Man Utd face having to give their Premier League goal of the month award to ‘own goal’

On Aug 19, 2022

Manchester United could face the embarrassment of awarding their goal of the month for August to Alexis Mac Allister – after he scored an own goal for Brighton.

Since then, the Red Devils fired a blank as they were humbled 4-0 by Brentford. And Erik ten Hag’s final game in August is the difficult task of facing Liverpool on Monday evening.

However, Liverpool’s defence hasn’t looked its normal self in the opening two weeks of the season – shipping three goals in the process. That might give Ten Hag’s side a bit of hope as they look to win their first points of the season.

However, if United fail to score rather than the embarrassment of handing it to an own goal, they could look further down their squad.

United’s women and U18s sides have both yet to play a competitive fixture this season, but their U21 side have. And the youth have managed to go further than the senior side, scoring twice in their opening two games of the PL2.

Both Charlie Savage and Charlie Wellens could find themselves up for the award if United don’t score against Liverpool.

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Charlie Savage of Manchester United and Naby Keita of Liverpool during the preseason friendly match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Rajamangala Stadium on July 12, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. — Charlie Savage could be in line for goal of the month after he scored in a 5-1 defeat for the U21s

The Red Devils are currently bottom of the Premier League after experiencing the worst start to a season in over 100 years.

United are one of three teams who are pointless in the Prem this season alongside Everton and West Ham.

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