EPL: ‘I’ve been saying for weeks’ – Rio Ferdinand reacts to Man United’s 2-0 defeat to Hull

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has reacted aft the Red Devils’ 2-0 decision to Hull City.

The Red Devils conceded 2 goals successful the archetypal fractional during their opening Premier League lucifer astatine the MKM Stadium.

Hull City marked their instrumentality to the Premier League aft a nine-year lack with a memorable performance, arsenic defender Semi Ajayi opened the scoring successful the 17th minute, capitalizing connected a rebound aft Oli McBurnie’s changeable was deflected onto the station by Senne Lammens.

In the 38th minute, club-record signing Nobel Mendy extended Hull City’s pb by heading successful from Regan Slater’s free-kick.

Following Manchester United’s two-goal deficit, nine fable Rio Ferdinand took to societal media to stock his reaction.

Ferdinand emphasized the challenges of facing recently promoted teams distant from location successful the opening lucifer of the season. He besides pointed retired the request for the Red Devils to amended their defence against crosses.

He posted connected X, “Not the 45 minutes we wanted… I person been saying for weeks, and Carra mentioned it yesterday, that facing a recently promoted squad distant from location is not ideal. The stadium was electric, and they were acceptable for the fight… Hull denied United immoderate space, were coagulated defensively, and their crossing was exceptional. We indispensable DEFEND crosses better!!!”

Michael Carrick’s squad entered the ma...