Al Nassr continued their title challenge with a dominating win against Al Ittihad. After the loss against Cristiano Ronaldo and the team, the Al Ittihad manager experiences a lot of flak from the Saudi soccer analysts. They have slammed Marcelo Gallardo for the mistake of Karim Benzema, after the embarrassing loss against the Knights of Najd at their home stadium.

The owners of the club hope they can turn it around after sacking Nuno Espirito Santo. However, the recent results have not put a smile on their faces following the humbling defeat. It left the soccer analysts to scrutinize the coach’s methods. 

Al Ittihad boss slammed for his mistake in the embarrassing loss against Al Nassr

There were loud boos from the Al Ittihad fans as the referee blew the final whistle. It showed their frustration as their team lost the game against Al Nassr 5-2. The loss also prompted the analysts to slam players for their performances. Moreover, they also lambasted Gallardo for his flawed tactics in keeping Karim Benzema on the pitch.

An analyst, Hatem Khaimi, stated, “The expulsion and penalty kick made the match one-sided, and Gallardo helped do that by removing Cornado and keeping Benzema on.” One also blamed the manager for making poor changes. Wael Al-Najjar articulated, “Gallardo’s changes helped Al-Nassr win a quintet and could have increased.”

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Al Ittihad showed sufficient drive and determination to win the game until the 67th minute. But the Fabinho red card saw them losing control of the game. After the team went down to 10 men, the forwards lacked enough service. Every time they would attack, the forward would see them surrounded by two or three Al Nassr players. The defense also was quite cut open by brilliant performances from Ronaldo, Mane, and Talisca.