Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof was culpable for Aston Villa’s opening goal yesterday afternoon.
The Swedish international was pulled out of position and was slow to get back as Leon Bailey got in behind to score with just seven minutes on the clock at Villa Park.
Supporters on Twitter were extremely disappointed with Lindelof’s part in Villa’s opener and his performance in general:
He shouldn’t be playing for us, he shouldn’t even be playing cup matches
— Memphis (@KvngMemphis) November 6, 2022
This guys is so softtttt he made to errors that led to villa goals
— Ole Baks 👑 (@iam_bakare) November 6, 2022
he isnt a defender
— Maria (@serialwatcher99) November 7, 2022
He cant win a duel to save his life
— UtdShark 💯 (@UtdShark) November 6, 2022
Ten Hag shipped off Bailly and kept this man, Maguire and Jones😭😭
— Wan Townsend (@corebinflu) November 7, 2022
he’s so bad
— callum (@CHvids) November 6, 2022
Lindelof aint ever been good enough
— Alex Russell (@alexrussell7_) November 6, 2022
It does seem as though United’s defence is much weaker when Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez are not both in the starting lineup. Over the years Lindelof’s naive defending has cost United plenty of goals and, at 28 years of age, you’d have thought that he would have improved. However, the centre-back continues to make the same mistakes, week in, week out.
With Varane out until the World Cup, you would expect that Harry Maguire will start ahead of Lindelof in the final two games before the tournament starts.