The game at Old Trafford
chance was just to look at Bay the structure of 90's Night in
the maybe, where some of the problems of been in, recent
weeks done. So, let's just have a look at the team.
It's plain and we know these injuries.
Think it was 14 fit senior players that running X had to
choose from today, but it's not necessarily the names of who's
there. It's how they play. And if you can press me
to on there, so when we talk of
Of modern Progressive coaches, and modern Progressive teams,
they play with a high line. This back for right up on
the halfway line.
They're looking to
keep the pressure on the opposition. What that means also is
the counter. Plus we hear that a lot. So if we do lose
possession in that half of the pitch, then we're in a nice
compressed space. Where we can win it back. Now, just clear
that from a dance. That's not the only way to play.
I mean, if you look at Tottenham Hotspur on the Antonio, Conte
think of Everton last week in the door before long, the
Against Liverpool
if you're not going to press hi, sometimes you have to
be compact, sit deep in a lower block and make it difficult to
play through. So make it difficult for Chelsea to play
through these areas
and maybe look on those occasions
to counter-attack.
But with Manchester United, here is a problem.
There. Neither one, nor the other just passed me three on
their view. Clear that. Yeah.
So, this is Manchester United, you get a front three Who start
to press. I don't think
That brilliant at it but they do. Go to pressure on me,
Quantum to the Midfield of backing up somatic hammock.
Tamino, Fernandez China, get in there. But what does that mean
to the back for?
Who is sitting deep?
And what it creates is load of space in here
that good opposition that plays what we call between the lines
can hurt us. And I know you looked at some tape on much
started over the last few weeks where this might have been
a bit of a problem.
Yeah. There's no question about anything. We just have a look at
other. Look at this and it's really good that you've
highlighted. This because the issue is for Manchester United,
like you say, six, want to press before want to drop D
because they're a little bit fearful of pay. So, if first of
all, we look, this is the recent Arsenal game that they
played at home and it's the areas that certain players
are getting into and it's all to God. In this scenario. Look
at the gap between the Midfield and the defense. So you've got
older guard. He's not the one that necessarily scores but
because the defense is then drop back. He stays in between
the Midfield offense on a
consistent basis.
So that leads to a goal.
And if we look at another game, this is against Liverpool liver
doctor. Liverpool. Dominated this game at Old Trafford, from
start to finish, but the goals were so similar. We see
depressing that you've already mentioned. They're looking to
press high,
but it's only a certain amount of them for me know, now gets
into that space. All of a sudden. You've got McGuire.
He's thinking, right? Do I go do I stay, he gets caught in no
man's land. You've got sure the deepest in the fallback
position.
They play through them.
And this is the last thing that you would want to do against
Liverpool is to give them time and space and specially with
the false-9. Then once again,
it's for me. No, this time. He starts in a wide position.
He then plays the ball. Where can you go?
Next, once again, look at the space, the back for in
the Midfield. So spread out. It's a huge issue for them. They get
in that position once again, and the reason that I'm showing
these goals is because when you look at Chelsea with the lights
of Mount, with the likes of habit,
they are plays that love to drop into that space. And in
Francesca's, defensive Midfield isn't compact. They're going to
have huge problems again. Once again, for me know that false-9
position. You can see the Midfield in the defense
completely miles apart. One's not knowing what the other is
doing ones. Wanting to press Hoover's,
one in to drop the end up getting in each other's way
and Liverpool. Get there. Just rewards once again,
and it's just a thing that's happened on the rag knitwear
certain amount of plays want to press, and you just want to
drop deep. They can't afford to do that today. Ahmed. That's
just an example of Manchester United, not all being on
the same wavelength with
their defending. We'll see if they can do better against
Chelsea tonight.