flashes of promise in the first half, creating but missing a hatful of golden chances, Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side fell away in the second and struggled to manage City&#8217;s dominance in possession.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the Red Devils&#8217; defeat, former Arsenal boss Wenger admitted he felt sorry for the club because &#8216;there&#8217;s no hope in the team&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I would say the gulf between the two teams became bigger and bigger as the game went on,\u2019 the Frenchman told beIN Sports.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/08\/77166707-12687771-image-a-12_1698655293192.jpg\" height=\"408\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Manchester United were beaten 3-0 by dominant Manchester City at Old Trafford on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/08\/77166709-12687771-image-m-14_1698655309979.jpg\" height=\"434\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger claimed United have lost their &#8216;quality, confidence and spirit&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the end, for such a big club you felt sorry for Man United because there\u2019s no hope there in the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t see where they can improve, basically. This team has lost confidence, quality and even spirit today. I would say it was not a great fighting spirit from Man United, on top of that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wenger urged that Ten Hag got his tactics wrong by continually asking his side to play the ball back to goalkeeper Andre Onana, rather than pushing forwards with possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I believe where Man United suffers a lot, first of all is about the quality, the individual quality of the players,&#8217; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And I felt today they were very poor to build the game up from the back. They gave the ball so many times to the goalkeeper when they had possibilities to play forward. I would stay it started there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/08\/77166835-12687771-image-a-16_1698655516986.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bernardo Silva spearheaded the Manchester City midfield and dominated United in attack<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/08\/77166821-12687771-image-a-15_1698655486809.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wenger admitted he felt sorry for Manchester United as it&#8217;s clear there&#8217;s &#8216;no hope in the team&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Then you make the whole team uncertain and lack confidence because when you feel the fear is behind, they do not want the ball.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u2018I would say the second part of their big problem today was the distances between the striker and the defenders was huge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There were situations where the strikers were closing down, trying to pressure, and the defenders were 20 metres behind the halfway line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You cannot win the ball back against a team like Man City when the distances are too big.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The team was not compact enough, after that the difference of individual quality.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/08\/77166899-12687771-image-a-17_1698655740872.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils slipped to eighth in the Premier League after the bitter defeat at Old Trafford<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you tell me tonight how many players who get in the first XI of Man City? For me that sums it up. Usually, in a big game or a big derby you\u2019d say I would take three or four from here and there. That sums up the problem of Man United, basically.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United slipped to eighth in the Premier League after the defeat, 11 points off league leaders Tottenham and eight behind the top four places.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Manchester City closed the gap on Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s side by going level on points with Arsenal in second, now just two points behind top spot.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils host Newcastle in the Carabao Cup in midweek before travelling to Craven Cottage to face Fulham on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12687771\/Arsene-Wenger-claims-Man-United-lost-quality-confidence-spirit-Man-Citys-dominant-3-0-win-Old-Trafford-admits-feels-sorry-struggling-club-theres-no-hope-team.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Arsene Wenger claims Man United have lost their &#8216;quality, confidence and spirit&#8217; 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