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A heavily-rotated Manchester United misplaced 4-3 to Brentford in a Premier League conflict which promised a lot however delivered little or no for supervisor Ruben Amorim.
Contemporary off the again of Thursday’s emphatic 3-0 win over Athletic Membership within the Europa League, the Portuguese rang the modifications to rotate his squad and provides key males like Bruno Fernandes a breather.
Manuel Ugarte was certainly one of solely three gamers to start out in opposition to each Athletic Membership on Thursday and Brentford as we speak, and was certainly one of United’s brightest sparks in a largely lacklustre aspect.
The Uruguayan midfielder is usually accused of being a one-dimensional hardman with restricted capability on the ball, however he spent loads of time on it as we speak and was good worth in possession.
Solely Harry Amass took extra touches than his 72, as he stepped as much as dictate his aspect’s play within the absence of extra established artistic gamers.
Ugarte’s passing was nearly as good because it has ever been at United – no person on the pitch performed extra correct passes than the 50 he made, and with solely three passes going astray his accuracy was a formidable 94%.
He wasn’t at all times on the lookout for the straightforward possibility, both, discovering his man with all three of his tried lengthy balls and making one key go as United seemed for methods by way of the Brentford defence – usually in useless.
No person in that defence or in United’s made extra tackles than Ugarte’s 4, and he additionally managed one interception and one block.
Unusually for him, nevertheless, he was dribbled previous thrice, probably the most of any United participant this afternoon.
He obtained caught in precisely as he at all times does, contesting 14 duels and successful seven of them, greater than any of his team-mates. The entire duels he contested had been on the bottom, with no headers tried.
Within the absence of artistic wizard Fernandes and resurgent midfield enforcer Casemiro, Ugarte shouldered loads of duty and acquitted himself properly on the Gtech Group Stadium.
Each gamers are certain to return for Thursday evening’s Europa League semi-final second leg, and if Ugarte can attain comparable ranges then he will probably be a useful asset for United’s extra blockbuster stars.
All stats taken from sofascore.
Featured picture Alex Pantling by way of Getty Pictures
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