In fact, the English talent gave a very good performance against West Ham United.
Manchester United is expected to have a successful visit as guests at West Ham’s stadium, given that manager David Moyes’ squad was recently “destroyed” by Liverpool in the middle of the week.
But soon after Raphael Varane suffered an unexpected injury, Man Utd found themselves shorthanded, with coach Erik Ten Hag having to rely on young talent Willy Kambwala.
Man Utd played fairly well for the first forty-five minutes, but in the second half, they started to play less well. Jarrod Bowen gave West Ham the lead goal in the 72nd minute, capping off a great comeback.
6 minutes later, it was Mohammed Kudus’ turn to put his name on the scoreboard and seal a 2-0 victory for the home team.
Perhaps, Kobbie Mainoo is currently blaming himself for making a mistake that led to Kudus’ goal. But obviously, even without Mainoo’s mistake, it cannot be guaranteed that Man Utd will find an equalizer with the deadlock that the attackers have shown.
On the contrary, Mainoo should really be encouraged after this match, because he continued to deliver a positive performance, much more mature than his age.
According to data from Fotmob and Sofascore, the British talent has won 6 duels against West Ham – the most on Man Utd’s side. In addition, Mainoo also left its mark with 3 successful aerial combat situations.
It can be said that Mainoo played a very important role in Man Utd’s football development process against West Ham, when he had 65 accurate passes – a better achievement than any other player on both teams. In particular, he had 1 pass to create a scoring opportunity, 2 accurate passes to cross the line and 5 passes into the final third of the field.
In addition, Mainoo also impressed with 1 shot on target, 2 clearance situations, 3 accurate tackles, 2 ball recoveries and 1 interception.
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According to evaluation from Sofascore, Mainoo received a score of 7.3 – the fourth highest score in the match, and higher than any central midfielder of both teams. Obviously, ignoring mistakes, the 18-year-old talent still had a really impressive match.