Give any manager in the league 250m, and they`d do that no problem.....
Okay, here goes: he got us back into Europe.
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Season Average Rating
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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Had a good game. Good movement, passing and work rate. With Gomis instead of rooney upfront and he has a couple of assists.
Played well, created all our best chances aside from the goal, and is subbed off 
He sees the passes better than everyone in the team, Needs a run at that position.
Played well with what he received from him team mates.
Things he should do better/can improve on realistically:
Be more of a threat and impose himself on the game. There was a few times he was outside their box, where he could have possible drove into the penalty area and added a bit of urgency with a 1-2 or make space for a shot for himself.
The first half, he barely saw the ball and he should have probably dropped deeper to try to find it a bit more. Maybe it was manager instructions and the tactics but I felt the game definitely bypassed him for long periods.
Things he should do better/can improve on realistically:
Be more of a threat and impose himself on the game. There was a few times he was outside their box, where he could have possible drove into the penalty area and added a bit of urgency with a 1-2 or make space for a shot for himself.
The first half, he barely saw the ball and he should have probably dropped deeper to try to find it a bit more. Maybe it was manager instructions and the tactics but I felt the game definitely bypassed him for long periods.
Agree completely. Think he plays best when Carrick starts though.
Nail on head. £250m is a ludicrous amount of money, just fecking imagine if you pumped that 250m into Swansea instead... They would undoubtedly be in 4th
Quite possible but we had Morgan and Basti occupying the spaces there. It was right of LVG to start with a midfield 3 today but our lack of a true winger on the right and a pacy striker undid us.
Thought he was decent. His energy is useful, always hungry for the ball, and he's the only one who doesn't slow play down too much in their half.
Yeah but at times, Herrera was very close to Rooney and because we weren't willing to pass to him in those tight spaces (as Swansea was closing space well), Bastian and Morgan had no one in front to pass to consistently.
Saw this posted up in the Mata thread, if we're able to pass to Herrera's feet ALL the time then he will do something but we're afraid of getting knicked and countered. To combat this Herrera has to drop deeper. I don't envy Januzaj, Depay and Herrera playing that 10 role with the way we play football. They've been told to stay close to Rooney and stay high up the pitch but the only way for them to be effective is literally sprint into spaces and run around like a man possessed before any of them get any possession of worth.
Man Utd 3:1 Liverpool
He's trying but not much coming off for him so far.
Poor first half just like the other offensive players.
Really disappointed with him so far. Maybe he's a slow starter like Carrick, but he should be playing much better.
Every time he gets the ball he just passes sidewards.
Didn't really offer a lot in the first half.
He's been invisible alongwith Mata. With Mata it happens often, with Herrera it's surprising. TBH whenever Carrick or Schweinsteiger get the ball, Lucas/Milner try to cut off the passing angles to him quickly.
He is not a 10 for me, simple as that. Needs to play in a midfield 3 as a box to box CM with the freedom to play passes and to dribble around. The way we play and he plays, with the backpasses, he can stay on the bench.
He's olaying too high up the pitch.
He's generally better in a more advanced role than in a deeper one, though.
Agree with that. He's not having a great game today.
Keepers don't save those. Outstanding penalty.
I love you Ander!
He's best in a three man midfield as one of two attacking mids, with a single holder in behind, where he can play a fairly free role.
That's how you take a penalty. Not even Stretch Armstrong is getting near that.
A little pussy when Benteke scored. Not happy about that.
Perfect penalty but had a mixed game. Needs to pick up from otherwise I can see LVG benching him soon. Got better in the 2nd half though
Improved in the second half. I give him 6/6.5. Did some things well, some errors with his passing in the first half.
He's a bit too tidy sometimes, Van Gaal really made him to play like this, he's much more creative and we would have used him better giving him more freedom but still great player you must love...
Did better in the second half, disssapointed that he chickened out of the Benteke goal, could have stopped the goal and won a free kick.
He was far better than Mata for me, who was just a non factor and so very disappointing.
Herrera had his moments today. Great work to win the penalty, and then composure to put it away. At the same time, he needs to be calmer sometimes, and can't always be in such a hurry.
Even an all time GOAT number 10 would have struggled to find space today, they basically were set up to do nothing other than deny us space on the edge of their box.
Disappointing game, but obvious mitigating factors.
Disappointing game, but obvious mitigating factors.
I agree. Too often he went for the safe option even though he could have played forward. Hope LVG gives more freedom to our players. Herrera is at his best when he has runners around him who play quick football. He is very good at then finding them and opening up play. He's sharp and intelligent and I hope LVG finds a way to get that out of him. In a match like today he doesn't show that
Disagree with that. At times when United look like creating absolutely zero he is the only one who will keep trying and trying to work an opening. We have Memphis who will resort to trying shots from range, but Ander will try and get the team passing.
And then when it needs toning down he's fantastic at it. His movement and passing is phenomenal, as seen in the final moments of the game where he was passing it around the Liverpool players with Schneiderlin.
Some are very harsh on here. Was one of our brighter spots in the first half and did very well in the second imo. Could have done better for Benteke's goal but still! Great penalty as well.
Strangely looked better when he moved to the right, ofcourse he also got to play against a charity left back in Moreno.
I don't disagree with upping the tempo. But there has to be control to it. For example he won the ball today along the touchline, and played this bizarre cross field pass possibly with his left foot (?) which gave the ball away. I love adventurous football but it can't lead to things like Wayne Rooney's touch which gave possesion away against Swansea. In general I prefer Herrera's style of play but it's about having a balance.
Out of curiosity, what did you expect him to do? Get a kick in the face?
So is he now our main penalty taker since he didn't miss?
Well yes of course
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