Manchester United can forget a title challenge with a defence like this | Jonathan Liew

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United’s backline is their weakest link, with crosses a particular trouble spot, and significant reinforcements are needed

Naturally, the jokes were not long in coming. Paul Pogba: the solution to Manchester United’s goalkeeping problems. A better reaction save than David de Gea has managed all season. If it wasn’t humour, it was blind fury.

“It’s rubbish from him, embarrassing,” Gary Neville chided on Sky Sports. “You’ve got to take that in the face,” James Collins agreed in the studio. And as a tired Manchester United stumbled at home to West Ham, putting their Champions League participation next season in doubt, Pogba felt like a very convenient scapegoat for a team whose current problems go plenty deeper than one pair of wandering hands and one instinctive handball.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/23/manchester-united-can-forget-a-title-challenge-with-a-defence-like-this

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