How damaging is Man United’s Leeds defeat?
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Manchester United had three and a half weeks without a competitive fixture and it looked like longer as Leeds swarmed them in the first half at Old Trafford.
Harry Maguire was a big miss on the night as United's unfamiliar back four struggled and the Yorkshireman may yet miss the trip to Stamford Bridge. Lisandro Martinez almost certainly will after his controversial red card for pulling Dominic Calvert-Lewin's hair.
What does this result tell us about United's squad depth, the mentality of the fringe players, and Michael Carrick's game management (particularly his reluctance to make changes)? Most importantly, will there be a reaction when the team head to West London next weekend?
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:24.8 | This is Talk the Devils, The Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 0:28.2 | Coming up today, we react to United losing to Leeds United. |
| 0:31.9 | Last night, at Old Trafford, we asked the question what went wrong, |
| 0:35.2 | what we've learned about United during those 90 minutes, |
| 0:39.9 | what it means for Michael Carrick, and also the challenge for the Champions League as well. |
| 0:40.9 | We're back in the studio. |
| 0:43.6 | Laurie's back after he's sort of a break. |
| 0:45.0 | Sort of a break. |
| 0:46.9 | Carl and Andy are here as they've always been. |
| 0:52.2 | But unfortunately it's not a good mood, Andy, because that wasn't great, was it? |
| 0:53.8 | It was a really bad night. |
| 0:55.4 | It was a really, really bad first off. leeds united are big rivals results had mostly gone manchester united's way at the weekend |
| 1:01.6 | and it was a chance to push really close to to the champions league leads obviously needed |
| 1:09.9 | points for in a relegation fight, but |
| 1:12.0 | their way for them has been very, very poor. The United started terribly. It's like they |
| 1:16.9 | hadn't played for three and a half weeks in that first off. I know Michael Carrick disputed that |
| 1:21.4 | after the game. It was a horrendous performance in the first off. Ironically, they were better with |
| 1:26.6 | 10 men. |
| 1:28.8 | Bad, bad night. |
| 1:31.0 | To lose to them at Old Trafford, |
| 1:32.7 | their fans were very, very loud. |
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