See , this is a one of game ,where mourinho has specially played this way to play and disrupt the barcelona side who holds the ball so well and creates and have creativity all over the pitch, but it only came after his 2-3 defeats against them when he defended deep and failed to beat them or dominate them, he played barcelona that day. This was a real madrid team who had all the qualities in their players in all areas. This is the way to press and disrupt the great posession based sides . bayern munich did the same , but they play against every opposition the same way who's foundations were built by lvg himself and taken forward by heynkes.
In barcelona team the source of creativity were 3 players xavi iniesta and messi in the midfeild and pressing all 3 made them to loose the ball and stifle their creativity , pressing the defenders and goal keepers do not mean pressing the source of creativity as its just meant to stopthem playing out from the back and nullify the back and side passes they make when pressed in the midfeild to keep the ball.
the source of creativity is more oftern and not are in the midfeild which when pressed makes opponents loose the ball and nulify their most attacking and goal scoring threat.
But Real madrid team never played the same style through the course of the season against all opponents. This was not their style of play for every game , nither was inter's and chelsea's. because when jose mourinho when given a job to build a side he never builds a posession based footballing side who plays on posession and controls the ball and controls the games and counter attacks. He always buys positionally great defensive players who hold the play and counter . So if mourinho directly took over from saf we would have never seen such a united side who are so dominant to win the ball back and create opportunities with the ball having maximum posession.
If jose took over from saf i could see us signing matic in the midfeild and playing on counter against all sides , in europe as well, which is where against top posession based sides that type of tactics are termed as bus parking by those sides. We never pressed high vs barcelona is 2 games in ucl finals , because the team was built that way and we were missing scholes.
Mourinho did the same against lvg's united . He never pressed high and parked the bus at home itself and knicked a goal on the counter. Because he did the rebuilding job there and he never builds a team who are proactive in nature to win the back ball and force the mistake.
Mourinho followed lvg , and this is helping him to play like this every game against every side , that's why teams can not create many chances against us.
I have read all your comments but decided to answer after the last one so basically this is an answer to all the stuff you have written and excuse me mate, no offence meant but that is the biggest piece of rubbish I have seen for a long time. Comparing LVG to Mourinho as far as style of play is concerned is like comparing an airplane to a car then saying that Jose learned his defensive tactics from LVG is like saying that I taught Pele how to kick a ball. That is pure nonsense. Jose's style of play has always been very direct dependent on a very strong defence. LVG has never been a good manager as far as defence was concerned apart from his last stunt with the national team and his United career when his defensive record was ok. I remember two of Jose vs LVG matches and Jose tactically outclassed him using very organized defenses and hitting him on the counter ( Bayern-Inter 0:2 and Chelsea-United 1:0) I have been watching United for more than 25 years but I had never seen such a dross as the last year under LVG...We could hardly manage a shot on target and if the opponent took the lead it was more or less game over. We had no idea how to score a goal. Now for me it is quite obvious that we have a plan we move quite allright and we are just some players short of being there. The team under Jose is set up totally opposite to the theam under LVG , I mean someone who has watched United under LVG and this season to say that the teams play similarly and Jose is reaping the benefits from LVG is as far from the truth as it can be in my opinion. It is insane. LVG really likes blooding youngsters for one reason or another and he will always be remembered as the manager who gave debut to Rashford but he also gave debuts to Xavi, Pujol, etc. and the Barcelona fans remember him as someone who destroyed one of their strongest teams consisting of Rivaldo, Luis Figo, etc. Anyway I have nothing against LVG, I respect him but Jose is a far better manager in my opinion, the team is playing much much better this season, I enjoy watching United and I know we are making progress and would get there. That has nothing to do with LVG, quite the opposite. He spend a huge amount of money buying squad players and cost us 3-4 years in our development. Thanks to Jose we are on the right path and we will get there.
Based on your logic and what you are saying I have to thank LVG that I woke up this morning and for the meal on the table and the air we are breathing. Sorry but this is as pathetic as it would get....