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Jamie Redknapp says he actually ‘felt sorry’ watching one Man United player in 1-0 loss vs Tottenham

Srinivas Sadhanand

Mon 17 February 2025 8:15, UK

In a battle between arguably two of the Premier League’s biggest underperforming teams this season, Manchester United were shown by up a struggling Tottenham Hotspur side as they lost 1-0.

Tott♍enham did the league double over Manchester United for the first time in Premier Leag🅺ue history and piled on to their 🔜misery in what has been a truly nightmarish season for Ruben Amorim’s side.

Having lost to Ange Postecoglou’s troop༒s twice before even their latest outing, United would have been expected to approꦑach the game with a degree of purpose by the visiting fans on Sunday.

But that was far from the case as Tottenham managed to take home the all-important three points, climbing up to 12th place in the Premier League table while Ruben Amorim and Co are now 15th.

Position	Team	Played MP	Won W	Drawn D	Lost L	For GF	Against GA	Diff GD	Points Pts
12	TottenhamTottenham	25	9	3	13	49	37	12	30
13	Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace	25	7	9	9	29	32	-3	30
14	EvertonEverton	25	7	9	9	27	31	-4	30
15	Man UtdManchester United	25	8	5	12	28	35	-7	29
16	West HamWest Ham	25	7	6	12	29	47	-18	27
17	WolvesWolves	25	5	4	16	35	54	-19	19
18	IpswichIpswich	25	3	8	14	23	50	-27	17

After the game, Ange Postecoglou had no sympathy for Amorim, as per his own admission as he has been suffering a similar degree of misfortꦺune with injuries for the past couple of months.

Ruben Amorim’s bench on the day featured only one player who has played for 💟Manchester United in Vict༒or Lindelof — as his side were missing a staggering 12 stars through injury, including big names like Amad Diallo and Kobbie Mainoo.

Jamie Redknapp says he “felt sorry” watching Casemiro during Tottenham vs Man United

While reviewing Manchester United’s defeat to Tottenham, Jamie Redknapp chimed in on Casemiro’s display.

The former🌳 Real 🧸Madrid midfielder made his first league appearance for United since their 2-0 loss against Newcastle United in December.

In the aftermath of the high-profile clash, Jamie Redknapp admitted that “felt sorry” watching the muc💮h-maligned Casemiro anchoring a porous Manchester United miꦉdfield against Tottenham.

Redknapp said ൩on Sky Sports: “Casemiro, he gets a lot of stick. In his defence, I played midfield, I felt sorry for him today in there because he’s covering distances that are impossible for Rodri to cover. Rodri would’🐽ve found it hard in that midfield today on his own and he’s the number one [defensive midfielder in the world] as we say.”

“But it was impossible for him.”

Whether Casemiro suits Amorim’s system is a doubt as he is no longer the supreme athlete he once was to play in a double pivot 💛and that too at 32 years of age.

Casemiro has frustrated Ruben Amorim in the past and it seems like the injured Manuel Ugarte, whoꦯ he worked wit🔜h at Sporting CP fits the Portuguese tactician’s ideal profile of defensive midfielder far more.

Casemiro lost the ball 12 times for Man United vs Tottenham

The Brazilian🐈 international certainly had a rough outing against an athletic Tottenham midfield that featured Rodrigo Bentancur, Lucas Bergvall and James Maddis🥀on.

Casemiro lost the ball ꦡ12 times, lost seven duels, was dribbled past four times and contested no aerial duels during the contest.

However, the job 𝓀at hand for the five-time Champions League was anything but a c꧃akewalk.

Casemiro was tasked to play in a two-man midfield w𒉰ith Bruno Fernandes, who is an attacking midfielder by trade.

Further🥀more, Fernandes is also 30 and is not get🅺ting any younger to play in such a physically-demanding position.

Manchester United were hopeful of selling Casemir🌳o but now, it seems li🌸ke Ruben Amorim will e♏ither have to conjure up a way to get the best out of him or play a youth prospect like Seko Fofana instead of him.