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Lucky Man Utd just waited and kicked it long - Ajax captain

Although he accepted that his did not play well, Davy Klaassen was far from impressed by the tactics of Jose Mourinho’s side.

AJAX CAPTAIN DAVY Klaassen accused Manchester United of sitting back and playing a long-ball game in Wednesday’s Europa League final.

Jose Mourinho’s side won 2-0 in Stockholm to end the season with a second major trophy and secure a place in the Champions League group stage for next season.

United started well and took the lead through a deflected Paul Pogba strike before Henrikh Mkhitaryan hooked in a second shortly after the break following a corner.

Ajax enjoyed 69 per cent of the possession but managed only three shots on target as United sat back and comfortably frustrated an attack that proved devastating to the likes of Lyon and Schalke in the knockout stages.

Klaassen conceded that his side were far from their best but was deeply frustrated by the approach adopted by their opponents.

He told RTL7 : “We were simply not good enough. It is very difficult against a team like that. You know they are just waiting and then kick it long. They scored two lucky goals.

“We didn’t start well. We had a bit more possession after 15, 20 minutes or so. They just waited around. Both of their goals were lucky.

There were not an awful lot of real chances. We tried to play our way through, but we were not good enough. It will have something to do with our opponent. They knew exactly what to do. And when you are not on top of your game, it is very difficult.”

United are now the fifth team to win the three major continental tournaments in Europe: the Champions League, Europa League and Uefa Super Cup.

Ajax, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Chelsea are the others to have achieved the feat.

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:20 PM

    The lad has a bigger carbon footprint than some whole nations, and he’s goes around virtue signalling, like he’s the new Messiah…

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:22 PM

    @Thefallguy: but jesus could walk on water

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:41 PM

    @Thefallguy: he is not wrong in this case thou , joke of a decision

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:53 PM

    @Thefallguy: virtue signalling? Climate change isnt about virtue you spanner. Would be interesting to see f1 go electric though.

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    Oct 8th 2020, 9:01 PM

    @Rudiger McMonihan: formulaE??

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    Oct 8th 2020, 9:15 PM

    Jebus, this tool is hard to listen to

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:42 PM

    They would be better off planting trees on these race track. Totally irrelevant sport

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:45 PM

    @Seagoat returns: Why is it irrelevant, because you don’t watch it?

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:49 PM

    @Mark: because it is incredibly unrelatable and elitist. It is not relevant as a sport for most, is it even technically a sport

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    Oct 8th 2020, 8:54 PM

    @Seagoat returns: it’s a motorsport , so yes , hardly irrelevant but as a fan of the sport I see a dim future for the sport in the decades ahead, Honda pulling out of the sport and this story finally making it to the media even thou f1 fans have know about this for a while and its frustrating to see people make these kind of decisions when as Hamilton already said we have enough tracks in the world, they can always be modified to suit as years go by

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