{"id":278457,"date":"2024-04-05T02:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/?p=278457"},"modified":"2024-04-05T00:14:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T23:14:04","slug":"diogo-dalot-endures-a-night-to-forget-as-manchester-united-crumble-late-on-against-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/2024\/04\/05\/diogo-dalot-endures-a-night-to-forget-as-manchester-united-crumble-late-on-against-chelsea-278457\/","title":{"rendered":"Diogo Dalot endures a night to forget as Manchester United crumble late on against Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--Article Start--><br \/>\nManchester United once again let their lead slip in added time, succumbing 4-3 to Chelsea in their Premier League game at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors were leading 3-2 till the ninth minute of added time, before Diogo Dalot conceded a penalty which Cole Palmer slotted in to equalise.<\/p>\n<p>It was a soft penalty which VAR should have overturned but by the time the penalty was scored, the Portugal international seemed his lose his head.<\/p>\n<p>Then from another poor piece of play from the Portuguese, the Blues earned a corner and scored through the same player to grab all three points.<\/p>\n<p>The full-back started on the left for the game after Aaron Wan-Bissaka had started in that position for the last couple of games.<\/p>\n<h5>Dalot&#8217;s poor game<\/h5>\n<p>This positional rotation did not work this time around with the former Manchester City star getting the better of the former Porto man throughout the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Dalot won only 41 percent of his duels on the night and lost possession 11 times. He also gave away five fouls.<\/p>\n<p>Usually a good passer, the 25-year-old was far from secure as he finished the game with 30 of 37 passes finding a teammate with a passing accuracy rate of 81 percent.<\/p>\n<p>None of his long balls found their intended target but Dalot did pick up an assist for Bruno Fernandes&#8217; equaliser but it was his defending that let the team down.<\/p>\n<p>He was rated the lowest among all United players by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/chelsea-manchester-united\/mcYb#id:11352340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sofascore<\/a>, who gave him a 6.2. Dalot has arguably been one of the better performers this season but remains error-prone defensively.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/2024\/04\/04\/raphael-varane-jonny-evans-both-suffer-injury-after-medical-team-passed-them-fit-for-chelsea-game-278461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raphael Varane and Jonny Evans hobbled off<\/a> and with their in-form defender having a nightmare, this is bad news for Ten Hag ahead of the Liverpool game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<h5>EtH in trouble<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/2024\/04\/04\/erik-ten-hags-flawed-style-once-again-pays-no-fruit-this-time-infront-of-sir-jim-ratcliffe-278448\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erik ten Hag&#8217;s chaos ball<\/a> once again failed to work with the hosts having the freedom of the entire midfield to counter through time and again.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues had 28 shots, and the manager had indicated he <a href=\"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/2024\/03\/31\/erik-ten-hag-gives-scarcely-believable-response-to-manchester-uniteds-gaping-defensive-issues-278257\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">does not care too much<\/a> about this statistic and it indeed is concerning to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>With Sir Jim Ratcliffe in attendance, United let their lead slip again and after what transpired against Brentford, this was the worst possible way to end the game.<\/p>\n<p>INEOS were reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/2024\/04\/01\/ineos-not-impressed-with-manchester-uniteds-style-of-play-under-erik-ten-hag-278325\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not impressed with Ten Hag&#8217;s style of play<\/a> last weekend and both parties seem to be heading towards a summer split.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Want to be the first to hear breaking Man United news? 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