The Manchester United fans were delighted with results in the Premier League last weekend which enabled them to strengthen their grip on 2nd place.
Manchester United coasted to a routine victory on Saturday afternoon as they swept Huddersfield aside at Old Trafford by 2 goals to nil. Elsewhere on match day 26, Tottenham and Liverpool shared the spoils at Anfield, Chelsea were humiliated by Watford at Vicarage Road, and Man City were held to a 1-1 draw by Burnley at Turf Moor.
The set of results could hardly have gone any better for the Red Devils who will now be feeling very confident about their chances of securing qualification for the Champions League this season.
Their bitter local-rivals have often dominated the headlines this season for their imperious style of attacking football, but they became the topic of discussion for a much different reason after their clash with Burnley.
Pep Guardiola opted to select just 6 substitutes on his bench for City’s trip to Burnley, and his decision provoked plenty of criticism from fans and pundits alike.
However, Sky Sports journalist Adam Bate recently appeared to jump to Guardiola’s defence as he published an article focusing on his decision to regularly deploy 21-year-old Oleksandr Zinchenko in City’s first team.
Pep Guardiola’s trust in Oleksandr Zinchenko reveals the truth about his attitude to youth
Read the full story here https://t.co/Fvckb0RNNR pic.twitter.com/XTDqlvDQWu
— Sky Sports PL (@SkySportsPL) February 7, 2018
Zinchenko is an attacking midfielder by trade, but Guardiola has used the Ukrainian international as a left-back to cover the injured Benjamin Mendy and Fabian Delph in recent weeks.
In response to his article, plenty of Manchester United supporters were quick to criticise Bate for his opinion and the perceived insistence in the British media to heap praise on Guardiola at every available opportunity.
Here’s a selection of comments from the United supporters who responded to Bate’s article on Twitter…
https://twitter.com/ljnicholls74/status/961148529577250816
Chequebook fraud
— LaRusso (@LaRussoMUFC) February 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Pogbackboom/status/961155103574110208
https://twitter.com/Pogbackboom/status/961163096235630592
He's a player they bought last year, he isn't 1 of the youth from their academy
— The Professional (@Devil_Red_1878) February 7, 2018
They paid £1.7m for him in 2016. He’s somebody else’s youth product. Joke article.
— Nath (@NathOdell) February 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/Lukaku_at_MUN/status/961157496466563074
And what of Utd? Arsenal? This Pep narrative is so blinkered it’s actually boring. You are as deluded as Brendan
— united (@united_twh) February 7, 2018
Where’s the article about Mourinhos trust in youth then
— milan (@milanmg7) February 7, 2018
He's a 21 year old midfield player purchased last season (not academy player) who is played out of position at left-back who is only getting games because Mendy, Delph and Danilo have been injured. Pep is playing him as he has to. It's fake opportunity. Not a promotion of youth
— MUFC Fanatic. (@MUFCLeader) February 7, 2018
https://twitter.com/johnmillard1978/status/961162424228433925
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