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Manchester United Fans booed and booed their own players on Monday night Joshua Zirkzy A disappointing first-half performance against Newcastle United led to fan displeasure.
The Red Devils were thoroughly outplayed and lost 2-0 at home to the Magpies, with another strike ruled out for offside and Newcastle also hitting the woodwork in a one-sided first half.
That prompt Reuben Amorim After only 32 minutes his subs went to the bench, replaced by Zirkzy Kobi Mainu In an attempt to beautify the middle of the pitch, where the hosts were second best by a long distance.
Zirkji was immediately met with extremely loud cheers for his dismissal, followed by equally loud boos as he left the pitch. The Dutch attacker did not take his place on the bench, but was seen immediately donning a coat and heading towards the tunnel – re-emerging just minutes later.
In his half hour or so on the pitch, Zirkzy managed just 14 touches of the ball, completed three passes and won a free-kick, but made no impact in creating or taking shots.
The match was only his seventh Premier League Starting the campaign, with Rasmus Hjlund usually favored as the starting No.9, the Dutch 23-year-old scored three times in what is now just under 700 league minutes of action.
Amorim’s early sub had little impact as Newcastle continued to have the better chances in the first half and led 2-0 at the break.
At the time of Zirkzy’s replacement, former player Gary Neville – speaking on Sky Sports – called this version of Man United “the absolute pound for pound football team in the country, bar none”.
Fellow pundit Jamie Carragher called captain Lisandro Martinez “terrible” for the night in the absence of Bruno Fernandes in his half-time assessment.
