Babban koci na Manchester United, Michael Carrick, na fuskantar mafi wahalar makon aikinsa har yanzu, tare da zagaye biyu na gida a jere — da Atletico Madrid a UEFA Champions League, sannan da Leeds United masu tashi sama a Premier League — kuma mai sharhi Paul Merson ya yi imani cewa matsin lamba zai iya zama mai nauyi da yawa.
Manchester United sun samu nasara guda ɗaya kawai a cikin wasannin shida na ƙarshe a duk gasa, kuma bacewar ƙarshe ita ce daidai 1-1 a gida da Tottenham Hotspur a ranar Asabar. Ko da yake Spurs sun buga ƙarshen wasan da 'yan wasa goma, sun kwace daidaito ta hanyar burin Dominic Solanke a ƙarshen wasan.
Makon da Carrick ba zai iya kasawar sa ba
A cikin shafin sa na Sky Sports, Merson ya kasance a sarari a kimantawarsa: "Carrick yana cikin matsala. Ina fatan ba za a kore shi ba, amma yana cikin matsala ta gaske." Mai sharhin ya ƙara da cewa bai ga "kowane alamar ingantawa" a cikin United, sabanin Tottenham wanda ya ga wasu alamomin kwarin gwiwa.
Jarabawa ta farko za ta zo a daren Talata a Madrid, inda Atletico Madrid — sanannun tsaro mai ƙarfi da rashin ƙyalƙyali — za su karɓi Red Devils a filin su. Idan United suka tsira daga nan, za su fuskanci abokin hamayyarsu Leeds United a Elland Road, bayan Leeds suka rasa rikodin rashin sha a hannun zakaran yanzu Arsenal a ƙarshen mako.
Hamayyar Leeds United da Manchester United, a gaban komai
Merson ya jaddada yadda al'amura suka canza tsakanin waɗannan kulake biyu masu tarihi. Ya rubuta: "Idan kana ɗan wasan Leeds, za ka yi mamaki idan United suka ci a Elland Road. Kowane ɗan wasan Leeds zai yi takaici idan basu samu sakamako da United ba." A gare shi, wannan jujjuyawar ta ce komai da ake buƙata a sani game da halin Manchester United a yanzu.
Mai sharhin ya kuma yi shakka game da zaɓin kulob ɗin na ba Carrick kwantiragin dindindin, yana mai cewa United ya kamata su yi duk ƙoƙarinsu don jawo koci mai ƙwarewar gaske kamar Unai Emery. Merson ya ce: "Wannan aiki mai wahala ne," yana ƙara da cewa Carrick bai bayyana da dabaru don fitar da ƙungiyar daga rikicin ba.
Spurs suna biya saboda rashin ginin cikakken dan wasa na gaba
Merson ya kuma duba halin Tottenham Hotspur, yana amincewa da kyakkyawan wasan su a Old Trafford amma yana nuni da rashin iyawarsu na ci gaba da ci wa akai-akai. Ya ce: "Sun mamaye, amma kawai ba sa bayyana ƙoƙarin nemo hanya zuwa ga raga."
Mai sharhin mai tarihi ya yi imani cewa Spurs sun rasa wata dama ta muhimmanci a kasuwar rani ta hanyar rashin ɗaukar wanda ya kai gaba na gaske. Dominic Solanke "ya fi daidai" a ra'ayinsa, kuma Omar Marmoush na iya bugun burin ban mamaki lokaci-lokaci, amma babu ɗayansu da ya kai matakin maharin na gaba na gaske. Merson ya ambaci Nicolas Jackson a matsayin maƙasudi da Spurs ya kamata su bi.
Tottenham za su tafi Coventry a cikin Monday Night Football, kuma Merson ya yi imani cewa burin farko na iya fara sabon halin kakar wasansu. Amma yana yi wa gargaɗi: Spurs za su bukaci riƙe matakayinsu na wasa tsawon mintuna 90 gaba ɗaya, ba mintuna 20 zuwa 25 kamar yadda suka saba yi a wannan kakar.
