Misery on the Pitch, Revolt in the Dressing Room, Fleeing from the Media / Manchester Concede Goals: The Worst Team in the World Right Now

Manchester United's 2-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid was the final chapter in this storied club's dismal run: a complete footballing collapse, an internal dressing-room revolt, and players fleeing from the media.

According to Sports Three, the bitter defeat at the Metropolitano Stadium messed up Manchester United's situation badly. Last night's loss was the spark for the Old Trafford powder keg to explode. Last night for the Red Devils ended with a shaky performance on the lawn of the Metropolitano, continued with a public rebellion of the stars against the managers and finally ended with the players fleeing from the camera lens at three in the morning. A complete mess. One of the worst nights in the history of Manchester United!

Things have turned from bad to disaster for Michael Crick and his students. After a disappointing draw against ten-man Tottenham in the Premier League, the Red Devils traveled to the Spanish capital hoping for hope, but in the battle against Atletico Madrid, the nightmare began in the 47th second.

United's chaotic defense fell apart with a few simple passes, and Pablo Barrios' shot from the ground deflected off Eden Haven and Sane Lamans opened the scoring. This is the fourth time that Manchester United conceded a goal in the first minute of a European Champions League game. This statistic and this goal should not be ignored. The goal they conceded last night is a clear sign of a lack of mental focus for experts. It is quite clear that this team no longer has a player problem or a tactical problem, but its mind and psyche are messed up.

Although the Carrick boys tried to get back into the game with Brian Mbomo's shot and Bruno Fernandes' defiant shot hitting the post, they received another fatal blow in the 74th minute. Lenny Euro fouled when he saw Jonathan David escape and the referee sent off the young defender with a straight red card for denying him an obvious goal-scoring opportunity after a lengthy review of the scene on the pitchside monitor. Euro became the third young player in United's history to be sent off in the Champions League. Five minutes later, Atlético took advantage of their numerical superiority and Ademola Lookman scored the second goal on the rebound of Lamens' interception. United, who went to Spain to make up for it, returned with a 2-0 loss.

This loss made the bleak statistics of Creek disastrous. United have lost three times in the last five matches in all competitions. For comparison, we should note that when Carrick started his career at United, he had lost three times in 21 games and now he has lost three times in five games.

But the climax of the crisis last night was after the final whistle. Argentinian defender Lissandro Martinez stood in front of the cameras in the corridor of the stadium and in a strange and unexpected interview he ran to the club's management.

In an interview with Amazon Prime and CBS, Martinez bluntly questioned the team's technical performance and the club's transfer policies, and specifically targeted United's technical director, Jason Wilcox. "You can't keep changing coaches," he said, supporting the head coach of the team. Tonight, it is very easy to criticize the head coach and the players, but you have to see other parts as well. I expected more investment in the transfer market and much more is expected from the technical director. We did great last season and this year we expected more pieces to be able to compete with the giants. We do not have the quality of the squad of the big teams. I don't want to keep my mouth shut because nothing will change if we don't tell the truth. "We should talk about winning the Premier League and the Champions League, not conceding a goal a minute and getting frustrated after wasting a few chances."

At the same time with these fiery statements, Amad Diallo also poured gasoline on the fire of internal disputes in United. The Ivory Coast winger, who entered the field as a substitute in the last twenty-five minutes, published a picture of himself on the field on Snapchat and wrote: "A scandal in every sense of the word. I have nothing to say...." Manchester United fans consider this message as a definite sign of the collapse of the dressing room.

The sharp attacks of Lissandro Martinez met with a very angry reaction from the legends and experts of English football. Former United star Wayne Rooney, while analyzing the Argentinian defender's game, jumped and said: "This behavior is extremely disrespectful to teammates. He is effectively saying that the current players are not good enough. If anyone in this team has the right to say such a thing, it is only Bruno Fernandes as captain, and that too in a meeting behind closed doors and not in front of the cameras. In my opinion, Martinez is only thinking about his own interests and maybe he is angry because he did not receive a contract extension offer. His interview seemed perfectly coordinated and pre-planned. "On difficult days, the players and the coaching staff should stick together, not do things that tear the dressing room apart."

Confirming Rooney's words, Jimmy Carragher pointed out Lissandro's sharp decline and said: "Martinez himself has had a very poor and awful start to this season. United fans always hate managers and they may be happy about this talk, but the reality is that these words only make the situation more critical. In recent years, the club has spent huge sums, while no money from the Champions League quota was included in the budget. The money he has now is paid for the debt of previous years' purchases. "Martinez's words tonight are not useful for the team and will only make the atmosphere tense."

Michael Carrick tried to calm the situation at the press conference, claiming Martinez's comments were emotional after the loss, although he admitted the dressing room was deeply hurt.

The final sequence of this dark night of the Red Devils was filmed in Manchester airport.

The plane of the Red Devils landed in complete silence in the city of Manchester at three in the morning, and the photographers were waiting for an hour before to catch the faces of the somber players. Bruno Fernandez pulled his hoodie down to his eyes and hid behind the sun visor of his car so that his face could not be seen.

Lenny Euro tried to run away from the cameras with a confused look and Harry Maguire sat behind the wheel of his Range Rover with a contorted face. Stars like Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount, Mathis Delicht and Joshua Zirkazi disappeared one after the other with their luxury cars in the foggy air of the airport. The stars who knelt on the field a few hours ago and did not dare to face the photographers in the silence of the airport at night. As you know, the English media has no respect for anyone, and with the headlines of the defeated army fleeing, they became a source of embarrassment for the Manchesters.

Manchester never thought that the season would reach this miserable condition in these first weeks. The team gets the worst results, they cannot beat 10-man Tottenham in the Premier League, they kneel in the Champions League against Atlético who are not doing very well, the stars of the team publicly talk about their rebellion against the club in front of the camera, and when they return to London, they pull down their hats and run away from the media. These are pictures of Manchester United in goal.