Manchester United lost 3-4 to Fulham because of a penalty in the fifth round of the FA Cup in Old Trafford on Sunday, March 2. The score is 1-1 after the specified time.

Fulham Marco Silva qualified for the quarter -finals, ending United’s opportunity to win the trophy this season.

Fulham has led in the first round, but Bruno Fernandes then equalized for the host in the second.

However, the defending champions then lost in penalties to allow Fulham to compete with their first FA Cup title.

Manchester United attack was missing

Both Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirczee seemed incompetent in front of the opposition’s goal for Manchester United.

Hojlund and Zirczee have scored 12 goals between them in the ongoing season. In comparison, Fernandes himself has scored 11 goals so far.

Manchester United often rely on their central defender to score goals from Set-Piece. Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez and Matthijs De Ligt have scored seven goals between them this season so far.

Manchester United have started with a 3-4-2-1 formation under Ruben Amorim, which often changes to 3-5-2 or 3-4-3.

However, despite having a box formation in midfield, United have failed to press high.

Both Hojlund and Zirczee do not often win the ball in the last third, which means that United almost never scored by taking advantage of their opposition to give the ball to go into their third defense.

As a result, they rely on counterattacks to score their goals. However, without Marcus Rashford, who has now left for Aston Villa on loan, or Alejandro Garnacho in the XI game, the Red Devils are barely seen like a team that is able to hurt their opposition through counterattacks.

This means that they look the most dangerous when playing with 3-5-2, with their wing-back overlapping and giving a cross into the box. Fernandes also often shifted to one side to give the cross.

However, none of the two front parts they look like scoring from the cross.

Chido Obi-Martin, a teenager who only made three appearances for Manchester United so far, and replaced Hojlund against Fulham in the second half, had entered a potential goalscorer position more often than Hojlund or Zirkzee.

Zirczee really works hard in terms of the game of the link, but his inability to look strong in the opposition penalty box remains a concern.

Amorim which is quite inconactions begins with Christian Eriksen Alih -Garnacho on the left side against Fulham.

It is quite clear that Eriksen has no steps to play in such an attacking position. However, Dane managed to send several crosss.

March match is important to wait for Manchester United

The Red Devils will take Real Sociedad in the 16th round of the European League this month.

They will also face Arsenal and Leicester City in the Premier League in March. With 11 matches remaining, they are 14 years old^Th At the league table.

Their position could not increase a lot if they did not find the original goalscorer option in their team.

Apart from the formation they played, their attackers must be able to take advantage of the chances of scoring goals that approached them.

It still needs to be seen whether there is an increase in their form in the upcoming matches.

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Recording Date: 02.02.2025