If I may ask, how does a club focus on one trophy like the champions league or the Europa League? You cannot have a target when you don't have a squad to actualise your goals. Manchester United is not in the race to qualify for the champions league and neither are they in the race to qualify for the Europa League. They are just playing without focus. Whenever it gets to a stage that club will be celebrating draw like a win, you will understand that the club is in trouble.
Chelsea is in the state that I described above. We saw it when they drew with Manchester city 4 : 4, the celebrated like they won and their subsequent matches were disaster. Last week, Manchester United drew with Liverpool and celebrated as if they won the league. Something is wrong.
In fact, everything is clearly illustrated by how Manchester United played in the match against Liverpool. They are like clubs at the bottom of the rankings who are always afraid when facing teams from the top rankings. Well, it's very funny to see how Manchester United can be like this this season. It wasn't just the players who lost focus, but their coach, Erik Ten Heg, also lost focus. It seems like he can't develop his squad to be better. But a scene like this also happened last season when Cristiano Ronaldo was still at Manchester United. And at that time Cristiano Ronaldo was the one who was blamed a lot because he was considered a burden or something like that. So Cristiano Ronaldo then didn't play much and sat more on the bench. And it turns out that this season Erik Ten Heg is doing the same thing. As if repeating last season and bringing it to the current season. But last season all the young players at Manchester United started to get excited and became more motivated to be the best at the club after Cristiano Ronaldo left. And we can see that Manchester United's performance has improved rapidly at that time. So, the problem this season is what can re-ignite the enthusiasm of the Manchester United players. Because from the start they had been competing within the club itself which made the team's performance really chaotic. As if they all became awkward with each other.
The way Chelsea held Manchester City to a draw was actually quite dramatic and very exciting. But the way Manchester United held Liverpool to a draw was really boring from my point of view.