Dongqiudi Match Report: Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 4-0 away from home, remaining unbeaten in the Premier League this season. Tang Ye scored twice and converted a penalty, while Ousmane Dembélé was in fine form. (368232 comments)
A perfect 4-0 scoreline, but fans focused more on two other matters.
The first was Manchester United's unbeaten season.
Ever since their FA Cup loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers, all of Europe had been saying things like, "The Manchester United era is over," and "Manchester United are starting to decline."
Then you looked at the Premier League table and found Manchester United sitting comfortably in first place, with their number of defeats still a big fat zero.
Only then did you suddenly realize that you had been influenced too heavily by the media narrative and had developed a mistaken judgment of Manchester United's strength.
Just because Wolverhampton Wanderers could beat Manchester United did not mean other teams could too!
The second matter was Cristiano Ronaldo, sitting on the bench.
Starting from the previous match, Cristiano Ronaldo had gone two consecutive games without playing, not even spending a single minute on the pitch.
The two pundits in Sky Sports' live studio gave their thoughts on the matter.
"This is absolutely Erik ten Hag's problem."
Jason spoke with certainty, looking at his colleague beside him. "The conflict between Erik ten Hag and Ronaldo has worsened further. That's not a good thing for Ronaldo, because the opportunities he gets from now on will only become fewer and fewer!"
"This is Erik ten Hag's problem."
Luis took Cristiano Ronaldo's side. "Ronaldo is currently fourth in the Premier League scoring chart. He should be given more opportunities."
"No, no, no. You can't just look at the numbers. You need to look at other things!"
Jason pointed out his colleague's