Our pressing stats from the Newcastle game. Its 1 match but still
McTominay had maybe his best game ever for presses? Highest I've seen anyway. So thats better from him
Dalot 21 from RB is a huge amount. TAA averages 9.04 so far this season...
Rashford had our 3rd most with 16 which is in line with most attackers at the top clubs who do some pressing. Salah and Mane average 14 and 13 respectively in the premier league this season which is low for Salah. The past 2 seasons he has averaged 17.3 and 16.2 per match.
Rashford's average is now 14.5 this season
Our numbers have been low in the past including Rashford's while Daniel James was ahead in this regard. Might explain why he played so many games, but still its a failing on other players part.
But in terms of the Newcastle game numbers wise McTominay, Dalot and Rashford stepped up... While we can see why Fred was taken off at half time. 9 presses in 45 minutes is a bit low for him
As for why it might not feel like we had as many presses as that? Timing and teamwork. You dont just need to press, you need to press at the right times. So despite Salah and Liverpool having less presses than that I think we'd all say that when they do go for the press its a lot more likely to force a mistake and for them to get something from it.
At least the numbers above show that for 1 match, some of these players can do the amount of pressing needed. But we need a lot of work on the other part of doing it as a team between 2 or 3 players and boxing an opponent into a bad situation rather than a player pressing on his own