Robin van Persie hasn’t been anywhere near as healthy this year as he was last year. When fully able to get on the pitch Robin van Persie hasn’t played at a level as good as he did he was at last season. Like a few Manchester United players struggling this season, he was better under Sir Alex Ferguson than he’s performing thus far under David Moyes.
So the young Dutch striker can look at the mirror to try and find partial blame in the disastrous season Man United is having. There’s also blame to go around, and RVP certainly did his share of throwing that around. Behold, as Robin van Persie throws his teammates under the bus.
“It was quite difficult because my team-mates are often in the area where I want to play,” Robin van Persie said to the media after the game.
“That’s why I have to change my tactics. Unfortunately, they are often in my area.”
“It was much too slow today and we only had one shot on target in the whole match against Olympiacos, which is far too little.”
“Everyone is very disappointed.”
Yes, everyone. But I’m not sure this actually helps anyone. This is what happens though when losing persists- lots of finger pointing. And the loss to Olympiacos was a train wreck, and absolute train wreck.
There’s not much left to play for in Old Trafford. It’s all getting away from Robin van Persie and his teammates now.
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