Huddersfield Town 1-1 Manchester United: 5 men who cost United the game

#3 Phil Jones

Huddersfield Town v Manchester United - Premier League

The Englishman got a rare start, as Eric Bailly has been ruled out of the remainder of the season due to an injury picked up in the Chelsea game. Solskjaer opted to keep Smalling on the bench and sent out Jones to partner Lindelof. And the Englishman had a night to forget once again.

Jones was full of errors, committing quite a few costly mistakes that put United under undue pressure. His positioning was poor and Lindelof had to regularly come to his rescue. He was lucky that Huddersfield failed to take advantage of his many slips, because against a better opposition, Jones would have been severely punished.

The Englishman has regularly committed errors this season and failed to generate confidence. Much of United’s poor form this season has been due to the dismal performance of their defenders and Phil Jones perhaps has been the poorest of them all. Against Huddersfield too, Jones hardly did anything to warrant his stay in the club next season.

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