0/9 crosses, 1/3 long balls: Amorim must now drop 4/10 United star, lost the ball 21 times vs Forest - opinion

Manchester United suffered their second Premier League defeat on the bounce with a 3-2 loss to Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Saturday.

The Red Devils made the worst possible start, with Nikola Milenkovic scoring after just two minutes. The Serbian netted with a towering header from a corner.

United equalised through Rasmus Hojlund before the break. The good work was undone in the second half with Andre Onana’s huge blunder in the 47th minute.

Morgan Gibbs-White put the visitors ahead. Chris Wood soon made it 3-1 in their favour. Onana, Matthijs de Ligt and Lisandro Martinez all failed to intercept his header.

Bruno Fernandes reduced the deficit with a powerful strike, but United could not equalise.

There were several poor performances in the game. Onana had a day to forget while Martinez was outmuscled by Milenkovic in the lead-up to Forest’s opening goal.

However, Diogo Dalot’s performance at left-wing-back. was particularly disappointing.

The Portuguese has struggled to impress in the role on multiple occasions, and it was the same yesterday. Dalot failed to deliver any of his nine crosses attempted.

He lost possession on a staggering 21 occasions, with three fouls committed and just one long ball (1/3).

Dalot was one of the worst performers alongside Onana and Martinez. He received a 4/10 rating from theManchester Evening News after failing to provide any attacking threat.

Manager Ruben Amorim must drop him to the bench on the back of yesterday’s showing.

Dalot has clearly struggled in the left wing-back position, and it could be time to give him a breather.

Noussair Mazraoui should play there in the coming games, with Leny Yoro now fit to start in the back three alongside Martinez and De Ligt after his injury lay-off.

Stats from Sofascore.com.

Article written by Sri Aswin .