Why have Man United missed another opportunity at Old Trafford?
Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show
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🗓️ 5 December 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
West Ham haven't won away from home since beating their now-manager Nuno Espirito Santo's Nottingham Forest at the end of August, so this looked like a game where Manchester United could capitalise on an encouraging second half at Selhurst Park, get a win and climb the Premier League table.
In fact, despite a 'turgid' start, that was how it was proceeding when Diogo Dalot controlled a bobbling ball and slotted home for his first Manchester United goal at Old Trafford, a first of any kind in eighteen months.
However, familiar flaws emerged and when young french midfielder Soungoutou Magassa reacted quickest to Mazraoui's goalline clearance it never felt like United could find a second goal to take all three points. Ruben Amorim's substitutions will be viewed in this light, however they were seen at the time.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Hello everyone, we're all here. |
| 0:07.1 | Andy just about. |
| 0:08.6 | We're just leaving Old Trafford, as you can see. |
| 0:10.6 | We've just finished recording the podcast. |
| 0:12.8 | For people who are watching this on YouTube, |
| 0:14.5 | this is what we used to do. |
| 0:15.7 | We used to gather after the game in the press box |
| 0:18.6 | and chew the fat over what's just happened. |
| 0:57.4 | And we used to miss out really obvious things like Diogo Dio Godalo scoring his first ever goal for Manchester United in the Premier League at Old Trafford, which was a bit of a glaring error, wasn't it? Yes, because he certainly celebrated it with vigour and passion. I think he did a sea in celebration. I think that's for his wife who's pregnant, Claudia. Or daughter, Clara. Oh, so maybe both? Okay, I like it. Okay. And so, yeah, but listen, it was a moment at that point in the game. I think United were actually doing all right. You know, they had built up a bit of head of steam at the end of the first half and then start the second half and they were kind of getting men forward so yeah they couldn't hold on to it though so that's I guess the the overriding theme from the game yeah it felt like a night for broad topics we got into a lot of |
| 1:02.5 | them so enjoy an old school talk the devil's podcast however you're listening or watching |
| 1:08.4 | cheers However, you're listening or watching. Cheers. |
| 1:31.2 | This is Talk of the Devils, the Athletic Show, dedicated to Manchester United. |
| 1:36.7 | Here we are back to the old school inside Old Trafford for a post-match podcast. |
| 1:39.5 | But unfortunately, it's not a great European night. |
| 1:40.5 | It's not a win. |
| 1:43.1 | It's not a great night of any sort, really, to reflect on. |
| 1:44.8 | It's another disappointing result, an opportunity missed. We'll get into all the details of the draw with West Ham. |
| 1:50.4 | We'll also look ahead to wolves towards the end of the show as well. Carl, Laurie and Andy all |
| 1:55.3 | here with me. And he's even been delivered a packet of sweets to cheer him up. You look miserable, |
| 1:59.9 | mate. I'm frustrated. |
| 2:01.7 | I think all United fans will be after that because it's more points dropped at home, |
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