Mummunan farkon Manchester United a Premier League ya ci gaba da ranar Asabar, bayan da golin daidaitawa na ƙarshen wasa daga Tottenham Hotspur ya ƙwace musu maki uku da suka wajaba — sakamakon da ya ƙara ta'azzara matsin lamba kan manajan Michael Carrick.
A karo na biyu a jere a wasan gida na Premier League, United sun kasa cin nasara a kan abokin hamayya da aka rage zuwa 'yan wasa 10. Kar-jan-ja-ja da aka ba Rodrigo Bentancur, mintuna biyar kawai bayan Bryan Mbeumo ya bude zango, ya bayyana yana ba tawagar gida wani dandali mai dacewa — amma Spurs sun daidaita a cikin lokacin ƙari ta hanyar Dominic Solanke.
Goalin ya fallasa wani babban gazawar tsaro. Dan baya na tsakiya Lisandro Martinez ya sha wuya a wajen Solanke kafin mai tsaron gida Senne Lammens ya kasa karanta taɓawar taushi na dan wasan gaba, inda ya bar bal ya shigo cikin kusurwa ta nesa. Idanun 'yan United a lokacin sarkar ƙarshe sun fada duk wani abu.
Lambobin da suka damun zuciya
Ƙididdigar tana da mummunar karantawa a Old Trafford. United sun tattara maki shida ne kawai daga wasannin shida na farko na Premier League — mafi ƙarancin ƙima a wannan mataki na kakar wasa a manyan lig tun 1986-87, lokacin da tawagar Sir Alex Ferguson ta samu maki huɗu kawai. Sun kasa cin nasara a wasanni biyar daga cikin shida, inda suka daidaita da yawan wasannin da suka sha kaye da daidaito a wasannin ligi 17 duka a cikin kakar wasa ta bara.
Mafi damuwa, United sun samu maki biyu ne kawai daga wasannin biyu na ƙarshe na ligi — dukansu a kan ƙungiyoyi da suka fara waɗannan wasannin a ƙasan tebur ɗin Premier League. A halin yanzu suna mafi kusa da yankin sauka fiye da wuraren UEFA Champions League.
Jadawalin gaba baya ba da hutun gaggawa. Tafiya zuwa Elland Road don fuskantar Leeds United ranar Lahadi 18 ga Oktoba, an sanya ta tsakanin wasannin Champions League masu wahala a waje da gida a kan Atletico Madrid da Como.
Carrick ya ci gaba da natsuwa — amma hutu da ƙara ƙarfin muryar rashin gamsuwa
Gary Neville, tsohon kyaftin din Manchester United, yana magana a kan Sky Sports, ya kwatanta yanayin a matsayin «ranar damuwa ga Michael Carrick». Ya san yadda matsin lamba zai iya tara kewaye da Old Trafford.
Manajan, shi ma, baya gukawar zargi. «Ban ji dadin adadin maki da muka samu har yanzu ba, tabbas,» in ji shi. «Ba zan iya ɓoye ba, babu wurin ɓuya. Ina ganin da ta iya zama daban saboda ƙananan abubuwa a nan da can, amma gaskiya ita ce gaskiya. Muna bukatar mu tafi cikin wani kyakkyawan alkibla cikin sauri, hakan a bayyane yake.»
Waɗannan «ƙananan abubuwa» sun haɗa da tsaro mai rauni akan golin Solanke, rashin matsin da aka sa kan Ainsley Maitland-Niles na Everton wanda ya yi golin daidaita a lokacin ƙari a Hill Dickinson Stadium ranar 6 ga Satumba, da kuma golin da Martinez ya saka a ragar kansa wanda kusan ya ba Fulham nasara a Craven Cottage kafin hutu na kasa da kasa.
Yanayin a filin ya nuna rudanin magoya baya. Dan wasan gaba Matheus Cunha ya yi rikici da masu kallo a rabi na farko, yayin da ƙarshen rabi biyu ya zo da kararraki na rashin gamsuwa. Masanin Sky Sports Jamie Redknapp, tsohon kyaftin din Spurs, ya nuna wata matsalar da ke dawwama: «Ƙididdigar ba ta yin ƙarya lokacin da ɗayan ƙungiyar ta fi ku gudu a kowane wasa. Tottenham sun yi gudu 5km fiye da Man United. To, suna da 'yan wasa 10 amma wannan shi ne kowane wasa.»
Carrick, wanda iyalinsa suna da tikiti na kakar wasa a Old Trafford, ya tabbatar da fahimtarsa ga takaicin magoya baya. «Tabbas, yana ciwo, sosai,» in ji shi. «Ba mai daɗi ba ne a wuce wannan. Ina kulawa da wannan wuri kamar kowa.» Game da imani da 'yan wasansa, ya ce: «Ban ji an watsar da ni ba lokacin da suka yi kuskure. Dole mu taimake juna ne kawai mu zama mafi kyau.»
