Man Utd player ratings: Altay Bayindir fluffs rare chance to show what he can do but Amad Diallo shines once again
ALTAY BAYINDIR had a game to forget as Manchester United were dumped out of the Carabao Cup
Not many of the Red Devils were able to impress as they were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur.
Man United were knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Tottenham Hotspur[/caption]
Altay Bayindir was at fault for two of the four goals[/caption]
Amad Diallo was a diamond in the rough for Man United[/caption]
Bayindir, 26, was at fault as Tottenham took the lead in the first half.
The Turkish stopper could only parry a Pedro Porro effort into the path of Dominic Solanke, who fired in the rebound.
Dejan Kulusevski made it 2-0 as he capitalised on a poor clearance from Lisandro Martinez before Solanke got his brace to make it 3-0.
One shining light in the performance was Bruno Fernandes’ efforts as he set up Joshua Zirkzee to tap home.
Amad Diallo gave the Red Devils hope as his determination forced home a second.
However, the result was put beyond doubt as Bayindir allowed a corner from Son Heung-min to fly all the way in.
Jonny Evans netted a late header from an Amad corner as a consolation for the travelling fans.
SunSport’s Katherine Walsh has provided her ratings of the Man United squad…
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Altay Bayindir – 2
Squandered his audition after Andre Onana’s recent blunders against Nottingham Forest and FC Viktoria Plzen.
Was responsible for Spurs’ opener when he spilled Pedro Porros’ shot into the path of Dominic Solanke inside 15 minutes.
Did well to stop Dejan Kulusevski from close range around 10 minutes later but went on to concede three more goals far too easily.
His nightmare was finished off when he flapped as Son made it 4-2 from a direct CORNER in the 88th minute. Perhaps Onana isn’t so bad?
Victor Lindelof – 4
Caught slacking and lacking and a mile off the pace as Spurs’ front line rang rings around United for most of the game.
No surprise he came off injured just before half-time.
Leny Yoro – 5
Was physically targeted by Solanke in the first half, but the 19-year-old stood up to him and Son Heung-min fairly well.
Jeered by the home fans when he was nutmegged by Djed Spence and was lucky when referee John Brooks blew for a foul early on.
Offloaded a crunching tackle on Son in the 86th minute right in front of a rowdy home end – but Son scored from the direct corner.
Lisandro Martinez – 3
Lisandro Martinez struggled throughout the match[/caption]
He was all over the place and sucker punched his own team, who, albeit, weren’t at the races despite scoring three second-half goals.
Directly assisted Tottenham’s second when Maddison’s cross hit off his extended back leg and into the path of Kulusevski from five yards.
Solanke eased past him for 3-0 too. And he fell backwards for a chance to make it four before the subs brought hope.
Diogo Dalot – 6
Only United defender that had a clue.
Solid crosses and switches in play while pressing the makeshift Spurs backline, which was often overplaying.
Christian Eriksen – 6
Was inches away from bagging the equaliser at 1-0 but was blocked by Yves Bissouma.
Overhit several corners as he was tasked with taking from both sides but was clapped off from the home fans when he made way for Kobbie Mainoo.
Manuel Ugarte – 4
The midfielder has perhaps stole Martinez’s “Butcher” title at Man Utd as the Spurs fans wanted him hit with a second booking.
Constantly drew fouls and conceded dangerous free kicks which isn’t ideal when the opponent have James Maddison among their ranks.
Spurs scored from that dead ball. He almost poked Kulusevski’s cross into his own net, but did well to make sure it went just wide.
Noussair Mazraoui – 5
Anticipated a difficult evening against Son, who was wonderful going forward with several intricate passes.
Booked for catching Djed Spence, Amorim’s head was down when Maddison took the free-kick.
Couldn’t get his feet right for chance on the brink of HT.
Antony – 4
A nervy start saw him lose the ball in a dangerous position with a minute gone which set Son away to cross into Brennan Johnson.
Too casual on the ball and put visitors under pressure in the early passages.
Basically gave the home fans something to laugh about every time he lost the ball, which was several times to 18-year-old Archie Gray.
Bruno Fernandes – 6
Bruno Fernandes did his job in the midfield[/caption]
He did his creative job when he could, putting Hojlund through inside 11 minutes, only for the Dane to fluff his lines.
Curled just wide from outside the area and assisted Zirkzee’s goal to give the travelling end a glimmer of hope.
Drew a booking for Sarr for a tackle from behind and was booed before his free-kick clipped the top of the net.
Rasmus Hojlund – 5
Rarely got a sniff with United working on the counter early on and weak on the ball when did receive it.
He was thumped and bullied by the makeshift Spurs backline of Gray and Radu Drăgușin and replaced by Joshua Zirkzee in the 55th minute.
SUBS
Jonny Evans (’44 Victor Lindelof) – 4
Solanke drove the ball through his legs for 3-0.
Bizarrely got on the scoresheet with a last-minute consolation with a header from a corner.
Kobbie Mainoo – (’56 Eriksen) – 6
He was waiting on the sidelines before Solanke tripled Spurs’ lead and brought some much-needed composure with his side 3-0 down.
Joshua Zirkzee – (’56 Hojlund) – 6
Joshua Zirkzee got on the scoresheet after coming off the bench[/caption]
Had United’s first attempt on target in the 61st minute but his header was well kept out by Fraser Forster.
But gave United hope when he made it 3-1 a minute later from Forster’s blunder.
Did better than Hojlund in out-muscling Dragusin.
Amad Diallo – (’55 Antony) – 8
Just as Martin Odegaard did last night against Palace, Amad’s introduction turned things around for the Red Devils.
The tricky winger made it 3-2 when his unbelievable pressing forced Forster into ANOTHER error from a routine free-kick.
The star of the show also fed the ball to Fernandes, who assisted Zirkzee’s goal and brought some much-needed impetus to United’s forward play.
Alejandro Garnacho (’72 Ugarte) – 5
The sub everybody was waiting for after he was dropped for United’s 2-1 win against Man City on Sunday.
Chased every ball down but loses points due to the crazy impact of the earlier substitutions.
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