Match Day Thread Manchester United FC v Sunderland AFC - Saturday 4th October 2025 - KO 15:00

Didnt realise I was talking about you like tbf.

 

I'd expect that with the characters that we have in the squad (Xhaka, Mukiele, Ballard, 09) along with RLB and his backroom team, they will be making it very clear to Reinildo that his stupidity has cost us points in his absence and as the experienced player that he is that is simply not acceptable.

It's worse still when the defensive side of Masuaku's game has been so poor to date.

 

Not to sure tbh, do we want players fully committed? Or do we want players shirking tackles?

Im almost 100 percent certain that you wont get a slagging from xhaka for going all in!!!

It was a late takle but was just in frustration to me and not a red at all. If the prick hadent rolled around it would have been a yellow at most imo.

 

What was said in player huddle against Manchester United

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/25518261.said-sunderlands-player-huddle-manchester-united/



(Sunderland's players huddled on the Old Trafford pitch after Benjamin Sesko scored Manchester United's second goal)

TRAI Hume says Sunderland need to "stick together and be positive" after suffering just their second Premier League defeat of the season. Unity was also the key message when Sunderland's players huddled together on the Old Trafford pitch after conceding the second goal in Saturday's 2-0 loss.

"We were saying to each other that it’s not good enough, we’ve got to stick together get into half-time and fix things," revealed Hume. "We knew we started slowly. And we knew we had to stick together. After that we did it."

“First half we started slowly and they started quickly and you’re always going to get punished for that. It’s just as simple as that, they punished us with two goals. We came in half-time and we were disappointed. We knew we didn’t start well. After that I thought the game was fairly even and if we had started that way it might have been different. But that’s on us. We know that. We need to improve and learn from it.

“We know as a team and as a staff that we weren’t good enough in the first half. In the second half we created a few chances. We didn’t take them but if you don’t start well enough you have to learn from it."

The game would have changed had Manchester United gone down to 10 men when Bertrand Traore went down on the edge of the box under the challenge of Senne Lammens and Bruno Fernandes, but referee Stuart Attwell instead booked the Sunderland forward for diving.

Hume said: “I don’t see a reason why he’d go down if there wasn’t contact but I haven’t seen it back. He’s going through on goal, I don’t know why he’d go down."

Despite the defeat, Sunderland still go into the second international break of the season in a strong position with 11 points on the board.

“The start to the season has been good. We’re disappointed today that we’ve lost but overall we’ve done well. At home we’ve won games and we’ve drawn and even away we’ve got a draw and a win at tough places. We lost this one but we had a slow start and they’re 2-0 up at half time. We need to stick together and be positive."