Manchester United were beaten against Manchester City at the weekend in a result which was not at all surprising. A 3-1 loss was about what you would expect from this Manchester United team against City, although there was 45 minutes of hope with Erik ten Hag‘s side leading at half-time. An unstoppable strike from Marcus Rashford gave United the lead, and the gameplan after that was to defend it and continue trying to hit City on the counter. There was no ‘plan B’. And this was exposed particularly once City took the lead. But you could see this before the game had even kicked off. Manchester …
