Manchester United are becoming a club of survival rather than ambition.
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The 4-4 draw against Aston Villa felt like a victory at Old Trafford, but the fact that supporters could celebrate a point while their club sits in the relegation zone tells a more troubling story about how far United’s expectations have fallen.
Manchester United were a club built around winning, where anything short of three points could leave supporters disappointed, regardless of the performance.
The expectation was not simply to compete but to dominate, to set the standards and to make winning feel like an obligation. Those expectations seem increasingly distant. On Sunday, Manchester United celebrated a 4-4 draw against Aston Villa with the sort of emotion usually reserved for a significant victory. Two goals in stoppage time, courtesy of Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu, rescued a point after Michael Carrick’s side had twice fallen two goals behind.
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