DIOGO DALOT left fans in disbelief after he failed to score an OPEN GOAL.
Manchester United travelled to West Ham’s London Stadium looking to register back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time this season.
Dalot had the perfect opportunity to set Erik ten Hag’s side on the right path to that goal.
However, he produced one of the misses of the season to sum up Man Utd’s struggles in front of goal.
Dalot had made an attacking run from right-back which was picked out by captain Bruno Fernandes.
The 25-year-old then poked the ball past Hammers goalkeeper Łukasz Fabiański and was left with an open goal ahead of him.
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But Dalot fluffed his lines and skied his shot over the bar and squandered the chance to give United a well-deserved lead.
Reacting to the stunning miss on social media, one fan said: “Dalot with the miss of the season.”
A second said: “Dalot has to finish that!.”
A third said: “Dalot just missed by faaaar the worst open goal I’ve ever witnessed.”
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Another said: “Lmaoo Dalot now misses an open goal, absolutely ridiculous squad.”
A fifth added: “DALOT, WHAT A BIG MISS!! BRUNO FERNANDES DENIED THREE ASSISTS!!”
Alan Shearer was also scornful of the effort, saying: “Dalot’s miss is one of the worst misses in the Premier League era. We’ll be talking about this in 20 years time.”
Dalot was not the only Red Devils player guilty of missing a good chance in the first half of the match, though his miss was by far the worst.
Alejandro Garnacho crashed a shot against the post early on.
The winger then had a good chance to place a shot into the bottom right corner from the left side of the penalty area, but his shot lacked curl and went wide.
Fernandes himself turned from creator to shooter when he was found by Casemiro with a late run into the penalty area, but he fired a free header well over the bar.
Rasmus Hojlund also had a chance to score, but saw his snap effort saved by Fabianski from point-blank range.
Fabianski was on hand to deny the visitors again when Casemiro glanced a header towards the bottom corner from Christian Eriksen’s wide free-kick.
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United then hit the bar a second time from a corner.
Indeed, the half-time stats showed that Man Utd had missed FOUR big chances.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
