Garnacho and Cristiano were annoyed with this player, he didn't help the offense

Manchester United did not achieve the objective of winning by two goals in their visit to Real Sociedad, they had to find the result to avoid the elimination match against a team from the Champions League, now they will have to face a team from that tournament to advance to the round of 16 of the Europa League, this victory had a taste of defeat for what it represented to the team that had had a great performance in the continental tournament.

There was a great effort from the players who believed that they could achieve the great objective of taking the three points to Manchester, they knew it would not be easy but the game was getting comfortable for this to be achieved, a great goal from Garnacho with assistance from Cristiano Ronaldo, the game had all the qualities to continue looking for the option of scoring that second goal that they needed so much.

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In the second half modifications were made to make this happen, but the home team started to play better in their role, they had different opportunities being better, they contributed to look for the result since the midfield team took the option to be more offensive, to find better opportunities to reflect it on the scoreboard, moreover, Real Sociedad started to play better and to reach David de Gea's goal.

In one of the moves that Erik ten Hag made from the bench, he decided to bring Marcus Rashford into the game, he knew he needed the striker who has been entrusted with the team's offence, Erik ten Hag trusts in what this player can generate, he knows what the English striker is capable of, on this occasion he was out of rhythm in many plays, he lost the ball on many other opportunities, he was not very accurate in his decisions on the pitch.

Cristiano and Garnacho were annoyed with the level at which Rashford played in the match

The frustration of both strikers was evident, they knew they needed to get this result for the Red Devils' club aspirations, they needed to find that balance in the team's attack, they knew they were going to be the only strikers because of the loss of Antony, Martial and Sancho. They had a tricky situation with the pace Marcus Rashford had from the bench, they were very opportunistic in being surprised with the little contribution the English striker had.