MUFC Are Definitely In The Title Race – Luke Chadwick

Manchester United went from crisis to title challenge in the space of 45 minutes against West Ham, Luke Chadwick has said.

Luke recently revealed that despite not impressing at Old Trafford thus far, MUFC have to be considered challengers for the EPL title this season.

According to him, Ole needed Fernandes and Rashford after a poor first half vs West Ham, and his amazing subs delivered incredible football in the last half-hour of the game.

He added that the Old Trafford club is surely in the title race that is wide open since anyone can beat anyone.

His words, “The last two Premier League games his [Solskjaer] substitutions have completely changed the face of the game.

“Fernandes and Rashford – two important players who were maybe left out with Leipzig in mind, a game they need a result in – but he needed them on Saturday after a poor first-half showing. In that last half-hour we saw some incredible football and they got the result with those two playing a massive part in it.

“They’re definitely in the title race. It’s been a strange atmosphere ever since they came back from lockdown last season and I think that is making a difference to games. Anyone can beat anyone more than ever.

“If that West Ham result had gone the other way it’s a crisis again, but they had a wonderful last half-hour of the game and it’s almost changed the whole outlook of the season really.”

“I think Ole could have taken any of those players off, it was such a poor performance across the board.

“It could have been any of that front four to get Fernandes and Rashford on the pitch, but Van de Beek was one of the unlucky ones. He was quite ineffective in the game but you could say that about anyone,

“I’m sure there’ll be more opportunities for him. It just shows how important Bruno Fernandes is, and I can’t imagine that in any important Premier League game that if he’s fit he’s not going to start the games.

“I can’t imagine Solskjaer would play the three of them [Van de Beek, Fernandes and Pogba] in central areas … we’ve seen [Juan] Mata do that very effectively coming from wide areas, so potentially Van de Beek playing on the right or the left could work. But it takes a bit of pace out of the team if Rashford, Martial or Greenwood didn’t play, though in some games you need that cunning kind of player who can play a pass.

“Pogba had a frustrating time but his goal was a wonderful finish, and from then you could see his confidence coming back – he was getting on the ball and dictating the play for United, so that might come at a cost as Van de Beek might have to settle for a place on the bench.

“At the end of the day the club’s the most important thing and getting results, so whoever’s getting in the team and getting results is going to start games.”