Dūkan Matheus Cunha da ya yi tangwaro a minti na 89 ya taimaka wa 1-1 da Manchester United suka samu a Fulham ranar Asabar, amma wannan maki bai wadatar da rufe fashe-fashen da ke cikin kulob da ke cike da rudani a filin wasa da wajen filin.
Wannan sakamako ya bar United da maki biyar daga wasanni biyar na Premier League — matsayi na 12 a teburin kuma sun riga sun ragu da maki 10 daga jagoran Manchester City, wadanda aka doke su a derby na Manchester da wani tawaga da ta ragu zuwa 'yan wasa 10.
Hukuncin Neville mai tsanani
Kafin daidaito na Cunha ya zo, masanin wasan Sky Sports Gary Neville ya bayar da hukunci mai kaifi. Bayan da burin da Lisandro Martinez ya ci wa tawagansa ya ba Fulham jagora jim kadan bayan sa'a daya ta wuce, Neville — tsohon kyaftin din United — ya kwatanta mintoci 15 da suka gabata a matsayin mafiya muni da ya taba gani a rayuwarsa ta bibiyar kulob din.
"Na kalli Manchester United tun ina da shekaru biyar kuma waɗannan su ne mafi munin mintuna 15 da na taɓa gani," in ji Neville. "Abin kunya gaba ɗaya. Ban taɓa ganin irin wannan rashin ƙoƙari ba."
Waɗannan kalmomi sun jawo amsa daga kocin Michael Carrick, wanda ya yi amfani da yadda tawagansa ta matsa wa Fulham a matakai na ƙarshe — matsiya da daga ƙarshe ta kai ga daidaito — a matsayin shaida cewa jikin rukunin ba matsala ba ne. "Yadda muka gama wasan, bai kama haka ba," in ji shi. "Mun gama wasan da ƙarfi sosai kuma mun ci gaba da turawa."
Hayaniya da ke kewaye
Cunha kansa bai kare tawagansa gaba ɗaya ba a hirarsa ta bayan wasan. "A farkon rabin na biyu sun nuna ƙarfi fiye da mu," ya amsa ɗan Brazil din wa Sky Sports. "Ba za mu iya karɓar wannan ba."
United kuma sun fuskanci tsawa daga magoya bayansu kansu lokacin da Carrick ya cire ɗan wasan tsakiya Kobbie Mainoo mintoci 11 kafin ƙarshen wasan, 'yan kwanaki kacal bayan magoya bayan sun nuna bacin rai bayan da aka kayar da su a gida a hannun Brighton — karo na farko a cikin fiye da shekaru 50 — bayan da suka rasa fifiko na kwalaye biyu.
Carrick ya nemi kwantar da hankula yana cewa: "Na yi magana da Kobbie bayan wasan kuma yana da kyau gaba ɗaya. Ina fahimtar motsin rai da ke cika lokacin da muke farautar wasa. Ban ɗauki komai a matsayin mara kyau ba."
Damuwa masu ƙaruwa
Wajen filin wasa, tambayoyi na ƙaruwa. Sabon sayan bazara Carlos Baleba na £70 miliyan har yanzu bai fara wasansa na farko ba, kuma Matthijs de Ligt da ya koma daga rauni bai shiga ba ko kadan duk da cewa yana cikin tawagar da ta tafi kudu. Ɗan wasan gaba Benjamin Sesko kuma ya rasa wasan bayan matsalar ƙafarsa ta dawo — wacce ta tilasta masa fiye da watanni uku a benci a kakar da ta gabata.
A ranar Laraba, kulob din zai sadar da sakamakon kuɗin shiga na shekara gaba ɗaya har zuwa 30 ga Yuni, wanda ake tsammanin zai bayyana cikakken girman bashi. Aikin sabon filin wasa da ake kiyasta zai kai fiye da £2 biliyan ma yana ci gaba da zama batun muhawara, tare da tsammanin a gabatar da neman izinin gini a ƙarshen 2027 ko farkon 2028.
Duk da haka, Carrick yana tsaye a kan ra'ayinsa. "Ba gudu ne ba, ƙoƙarin dogon lokaci ne," ya tabbatar. "Raguwar gwiwa ba shi ne yanayin da ke cikin kulob ba. 'Yan wasan basu nuna shi a filin wasa yau ba kuma wannan shi ne zai ɗauke mu cikin dukan kakar."
