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Over the last month, I have looked at Manchester United's attack and defence in detail. Tonight is another example of both issues.
ATTACK ➡️
DEFENCE ➡️
There needs to be some big improvements. 🫣🫣🫣
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Martin Dubravka has won his first trophy in English football.
🏆🏆🏆
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Remember when Ralf Rangnick told Man Utd to sign Julian Alvarez & Josko Gvardiol.
🤡🤡🤡
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Bruno Fernandes has now scored 60 goals for Manchester United, more than Robin Van Persie (59) and Javier Hernandez (59).
Pure productivity. ⚙️
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Marcel Sabizter made 11 ball recoveries against Leicester, more than any other player on the pitch.
He does not give up. 😤
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Marcel Sabitzer vs. Leeds [match rank]:
100% tackles won [🥇]
13/13 final third passes [🥇]
2 interceptions [🥇]
The engine in midfield. 🚂
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Bruno Fernandes is the first player to create 10+ chances in the Premier League so far this season.
Creative Machine. ⚙️
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Kobbie Mainoo’s game by numbers vs. Everton:
100% tackles won
83% pass accuracy
57 touches
34/41 passes completed
5 duels won
3 ball recoveries
2/3 dribbles completed
2 long balls completed
2 interceptions
1 clearance
1 block
Brilliant, brilliant Premier League debut. 🤩
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No team has won more Premier League games after trailing by 2+ goals than Manchester United (13 wins).
Comeback kings. 👑
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Manchester United won possession in the final third 12 times vs. Crystal Palace.
That’s the most they’ve done so in a Premier League match since Sir Alex Ferguson retired.
What an impact Ralf Rangnick has made already! 📈
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Antony has now scored 5 goals for Manchester United this season. Only Marcus Rashford has scored more (13).
Not bad for a spin merchant. 🇧🇷
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Liverpool’s form since beating Manchester United 7-0:
❌ 1-0 vs. Bournemouth
❌ 1-0 vs. Real Madrid
❌ 4-1 vs. Manchester City
“Liverpool are back”. 🤔
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Brandon Williams has played more Premier League minutes this season (686) than Phil Foden has played in his career (634).
Faith. 🙌🙌🙌
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Manchester United have now won 30 games in all competitions this season. More than any other team in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues.
Relentless. 📈
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Bruno Fernandes has missed more penalties in his career (5) than games due to injury (4):
Misses:
❌ vs. Napoli
❌ vs. Loures
❌ vs. Newcastle
❌ vs. Villa
❌ vs. Arsenal
Injuries:
🚑 Flu - Napoli
🚑 Leg injury - Ukraine
🚑 Leg Injury - Serbia
🚑 Illness - Spurs
Iron Man.
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Bruno Fernandes has now scored 45 Premier League goals and has now scored more than Ilkay Gundogan.
United’s captain leading from the front. 🔥
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Miguel Almiron has now scored as many goals in the Premier League this season (7) as Jack Grealish has scored in all competitions since joining Man City.
Be careful with what you say. 🤫
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Fernando Torres scored 3 goals in 15 appearances against Nemanja Vidic, that’s fewer than Leandro Trossard (4) in his last 2 starts against Virgil Van Dijk at Anfield.
Van Dijk’s Torres. 💀
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Manchester United have won a penalty shoot out in the FA Cup for the first time in their history.
Rewriting the story. 📖
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Fred now has 10 goals + assists for Manchester United this season. This his best season for goal contributions since 2012.
Fred, Fred will tear you apart again. 🎵
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Man Utd's starting Front 3 vs. RC Lens:
Antony ⚽️🅰️
Rashford ⚽️🅰️
Garnacho 🅰️
Premier League defences beware. 😱😱😱
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Man Utd conceded 54 Premier League goals in 18/19, the 11th best record in the league. In 19/20 they conceded 36 goals, the 3rd best record in the league.
A much improved defensive side. 🛑
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Pep Guardiola has spent £1.074billion to bring a
#UCL
title to Man City.
Chequebook Manager. 🤑
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Chances created in the Premier League this season:
35 — Bruno Fernandes (🥇)
34 —
33 —
32 —
31 —
30 —
29 —
28 — Kevin De Bruyne (🥈)
27 —
26 — Jack Grealish (🥉)
It’s lonely at the top. 👑
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Sofyan Amrabat’s half by numbers vs. Palace:
100% duels won
100% tackles won
97% pass accuracy
65/67 passes completed
5/6 long passes completed
Flawless. 🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦
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🏆 4 x Champions League
🏆 4 x Club world cup
🏆 3 x European super cup
🏆 3 x Spanish super cup
🏆 3 x La Liga
🏆 1 x World Cup
🏆 1 x Nations League
Raphaël Varane’s CV is something else. 🤯
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Casemiro has now scored 8 goals for Manchester United, more than he scored for Sao Paolo. It is his 50th club goal in his career.
LEVEL. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
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100% long pass accuracy
100% aerial duels won
100% ground duels won
100% tackles won
91% pass accuracy
Light work for Raphaël Varane. 🇫🇷
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Diogo Dalot was absolutely outstanding today. That block after the Maguire mistake. Simple World Class.
