“We drowned, it’s as simple as that”: Rio Ferdinand rules Manchester United out of the title race after the “criminal” defense caused the final draw against Everton
- Rio Ferdinand says United have been left out of the title race after “suffocating” against Everton
- Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalized for Everton on Saturday in the 95th minute
- Ferdinand believes Man United are guilty of “stepping on all the time”
- He says Man United need to “change their habits and lack of consistency”
Rio Ferdinand believes Manchester United have been left out of the title race after “suffocating” against Everton on Saturday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side missed the chance to tie on points with Manchester City – who still have a game in hand – after Dominic Calvert-Lewin equalized in the 95th minute for the Toffees.
Ferdinand was disappointed with United’s performance and said they were guilty of “stepping on each other all the time”.
Rio Ferdinand says Manchester United have been left out of the title race after “suffocating” against Everton
United’s 3-3 draw against Everton brought Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men down five points from Manchester City.
It also marks another game in which United have failed to leave with three points.
United’s title hopes are starting to wane as they have won just two of their last six league games, with their biggest discomfort against Sheffield United, who are in the bottom position.
Speaking of United’s fall from grace, Ferdinand told FIVE: “You can’t defend yourself. At the end of the day, Man United were sitting pretty high at the top of the league.
On Saturday (above) Manchester United drew 3-1 with Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton
Dominic Calvert-Lewin made a direct free kick from Lucas Digne to equalize Everton in the end
‘We haven’t entered this season hoping to be title contenders. We were too far from Liverpool (last season). You can’t expect to have such a big change to win the league, it’s impossible.
But I’m like the rest of the fans. Look at the league table, look at the results, and get excited. When you get into that position, Man United has to strike. You are already there and there is an opportunity.
“When there is an opportunity, you have to go there. The problem is that we have let this opportunity pass through our hands. You can see Man City with their experience, they have smelled blood, they have put their head down, they have left.
“But United have stammered, we have the strangulation underway, we haven’t finished working properly. We have drowned, it’s simple. It would leave us out of the title challenge unless we keep running and change our habits and our lack of coherence.
The draw puts Man United five points behind Manchester City, who have a game in hand
Ferdinand criticized Harry Maguire (left) for not leading the back team
But I haven’t seen enough to suggest we can win a streak of ten 15-game wins. We are stumbling all the time. They are the first four, we will finish second or third ”.
Ferdinand also criticized United’s defensive structure for Everton’s draw, adding: “I see Harry Maguire, you have to lead this team from the back and make sure they don’t happen (mistakes). “.
“He was smoking before the free kick. Aaron Wan-Bissaka must understand his management of the game at this point in the game.
‘Passing the ball inside, loose like that, to cut, is criminal. I would have gone crazy in that screaming locker room.
