Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest Player Ratings: Gibbs-White Shines as Red Devils Suffer Another Defeat

Manchester United have lost once again and this time to Nottingham Forest. Rubem Amorim’s time in the Premier League has got off to a tough start and the Red Devils are now 13th in the league.

Milenkovic scored within 2 minutes of kickoff to give the away side lead before Hojlud equalized in the 18th minute. Things started the same way in the second half as well with Gibbs-White scoring within 2 minutes of restart.

Chris Wood made it 3-1 in the 54th minute before Fernandes pulled one back after the hour mark. However, the scoreline remained 3-2 and they lost at home again.

Manchester United player ratings vs Nottingham Forest

Goalkeeper

Andre Onana – 5: The goalkeeper rolled back to his form from early last season where he was making mistakes. He cost them the match today with his poor performance.  

Defenders

Leny Yoro – 6: A home debut for the youngster but not a memorable one. He looked good on the ball but hardly made any defensive actions.

Matthijs De Ligt – 6: Should have done a lot better for the third goal but he just kept looking at his teammates to help him out.

Lisandro Martinez – 5.5: The defender was easily beaten for the first goal and he never looked comfortable today. Played the whole game but more involved in keeping possession.

Midfielders

Amad Diallo – 8: He remains the one bright spark for Manchester United. Another superb performance and how Erik ten Hag had him benched would remain a mystery.

Kobbie Mainoo – 7: Decent match and was comfortable every time he got the ball. But the issues remains that he kept losing possession.

Manuel Ugarte – 7.5: He was similar to Mainoo, but and he too made similar mistakes as the teenager.

Diogo Dalot – 7: The right-back was playing a make-shift left wing-back today and still did decently well. He will get a lot of heat for the shot in the final minutes, but he was one of their better players today.

Bruno Fernandes – 6: Apart from the goal, there was very little Bruno did right today. He was aimlessly running around and fuming at his teammates for no reason.

Alejandro Garnacho – 6.5: He was selfish once again and never looked like he was willing to make that extra pass when needed.

Forwards

Rasmus Hojlund – 7: He scored to bring them level in the first half, but never managed to come close to scoring for the rest of the match.

Substitutes

Marcus Rashford – 5

Harry Maguire – 5

Noussair Mazraoui – 5

Mason Mount – 4

Joshua Zirkzee – 4

Manager

Rubem Amorim – 8: There was nothing he could do today as the players were making too many mistakes on the pitch.

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Nottingham Forest player ratings vs Manchester United

Goalkeeper

Matz Sels – 7.5: The goalkeeper made really good saves and was confident in coming out to claim the ball too. There was little he could do about the goals.

Defender

Ola Aina – 6.5: There was very little he had to do today as he was hardly troubled. Garnacho makes making his life easy today.

Nikola Milenkovic – 7.5: Scored the opening and he was ready to challenge the Manchester United players full game. He won all his aerial duels as well.

Murillo – 6.5: Made sure Manchester United attackers were not getting any space and kept closing down. He did not compete for a single duel today.

Nico Williams – 6: He was challenged by Diallo a lot and he had trouble dealing with the United star.  

Midfielders

Elliot Anderson – 7: It was a game he would be wondering what went wrong. He never got involved in Nottingham’s attacks and but finished with an assist.

Ryan Yates – 8: The Swiss star stayed back and kept the Manchester United midfield on their toes. He was ready to challenge them at every chance.

Jota Silva – 6: Never in the right position though he came close to scoring twice. He just could not link up well with his teammates.

Morgan Gibbs-White – 8: He scored once and assisted as many times to get them the win over Manchester United. He was all over the pitch and ready to help his teammates.

Callum Hudson-Odoi – 7: The former Chelsea man got an assist today but never took a shot in the game.

Forwards

Chris Wood – 7.5: Scored a goal and made things hard for the Manchester United defenders.

Substitutes

Morato – 6

Nicolás Domínguez – 6

Anthony Elanga – 6

Taiwo Awoniyi – 5

Manager

Nuno Espirito Santo – 9: The manager has been exceptional this season and got everything spot on today.

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