Phil Jones blunder costs Manchester United as Sheffield United score

Archie Blade | 24/11/2019
Phil Jones blunder costs Manchester United

Phil Jones blunder costs Manchester United as Sheffield United score in the Premier League match between the two sides at Bramall Lane.

Manchester United travelled to Bramall Lane knowing that 3 points would take them to 5th place in the table. However, at present it looks like they will remain at 10th place after gifting a goal to Sheffield United inside 19 minutes.

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A comprehensive victory against Brighton before the break led many to believe that the side could turn their fortunes around. However, United have played their game to the same old script with yet another miserable performance on the road.

Phil Jones blunder costs Manchester United as Sheffield United score

With United employing a 5-2-3 formation, United made up for their midfield deficiency by adding another centre back to their line-up. Surprisingly, Phil Jones was handed his first Premier League start of the season and soon enough, the centre back left his manager ruing his decision to play the 27-year old.

Jones had been clumsy all through the match, however, his inefficiency at the back finally cost his side when Lys Mousset floored him during their one on one to set up John Lundstram. The midfielder had his shot blocked by David De Gea. However, the ball found John Fleck, who placed the ball behind the net.

At the time of writing, United trail the match 2-0 after Lys Moussets added yet another goal to add to United’s misery. There is still more than half an hour left in the match. But at no point in this match have United looked to assert themselves.

The visitors have only managed two shots and only one on target in comparison to the Blades who have had 8 shots in total and 6 of them on target.

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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