Sprints mean fuk all if you are not sprinting for a purpose...to close down...to chase a through ball...to track back.City press better than most teams on the planet...that’s why their sprints are high cross the board. It’s different styles.
We don’t press...we look to pack areas and sporadically challenge for the ball. We are hopeless...
However, we did beat city and Liverpool under Ole...with a compact, very hardworking approach and quality in transition on the counter. We could not set up like that again because Ronaldo seemingly has to start. That’s a fact...our previous lineupS that did well against top sides often saw Dan James do the work of a winger and a full back simultaneously, Rashford make endless runs in behind so their back line were kept occupied and Martial showing quality hold up play in possession and hard work out of possession.
In short, Ronaldo ain’t the problem..no...but the manager only knows one way to beat or compete with top sides and that would mean starting without Ronaldo.
