They showed that the structure of the team had changed to allow for Ronaldo, where Bruno was taking up different pressing positions to cover for Ronaldo and leaving big gaps in the midfield, Ronaldo was highlighted as a reason in detailed videos. Rodgers even gloated about it in a press conference about how easy it was to build up.
There's a difference between peak Klopp and a bit of serviceable pressing to cover for yourself. If United's pressing was 5/10 to City's 9/10, it dropped to 3/10. You can get away with 5, but not with 3. It's not the only reason, far from it, but it was a reason.
Why do you think Ronaldo pressed so much last night? Because he knows Rangnick was watching and Rangnick won't stand for that lack of effort. He has to shape up or be dropped.
Do those detail videos showed how he did it too in other seasons? I mean do you think that Marital pressed a lot from up front?
Do I think Ronaldo pressed so much last night? Strangely, I didn't think so until people came with the stats. Someone said he did only 3 presses?
He seemed to be more urgent. But that's because I think he wanted to preserve the lead which he did in a few other games after he scored. He didn't put that much efforts in those hopeless losing games which we have had a lot lately and it gave contents to your other posters and media outlets to spout nonsenses that we are doing not well this season due to him.
It was coming from a long way to see how this season would unfold after that Leeds game all the way up to when Ronaldo arrived.
And you agreed that United could be better if they pressed better? Of course. But that non pressing United finished 2nd and 3rd in those seasons as you said. So, it can't be that we are doing shit now because one man who played up front does not press. We did horribly in a lot of games where both Cavani and Bruno pressed like madmen too. It is a team game and singling out on Ronaldo was just purely based on agenda and trying to make oneself look clever while ignoring a much wider issue with the team.
The narrative that Bruno HAD to move forward to press ahead of Ronaldo has no leg because like I said we were never a pressing team and NEVER had a plan for that. What would even be achieved by pressing their defenders in that sense? What would trigger for our play by pressing their defenders especially with Greenwood, Rashford and even Sancho are not exactly in the loop with it?