Matsalar Carrick na kushe kwallo
Michael Carrick ya yi tsayin daka game da zargin cewa rashin nasarar Manchester United da Hull a ranar farko ta kakar wasan ya samo asali ne daga rashin kuzari, yana mai bayani cewa duk kwallaye biyu sun fito ne daga wasan tsayawa. Matsalar, duk da haka, ba ta sabuwa ba kwata-kwata.
Kwallo ta farko ta Hull — wanda Semi Ajayi ya jefa shi a kusa da madaidaicin wuri — shi ne na 12 da Manchester United ya karba daga kushe kwallo tun farkon kakar da ta gabata, lamba da ta daidaita da Leeds a matsayin wadanda suka fi duk wani kulob din Premier League na yanzu a wannan lokaci.
Kwallon Ajayi ta kara muni sa'ad da Nobel Mendy ya kara na biyu na Hull daga harbin kyauta. Wannan ya biyo bayan kwallaye daga kushe kwallo da Manchester United ya bai wa Crystal Palace, Aston Villa, Brentford, da Nottingham Forest a makonni na karshe na kakar da ta gabata — kodayake wadannan kurakurai ba su yi barnar kome ba, tun da kungiyar Carrick ta lashe duk wasan guda hudu a hanyar kammala ta uku a Premier League.
Idan aka dawo kallo a bidiyon, abin da ya fi fito karara shi ne yadda maharan abokan hamayya suka ci kwallaye ba tare da an yi musu tsayin daka ba. Kamar yadda Ajayi ya sami sarari yayin da Harry Maguire ya riƙe abokin wasansa Noussair Mazraoui ba tare da dalili ba, haka ma Maxence Lacroix, Ross Barkley, da Morato duk sun ci kwallayensu ba tare da an dame su ba wa Palace, Aston Villa, da Nottingham Forest bi da bi.
Babban kocin Hull Sergej Jakirovic ya yarda a bayyane a taron manema labarai bayan wasan cewa ƙungiyar aikinsa ta lura da wannan raunin kuma ta shirya don amfani da shi — alamar yadda wannan nakasu ya zama sananne sosai.
Carrick na iya nuna ingantaccen ci gaba na tsaro tun ya hau kujerar mulki a watan Janairu. Manchester United ya karbi kwallaye 31 a wasanni 21 na Premier League kafin isowarsa kuma kawai 20 a 18 tun daga lokacin. Duk da haka, suna da kaso na uku mafi girma na kwallaye da aka karba daga wasan tsayawa a Premier League a karkashin jagorancinsa, wanda ke nuna matsalar da ta zama tarihi a cikin tarihin tsaro da ke samun ingantawa gabaɗaya.
Ya kamata a lura cewa Manchester United ya kasance mai hadari daidai daga wasannin tsayawa na farmakin hare-hare a kakar da ta gabata, inda ya ci kwallaye 26 a wannan yanayin — na biyu kawai bayan gwarazan Arsenal a Premier League. Amma har sai matsalar a gefensu na tsaro an magance ta, za su kasance masu rauni a duk lokacin da abokan hamayya suka kai kushe kwallo da harbin kyauta cikin filin fansa nasu. Ipswich, wanda zai ziyarci Old Trafford ranar Lahadi, zai yi niyya a haka.
Jifan Ampadu ya zama makami na gaske
Yayin da manyan kulob din Turai suke sake tsara layin tsakiyansu da canja wurin da suka yi fauren a lokacin bazara, Leeds ta yi nasara cikin natsuwa a ɗaya daga cikin kasuwancin da suka fi hikima a kasuwa ta hanyar ɗaure Ethan Ampadu zuwa 2030 a watan Yuni. Dan wasan Wales yana ci gaba da inganta ƙarƙashin Daniel Farke.
Farke ya ɗauke shi a matsayin jagora mai ban sha'awa, kuma mai sharhi na Sky Sports Jamie Carragher ya bayyana shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin ƙaunatattun dan wasan tsakiyarsa. Yana aiki a matsayin lamba 6, yana haɗa halaye na ɗan wasan da ke ta baya mai zurfi da mai fafutuka mai ƙarfi na kwallo. Duk da haka, wataƙila wani abu daban ne ke bayyana gudunmawarsa mafi girma.
Tun farkon kakar da ta gabata, Ampadu ya jefa jifuna 139 masu tsawo cikin filin fansa — fiye da kowane ɗan wasan Premier League sai Michael Kayode, abokin hamayyarsa na Lahadi. Yana gaba da Kayode a cikin jifa da yawan harbe-harbe da aka samu daga jifuna masu tsawo, tare da lamba 53, kuma yana daidai da shi a cikin kwallaye biyar.
Ya bayar da wani gudunmawa mai muhimmanci a nasarar Carabao Cup ta Talata kan Nottingham Forest a City Ground. Jifar kanta ba ta kasance kamalla ba — kwallo ta faɗi daga hannayensa kuma ta bi hanyar iyaka zuwa ginshiƙin kusa — amma bayan da Forest ya kasa share layin kuma James Justin ya turda kwallo gida, Ampadu ya yi bikin da ya fito karara a gaban masu goyon bayan Forest da suka saba masa.
Ampadu ya yi magana dalla-dalla game da shakku da ya fuskanta a farkon kakar da ta gabata, ciki har da daga wasu masu goyon bayansa. Ya ce a watan Fabrairu: «An zage ni kaɗan daga masu goyon bayan Leeds, suna cewa ba dogon jifawa ne ba a zahiri — wanda gaskiya ne, wasu lokuta bai fi kyau ba. Amma yana ƙarawa.» Abokin wasansa Brenden Aaronson ya tabbatar da ci gaba bayan da jifuna biyu na Ampadu suka kai ga kwallaye kan Liverpool a wasannin kafin kakar wasan: «Ethan ya dawo ya fara jifawa kimanin yards 20 da nisa da kuma 20 da ƙarfi.»
Duk inda farin ciki ya kai shi, bayanai sun tabbatar da cewa aikin yana biya wa Ampadu. Tsakiyar nisan jifawarsa yanzu ya kai mita 32, daga kimanin mita 28 lokacin da ya fara, wanda ke sa shi ya kai nisan ƙwararren Kayode. Leeds na fata ci gaba da amfana da wannan a cikin abin da ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan yanayin dabarun kakar wasan, yayin da Elland Road ke karɓar bakuncin Brentford ranar Lahadi.
