Courted by PSG and Real Madrid during his very good last season with Losc, Leny Yoro made the surprising choice to join Manchester United, a catastrophic team for too many years. His journey with the Red Devils got off to a bad start with a serious ankle injury during the preseason. The 19-year-old central defender resumed this week, coming on against Arsenal on Wednesday before starting against Nottingham Forest on Saturday at Old Trafford, as part of the 15th day of the Premier League.
The team now led by Ruben Amorim has had two defeats, collapsing against Forest (2-3) for a third defeat at home this season. The Portuguese technician may have installed a new style of football, with an immutable 3-4-2-1 system, but he still lacks good players in certain positions and genius around Bruno Fernandes. The defense has no leader and Yoro is not yet the savior at his young age.
Leny Yoro at fault on Forest’s 3rd goal
Rasmus Hojlund equalized (18th) to respond to the visitors’ opener from Nikola Milenkovic (2nd), but Forest struck very hard after returning from the locker room by scoring through Morgan Gibbs-White (47th), who deceived André Onana from afar, and Chris Wood (54th), the New Zealand striker having gained the upper hand in the air over Yoro… The Frenchman who cost 62 million euros was replaced in the 66th minute of the game by not succeeding in any defensive action in his match…
Bruno Fernandes reduced the gap for his team 30 minutes from the end (61st), on Amad Diallo’s sixth assist this season already, but the Old Trafford residents were unable to snatch a point from the end of meeting. Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount and Joshua Zirkzee have been launched in the attacking sector but, for the moment, none of the Mancunian players seem to have the playing intelligence to carry Ruben Amorim’s formation. Nothing new at United. This should not surprise Leny Yoro.