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Manchester United’s results vs. Nottingham Forest this season:
👹 3-0 🌳 (Premier League)
🌳 3-0 👹 (Carabao Cup)
👹 2-0 🌳 (Carabao Cup)
🌳 2-0 👹 (Premier League)
Domination. 🫡
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Manchester United players at the World Cup so far:
🇵🇹 Bruno Fernandes - ⚽⚽🅰️🅰️
🏴 Marcus Rashford - ⚽⚽⚽
🏴 Luke Shaw - 🅰️🔒🔒
🏴 Harry Maguire - 🅰️🔒🔒
🇧🇷 Casemiro - ⚽
🇦🇷 Lisandro Martinez - 🔒
On the biggest stage. 🏆
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Aaron Wan-Bissaka has now assisted 13 Premier League goals, that’s more than John Terry & Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Great pass for Varane. 💫
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Nemanja Vidic beats Virgil Van Dijk in the Premier League for the following statistics:
Game-winning goals
Tackle win rate
Errors leading to goals
Last man Tackles
Goal-line clearances
Clean sheets
Player of the Season
League Titles
Not a fair comparison. 🐭
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7 years ago today, Marcus Rashford became the youngest player to score in the Manchester Derby:
100% pass accuracy
27 touches
8 dribbles
2 shots
1 CB sent for an early retirement
1 goal
A star is born. 🌟
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Man Utd have beaten Barcelona for the first time since 2008, United went on to win the Champions League that season.
Era defining.
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Marcus Rashford after 149 appearances for Manchester United: 40 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo after 149 appearances for Manchester United: 31 goals.
In good company. 🙌🙌🙌
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Since Bruno Fernandes made his debut in the Premier League in February 2020, he has created:
🪄 Most big chances in the Premier League (74)
🎩 Most chances in the Premier League (277)
🧙♂️ Most chances in all competitions (343).
One of the world’s very best. 🫡
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Man Utd have never conceded 4 goals in a Premier League game in which Harry Maguire has played
Just saying. 😉
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Across Manchester United’s first 2 preseason games, Matej Kovar has averaged 94.15% pass accuracy. No Manchester United goalkeeper averaged more than 80% last season.
Distribution. 🎯
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Kobbie Mainoo’s game by numbers vs. Liverpool:
100% dribbles completed
100% tackles won
75% ground duels won
31 passes completed
2 interceptions
1 key pass
One of the best young players in the Premier League. 💎💎💎
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Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 60 hat-tricks in his career, the most of any active player:
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (60)
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (55)
37 years young. 🐐
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Bruno Fernandes created 8 chances from open play vs. West Ham, the most any player has created in a Premier League game this season.
He came on at half-time. 🤯🤯🤯
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Lisandro Martinez’s game by numbers vs. Southampton:
100% ground duels won
100% successful dribbles
61 touches
48 passes
7 clearances
5/5 aerial duels won
4 interceptions
Another player of the match performance and a clean sheet. 🔒
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Manchester United have reached their 2nd Cup Semi-Final of the season. No other English team has reached as many this season.
Cup fever. 🏆
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Mason Greenwood has scored as many Premier League goals this season as Roberto Firmino (8).
Greenwood has started 7 games. Firmino has started 30. 🔥
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Manchester United are the only team in Europe's top 5 leagues who can still win the quadruple (Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup & Europa League).
Erik Ten Hag's Red and White Army.
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Martial is going to flourish under ETH. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Manchester United have now won their opening game of the Premier League season 21 times. No team in the history of the competition have won more.
Curtain raisers. 🎭
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Bruno Fernandes has scored against Spurs, RB Leipzig, PSG, Leicester City & Liverpool this season alone.
Not bad considering he goes missing in big games. 🤔
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Wout Weghorst’s game by numbers vs. West Ham:
88% pass accuracy
34 touches
5 key passes
2 ground duels won
2 shots
1/1 dribble completed
1 assist
My number 10. 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱
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Lisandro Martinez’s game by numbers vs. West Ham:
92% pass accuracy
79 touches
58 passes completed
4/4 ground duels won
4 blocks
3 ball recoveries
3/4 aerial duels won
3 clearances
2 tackles won
Licha, I love you. 🇦🇷
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Man Utd's Front Three vs. Aston Villa:
🇦🇷 Garnacho - ⚽️⚽️
🇩🇰 Hojlund - ⚽️
🏴 Rashford - 🅰️
A Christmas miracle. 🎅🎅🎅
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Axel Tuanzebe’s game by numbers vs. PSG:
100% aerial duels won
92% pass accuracy
7 clearances
2 fouls
1 block
Excellent performance. 👏👏👏
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Most key passes made in a single Premier League game this season:
🥇 BRUNO FERNANDES & BRUNO FERNANDES (9)
🥈 Mohammed Salah, Kieran Trippier (8)
🥉 Andreas Pereira, Morgan Gibbs-White, Jack Harrison, Brenden Aaronson, Martin Odegaard (7)
The Conductor. 🎶
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Kobbie Mainoo’s game by numbers vs. Wolves:
100% tackles won
84% pass accuracy
53 touches
27/32 passes completed
7 duels won
6 ball recoveries
2 dribbles completed
2 interceptions
1 goal
Generational. 🌟
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Marcus Rashford completed 5 dribbles against Wolves. No player has completed more in a single Premier League game so far this season.
