Earlier this morning, eight KEY Manchester United players who were vital to Manchester United’s success has Left Old Trafford in response to the club’s failure to SACK Eric Ten Hag

If Manchester United marched into Manchester City territory before, they were eager to get back out again right away.

Before halftime, referee Michael Oliver had already blown his whistle, and United was already down 4-0. There were also patches of blue in the away end. United was blown away by two goals each from Phil Foden and Erling Haaland, who each scored a hat-trick after halftime.

A lot of City’s skill that afternoon came from their right side, where Foden threw Tyrell Malacia off on his start in the derby. The Dutch player, who has been hurt all season, did not come back after the break. Luke Shaw came on in his place.

Foden will likely play on the left side of City’s front three when they play United in the latest game in this long-running feud on Sunday afternoon. However, Pep Guardiola will be looking for a weakness on United’s left side to use against them. It’s true that the Reds are having a bit of a problem at left back.

Erik ten Hag doesn’t have an obvious senior option because Shaw and Malacia are both hurt and can’t play. Victor Lindelof started last weekend’s game against Fulham, but Sofyan Amrabat played against Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup this week because Lindelof had to switch to centre back to cover for Harry Maguire’s absence.

Even though the Moroccan didn’t do too badly, City is expected to test him a lot more than Forest did. It would be great if Ten Hag could move Diogo Dalot to the left, but Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s illness makes that impossible.

In reality, the trip to Manchester seems like it would have been best for Amrabat to play defensive middle with Casemiro and protect the back four as much as possible. He is on loan from Fiorentina and hasn’t played as much as he would have liked so far this season. He will almost probably play left back instead.