Last minute high-flyer Manchester United came crashing unexpectedly down to hard terra firma after a shock home defeat to bottom-placed Sheffield United at Old Trafford on Wednesday, with this being the latter\u2019s first ever win at Old Trafford since 1973.<\/p>\n
A hard slap in the face and a much-needed reality check, it was the Red Devils\u2019 first loss in the Premier League in 15 games, depriving themselves an opportunity to regain top spot from Manchester City as they now lie a point behind the Cityzens and with the latter still having a game in hand.<\/p>\n
Kean Bryan, a Man City academy product, stunned United as the Blades surged into the lead in the 23rd minute.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils threw whatever they could with their flailing form into the rest of the match and dominated possession, but clearly lacked the impetus in the final third. Their intensity picked up in the second half and skipper Harry Maguire got them back to level terms against his former side, but whatever notions they had of turning the game around were dashed with the sledgehammer blow in the 74th minute when Oliver Burke fired the scorching winner for a deserving Chris Wilder\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
United clearly have no one but only themselves to blame following a series of poor defensive choices on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s part and the shoddy performance of the team.<\/p>\n
Twitter was deluged with frenzied hyper buzz as livid Man United fans vented their anger at both the manager and the players for their shambolic performance.<\/p>\n
The worst performance I\u2019ve seen from a united team in a while \u2014 MBCKaylan (@Kaylan_fut) January 27, 2021 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n @ManUtd this was just another example of poor managerial decision making in team selection. OGS never learns. Same mistake he made at Leipzig. OGS didn\u2019t wanna win this match. He underestimated Blades and thought let\u2019s save our best players for Arsenal \u2014 Andy (@andybrianme) January 27, 2021 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve played so well of late, it\u2019s just a shame that we always seem to have the chance to drop a stinker of a performance like this every so often\u2026 onto the next one and let\u2019s bounce back stronger \u2014 Ben (@b_hartshorne) January 27, 2021 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n haven\u2019t seen us play this worse under ole \u2014 Bruno (@MbakweJ) January 27, 2021 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Man Utd play start most games soo slow, we were too rigid & not good enough tonight. Not surprising because we have gotten away with dead performances like this. Reality Check needed Disgraceful & Embarrassing \u2014 Odogwu (@Daddy_Nomso) January 27, 2021 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n We are just a charity team, give Sheffield UTD their 2nd win of the season, give Istanbul their first ever UCL win and Arsenal their fist win at OT in about 15 fucking years, just useless. \u2014 Isacc\u2666\ufe0f\u2122\ufe0f (@IsaccUtd) January 27, 2021 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n