Please, Solskjaer, win the last two matches for Manchester United fans

When football resumed after a hundred-day hiatus on account of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, I wished for Liverpool to win the title quickly so we could focus on the fight for the remaining Champions League places. The first wish was quickly granted when Chelsea dispatched Manchester City 2-1 to allow Liverpool their first Premier League title, joining the ranks of such great teams as Manchester United , Chelsea , Manchester City , Arsenal , Blackburn Rovers , and Leicester City .

The reason for my wanting to see Manchester United doing well is that the biggest event in English football has always been a clash between Liverpool and Manchester United. But United have struggled lately and, let’s face it, they never resembled any threat to Liverpool at all this season, which isn’t very much fun for me as a neutral, even though they managed to steal a point when the Reds visited Old Trafford earlier in the season.

United may have got back to winning ways with a 2-0 away win at Crystal Palace, but that performance looked laboured, too, with their slender one-goal lead from Marcus Rashford at the stroke of half-time always looking in peril until Anthony Martial finally doubled it on 75 minutes. The abject capitulation was completed when Maguire, with little pressure from Antonio Rudiger, bundled the ball past a stricken de Gea. There may have been a silver lining in Fernandes’ imperiously-struck 85th-minute penalty, but it did little apart from making the scoreline just a bit more respectable. Credit to Chelsea, though, for capitalising on one of United’s worst displays this season.

Story continuesManchester United will now have to regroup and put up a strong performance when they play West Ham at Old Trafford. They will then visit an off-form Leicester City side for their last match of the season.

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