Wenger: 'I feel sorry for Man United, there is no hope'

The worst days for Manchester United has come – even their bitter rivals feel sorry for them. After the convincing City win at Old Trafford yesterday, the Red Devils are the main topic in all British media. Everybody wants to analyze them, everybody wants to criticize Erik ten Hag but BeIN Sports were cheeky enough to hire Arsene Wenger to analyze the defeat of his former hated rival. Ex Arsenal coach had his famous battles with Sir Alex Ferguson at the beginning of the 21st century and is actually the only coach, apart from Pep Guardiola who has a good record against Red Devils.

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Only Arsene Wenger (12) has won more Premier League games against Man Utd than the Man City boss (8). And Wenger was brutally honest.

“I would say the gulf between the two teams became bigger and bigger as the game went on. In the end, for such a big club you felt sorry for Man United because there’s no hope there in the team. I don’t see where they can improve, basically. This team has lost confidence, quality and even spirit. I would say it was not a great fighting spirit from Man United, on top of that“ the Frenchman told beIN Sports.

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Wenger went on to analyze Ten Hag‘s tactics in detail.

“I believe where Man United suffers a lot, first of all is about the quality, the individual quality of the players. And I felt they were very poor to build the game up from the back. They gave the ball so many times to the goalkeeper when they had possibilities to play forward. I would stay it started there. Then you make the whole team uncertain and lack confidence because when you feel the fear is behind, they do not want the ball“ he explained.

Wenger than delivered the punchline, saying that there are no United players who could play in the City‘s first 11.

“I would say the second part of their big problem was the distances between the striker and the defenders was huge. There were situations where the strikers were closing down, trying to pressure, and the defenders were 20 metres behind the halfway line. You cannot win the ball back against a team like Man City when the distances are too big. The team was not compact enough, after that the difference of individual quality. If you tell me how many players who get in the first XI of Man City? For me that sums it up. Usually, in a big game or a big derby you’d say I would take three or four from here and there. That sums up the problem of Man United, basically“ said the Frenchman.