In addition to losing two points at Selhurst Park, Erik ten Hag’s club will be without Casemiro for Sunday’s top-of-the-table match against the Emirates.
Erik ten Hag’s appointment as Manchester United’s new, permanent manager had just been announced when he last went to Selhurst Park.
He probably recoiled while watching from the stands as his soon-to-be team struggled to a 1-0 loss that would have sent them to the Europa Conference League had West Ham been able to defeat Brighton.
Edinson Cavani, Alex Telles, and Hannibal Mejbri all started against the Eagles back in May, so a lot has changed at Old Trafford since then, and Ten Hag deserves a lot of praise for organizing the team’s turnaround in such a short period of time.
There are restrictions on the Red Devils’ development, though, and Wednesday’s visit to the scene of last season’s crime against football handed a twin blow to thoughts of United mounting a title push.
In addition to ending their nine-match winning streak thanks to Michael Olise’s incredible free kick, Casemiro will miss this weekend’s titanic meeting against Arsenal due to a yellow card he received in the second half.
In actuality, United deserved the outcome. They might have lost the game if it weren’t for David de Gea’s heroics in goal, which have become his trademark. At the end of the game, Bruno Fernandes, who finished off Christian Eriksen’s cutback and scored his team’s goal, even made such admission.
