Summary: Liverpool - Manchester United 0:7 (Sport1)
Marcus Rashford has said so many smart things in recent years and has earned the right to be taken seriously even when it comes to tweets that may have been meant for damage control.
"I would like to play today and try to fix the situation," he wrote after the historic defeat to Liverpool.
"The result is this result and it cannot be ignored! It must not define our season. We must believe in the process and stick to each other."
Fortunately for Rashford and the rest of United's people - players, coaches, managers and fans - the Anfield disgrace did not happen before this or that break and today (Thursday, 22:00, Sport2) they have the opportunity to show that this was only an exceptional exception and not a trend.
The game against Real Betis in the European League has become many times more important than another game in the secondary European framework, and United will examine it under a magnifying glass.
Not only the result, but also the ability, the interaction between the players and of course the attitude of the fans towards the team after the historic landmark.
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Tan HaHa at the final whistle (Photo: Reuters)
Few of the United fans tried to convince themselves that "it was just another day in the history of Manchester United".
The majority sank into gloom and some came out with determined attacks against the club.
It was not against Newcastle, but against the most bitter rival.
It was seven and not five, and most importantly, United would not win the championship this year.
It was a historic moment that will be replayed in every meeting against Liverpool and has haunted United fans since Sunday, but the rest of the season will determine its weight in history.
If Ten Brother's United continue their improvement, this game will only be remembered as one horrific game.
The problem is that games like this can take a team and a coach down from a path they've only recently been on.
Fans in England turn on their teams much later than elsewhere.
Even in the lower teams, the calls for the dismissal of a coach and the boos of contempt emerge only after a long series of failures in the holocaust to other places.
At Old Trafford, the players are expected to be supported, but the credit has shortened dramatically, and in the age of social networks, there is also weight for those who curse, who swear, and who demand immediate beheadings.
They were very active from the final whistle and two players suffered mainly from the attacks: Vot and Horst and Bruno Fernandes.
The former received a disproportionate attack after daring to touch the 'This Is Anfield' sign on the way out to the pitch.
This marginal incident became a tsunami of stupidity and the actor had to publish a stupid clarification, no less, that he just wanted to annoy Virgil van Dijk.
Liverpool fans turned it into another troll, United fans got even angrier and it was an example of the current atmosphere where anything can turn into drama and damage to players.
This incident escalated into something that may harm the ability of the player and the team in the future.
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Fernandes (Photo: GettyImages, PAUL ELLIS)
Unlike Mochhorst who is a loan player designed to fill a shortage for half a season, Bruno Fernandes is the captain in the absence of Harry Maguire.
He is a senior player who should lead the team with quality and example.
The one who is behind by two or three goals will organize the lines and try to save the game, as opposed to desperately chasing the referee, waving hands, predictions and awkward surrender like the rest of the team's players.
Fernandez has become the focus of criticism in the media and social networks including calls to remove him from the position of captain and more than any other player, he needs a convincing performance against Betis.
This is a big test for Eric Ten Brother and the entire system.
At the press conference on Wednesday, Ten Haag and Rashford tried to convey stability and optimism, to make it clear that this was a one-time failure and also to defend Fernandez, further evidence of his precarious status.
"I love playing with Bruno as you can imagine," Rashford said.
"He's a perfect player for the attacking players. He's an excellent leader even when he's not the captain and that's always a good sign. I don't have a bad word to say about Bruno. As the manager said, nobody's perfect and sometimes you want to win the hard way and you do things that are against character. But listen , I support Bruno one hundred percent and I stand behind him. He is a fantastic player and as the boss said, we wouldn't be in the situation we are in if he wasn't the team player."
After the final whistle at Anfield, Ten Haag sat his players in the dressing room so that they could hear the celebrations from the direction of the winners' dressing rooms, and internalize the meaning of the loss.
Three days later, he said: "We drew conclusions and talked about them. We looked and learned the lessons and now we have to get back to ourselves. The players responded well. There are always going to be slumps and this was a huge slump for sure. In a run of 23 games it was the second loss and the way it happened can teach us a lot and help us in the future. That's the positive aspect. We were way below average, especially mentally and that's the lesson we have to learn. If we want to win titles we have to behave differently and Sunday was an important lesson. We have to move forward and look forward and that's what we did. All The energy and focus is on the next game."
Must reduce damages, because the successes started coming.
Tan Haah (Photo: Reuters)
After the match against Betis, United will play at Old Trafford on Sunday against Southampton from the penultimate place, an ideal opponent, to get a win, take a deep breath and relax.
United, it's worth remembering, have improved dramatically this year despite defeats to Brentford, Manchester City and Liverpool, won the League Cup and are in an excellent position to qualify for next season's Champions League.
Ten Haah, for the first time in the post-Ferguson era, seems to have a plan and a vision, as someone for whom the words "to believe in the process" are not empty of content.
And yet, Manchester United suffers from predatory ownership by the Glazer family and an uncertain future now that it is up for sale.
The lack of leadership in the last decade is much higher than the position of captain.
What made United the great club it is was not the plane crash in Munich, but the recovery from it.
A Busby baby, the first European Cup win and also the great boom under Ferguson that came after years of failed generations, made United one of the biggest and most popular clubs in the world.
Recovery is a key part of the essence of Manchester United, and now Ten Haah must reduce the damage caused by a terrible second half and organize the ranks.
Tonight's game is much more than a first game in a European framework.
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