Huddersfield 2 - 1 United

Huddersfield score their first after a terrible mistake by Mata - Photo by The People's Person

We didn't expect that, did we? Our performances have been somewhat subdued ever since Pogba's injury so we can't say that we couldn't see a defeat coming. I expected our first defeat of the season to be against one of the bigger teams though, definitely not against Huddersfield. Perhaps against Liverpool last week or Tottenham this Saturday. Not in a million years would I have expected such a performance against this team. 

There are two types of defeat; one in which you've given your absolute best but couldn't get past an inspired keeper. The other being a defeat when your players look uninspired and spineless. Our defeat today was a lot of the latter. In this game I didn't see any fight in our players. Did we really trouble Huddersfield's keeper before we scored? No. A lot of fuss has been made about the mistakes by Mata and Lindelof and rightly so. However, our players had enough time to react, to give us reasons to believe that they're capable of becoming champions. I definitely didn't see that today. Mata, Lingard, Lindelof, Herrera and Martial were awful. Matic was perhaps the best of a very bad bunch. Rashford scored a decent header after some fine work (Lukaku's only good move of the game by the way) by Lukaku. 

Is it a coincidence that we're not playing as well as we should be with Pogba and Fellaini missing? I don't think so. Well, actually, I am more than sure it is no coincidence. Herrera just barks at his team mates but fails to see how bad he is playing, letting the opposition dispossess him a few times. A good player to pressure the opposition but nothing more than that. 

It was quite a tough week for us United fans. We thought no one could touch us at the beginning of the season but our feelings have changed drastically since then. We were timid against Liverpool last Saturday, needed our opposition's keeper to drop a clanger to win vs. Benfica, and were absolutely awful against Huddersfield. The improvements on last season are obvious but perhaps there's much more work to be done. We'll see how our team reacts this defeat on Tuesday and then vs. Tottenham on Saturday. Come on United!