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title: "Manchester United: Fans fume at alarming shots on target statistic"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-fans-fume-at-alarming-shots-on-target-statistic/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Ben Goodwin"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-01-09T05:30:05Z"
modified: "2020-01-09T05:30:05Z"
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# Manchester United: Fans fume at alarming shots on target statistic

**Loads of Manchester United fans have been reacting to a shocking statistic that emerged from Tuesday’s defeat to Manchester City, as the Red Devils went over 135 minutes without registering a shot on target.**

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side failed to muster up a single shot on goal against Wolves in the FA Cup on Saturday evening, per [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50976111).

At half-time in Tuesday’s Carabao Cup defeat to Manchester City, they still hadn’t managed to find the target, leading to this rather stunning stat.

> [#mufc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mufc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) have failed to have a shot on target in the last 135 minutes of football [#mulive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mulive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — utdreport (@utdreport) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/utdreport/status/1214650974897393664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Led by Marcus Rashford, the performance in the second half of the 3-1 loss was slightly improved, and the force-field around the goal was eventually broken, but that hasn’t stopped fans from crucifying Solskjaer and his tactics.

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The Red Devils have only scored [32 times in 21 Premier League matches](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/table) this season – by contrast, Liverpool have found the net 49 times while Manchester City have 56 goals to their name.

You can find some of the best Twitter reactions down below…

> Oleball
>
> — LG (@LG\_\_7) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/LG__7/status/1214651047165222912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> If Ole loves this club then just walk away, the job is just too big for you, take Phelan & Carrick with you please, us fans are suffering now
>
> — Don Martial (@Unitedevil1) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/Unitedevil1/status/1214651767889248258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> I for one am shocked considering we only shoot from 40 yards out
>
> — vic (@juju\_btd) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/juju_btd/status/1214651625605914624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Restart the whole club
>
> — O-LIE (@Olimzyk) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/Olimzyk/status/1214651058888364033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> State of this club
>
> — Ibrahim 🇸🇴 (@AHM3D2K) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/AHM3D2K/status/1214651074273062913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Lvg would be so proud
>
> — Niamh (@radiantrashy) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/radiantrashy/status/1214651171555758083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Like watching San Marino U16s
>
> — Oran Harkin (@OranHarkin25) [January 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/OranHarkin25/status/1214651202534879232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Is Solskjaer out of his depth? Join the discussion in the comments below…***