AltiUn
likes playing with swords after fantasies
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Positives: Fred, Shaw, Greenwood and Pogba
Inbetween: Maguire, Henderson
Negatives: Wan-Bissaka, McTominay, Fernandes and Martial
Anonymous: Lindelof and Rashford
City weren't actually that good going forward, they relied on the space opening up on the counter when we were chasing a goal, their biggest threat was from set pieces. Their defence was excellent although it helps when Martial kills every attack with garbage first touches, sloppy passing and directionless dribbling and Rashford decides not to do, well, anything. If any one of Rashford, Martial or Bruno had shown up we could've won this game. McTominay's having an appalling season, he looks lost with the diamond, to be honest I don't like the diamond at all, we've been consistently outplayed whenever we play it and I'd rather we end this experiment with it once and for all.
Maguire had a strange game, typically missed some easy opportunities and made a mistake that lead to their opener but his defensive partner was anonymous, aside from that he was actually really solid defensively. I prefer the Bailly - Maguire combo out of all the defensive combinations I've seen us utilise this season. We played out well from the back quite well tonight. Henderson made some good saves but also looked nowhere near some of their shots.
Fred, Shaw and Pogba were the only starters who played with a bit of pride. I thought all 3 were good today, Shaw's having his best season in a United shirt. Greenwood looked lively when he came on.
Sometimes we play with 0 tempo, slow and lethargic passing not aided by static attackers. Like others have said, I don't think we were that bad until we got into the final 3rd but all 3 of our attackers had an off day today, we went toe-to-toe with them for the majority of the game. We need to see a big improvement against Watford, Burnley and Liverpool.
Inbetween: Maguire, Henderson
Negatives: Wan-Bissaka, McTominay, Fernandes and Martial
Anonymous: Lindelof and Rashford
City weren't actually that good going forward, they relied on the space opening up on the counter when we were chasing a goal, their biggest threat was from set pieces. Their defence was excellent although it helps when Martial kills every attack with garbage first touches, sloppy passing and directionless dribbling and Rashford decides not to do, well, anything. If any one of Rashford, Martial or Bruno had shown up we could've won this game. McTominay's having an appalling season, he looks lost with the diamond, to be honest I don't like the diamond at all, we've been consistently outplayed whenever we play it and I'd rather we end this experiment with it once and for all.
Maguire had a strange game, typically missed some easy opportunities and made a mistake that lead to their opener but his defensive partner was anonymous, aside from that he was actually really solid defensively. I prefer the Bailly - Maguire combo out of all the defensive combinations I've seen us utilise this season. We played out well from the back quite well tonight. Henderson made some good saves but also looked nowhere near some of their shots.
Fred, Shaw and Pogba were the only starters who played with a bit of pride. I thought all 3 were good today, Shaw's having his best season in a United shirt. Greenwood looked lively when he came on.
Sometimes we play with 0 tempo, slow and lethargic passing not aided by static attackers. Like others have said, I don't think we were that bad until we got into the final 3rd but all 3 of our attackers had an off day today, we went toe-to-toe with them for the majority of the game. We need to see a big improvement against Watford, Burnley and Liverpool.