MU shocked Burnley 0-3 at home

Coach Erik ten Hag was certainly not pleased with what he witnessed as Manchester United were beaten 3-0 by Burnley in a closed friendly match at Old Trafford's Carrington training center headquarters.

This is a closed friendly match that took place yesterday fn88 (August 23, UK time) at MU's Carrington training center. Although details about this encounter are limited, Jonny Evans, Hannibal Mejbri, Alvaro Fernandez, Scott McTominay, Anthony Martial, Donny van de Beek and Facundo Pellistri are believed to be the starting players for MU.

Both teams treated this friendly as a practice session as the match took place without fans or the media in attendance. This is a review match to give an idea of ​​the squad for the upcoming matches in the Premier League of the two teams.

The results of the match will not ease concerns about the slow start of coach Erik ten Hag's army in the 2023-2024 campaign. In the first 2 matches in the Premier League, MU struggled to overcome Wolves with a score. 1-0. In a controversial match, goalkeeper Andre Onana fouled in the penalty area was ignored by the referee, then "Red Devils" lost to Tottenham 0-2.

Against this backdrop, the outcome of the clash with Burnley, who have only played one Premier League game, losing 3-0 on opening day to champions Manchester rakhoitv City will only add to the anxiety in the community. United fans.

While MU winning 3 points from the first 2 matches in the Premier League is not a disastrous result and indeed it is an improvement over the opening 2 losses of last season, but MU should have had a result. Another result against Tottenham.

It takes place amid uncertainty over the Glazers' sale of MU. There is still no sign that the Glazer family is ready to sell MU after 9 months of selling the club. This also makes coach Erik Ten Hag difficult in the summer transfer market.

Despite MU spending £170 million on Mason Mount, Andre Onana and Rasmus Hojlund, there is a feeling that MU's squad still lacks players that Ten Hag believes can start. Even darker for MU when 2 out of 3 rookies including Mount and Hojlund were injured.

Rasmus Hojlund has yet to play a match due to a back injury and his return date is unknown. Meanwhile, Mason Mount played both of United's first two Premier League games but failed to show anything, if not worse. Not stopping there, Mount was also injured and had to stop playing until next month.

More importantly, there were too many players who were no longer part of Ten Hag's plans that had yet to be pushed away. That's Harry Maguire, Donny van de Beek, Anthony Martial and Scott McTominay, four players facing uncertain futures at Old Trafford.

This is the second friendly match without an audience that MU organizes on their Carrington training ground, after the "Red Devils" beat Everton 2-0 last Tuesday. An own goal and a goal from McTominay were enough for United to win that clash.

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