Dancing feet. 🕺
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Casemiro has scored or assisted 17 goals since moved to Old Trafford. Rashford & Bruno are the only Man Utd players with more in that time.
Box-to-box Casa. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
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No midfielder has scored more non-penalty goals than Bruno Fernandes (5) in the Premier League this season.
Merchant. 😂😂😂
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Since the start of last season, Bruno Fernandes ranks TOP in the Premier League for:
🥇 Shot-creating actions (233)
🥇 Key passes (127)
🥇 Through balls (37)
🥇 Big chances created (34)
🥇 xA (18)
🥇 Chances created in a single game (9)
“He's a creative machine.” - Kevin De…
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David De Gea has played the most minutes of any player in Premier League history, overtaking Ben Foster:
🥇 David De Gea - 35,039
🥈 Ben Foster - 34,959
🥉 Gary Cahill - 33,374
Landmark. ⏱️
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No midfielder has registered more assists than Fred in the Premier League in 2022 (3).
That’s it. That’s the tweet. 🇧🇷
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Andre Onana has made 11 saves & prevented 1.5 goals in the Premier League so far this season. Only Bernd Leno has managed more saves (14) & prevented more goals (3.7).
“He’s only good with his feet”. 🥱
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Dean Henderson rushed off his line to cut out an attacking pass or close-down an opposition player on 3 occasions today — no goalkeeper has done so more in a Premier League game this season.
A hugely impressive performance. 🧤
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Since the start of last season Christian Eriksen has scored or assisted 10 Premier League goals for Manchester United. Only Marcus Rashford (23) and Bruno Fernandes (16) have more.
Lifeline. 🔥
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Kobbie Mainoo’s game by numbers vs. Aston Villa:
85% pass accuracy
52 touches
34/40 passes completed
9/13 final ⅓ passes completed
6 ball recoveries
4 key passes
4 ground duels won
3 tackles won
3 long balls completed
Ran the show once again. 🤩
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Facundo Pellistri in 8 minutes vs. Real Betis:
100% pass accuracy
10 touches
2 ground duels won
1/2 dribbles completed
1 key pass
1 big chance created
Another excellent cameo. 💫
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Andre Onana created more chances (2) against Aston Villa than any other player on the pitch apart from Bruno Fernandes (3).
😲😲😲
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No team has lost fewer Premier League games this season than Manchester United [4]. 🙌
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Rasmus Hojlund has scored in 4 consecutive Premier League games:
⚽ vs. Aston Villa
⚽ vs. Spurs
⚽ vs. Wolves
⚽ vs. West Ham
Can’t stop scoring. 🤩
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Brandon Williams' last 7 appearances in all competitions:
• 0 goals conceded
• 0 goals conceded
• 0 goals conceded
• 0 goals conceded
• 3 goals conceded
• 0 goals conceded
• 0 goals conceded
6/7 clean sheets. 👏👏👏
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Marcos Rojo at Manchester United:
• 122 appearances
• 0 red cards
Some achievement. 👀
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Willy Kambwala's game by numbers vs. Liverpool
100% ground duels won
100% tackles won
29 passes completed
3 clearances
2 interceptions
Stepped up in the toughest game in English football. 🛡🛡🛡
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No player in Premier League history has a better G+A return in their first 10 games than Bruno Fernandes (13).
Ridiculous. 🇵🇹🎩
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Bruno Fernandes has now scored 66 goals for Manchester United, that’s as many as Dwight Yorke.
Sublime finish. 💫
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Aerial duels won against Southampton this season:
Kalidou Koulibaly - 2/4 won
Thiago Silva - 1/5 won
Lisandro Martinez - 5/5 won
Too small? 📏
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Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial have combined for 21 goals for Manchester United, the joint most of any duo at the club.
Link up. ⛓️
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Marcus Rashford has now scored 121 goals for Manchester United, that’s as many as Andrew Cole.
Amongst Legends. 🌟
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Hannibal’s game by numbers vs. Burnley:
91% pass accuracy
34 touches
21/23 passes completed
7 ball recoveries
3 ground duels won
2/3 tackles won
2 key passes
Brilliant performance. 🤩
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Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 700 goals in club football, more than anyone else in the history of football & 9 goals more than the next highest goal-scorer (Lionel Messi).
Historic achievement. 🏆
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Cristiano Ronaldo has now scored 59 hat-tricks in his career, the most of any active player:
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo (59)
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (55)
Still on top. 🐐
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Marcus Rashford has now scored 28 goals in all competitions against ‘Big 6’ sides:
🛡️ 6 goals vs. Arsenal
🔵 6 goals vs. Chelsea
🔴 6 goals vs. Liverpool
🌚 5 goals vs. Manchester City
⚪ 5 goals vs. Tottenham
Big game player. 😤
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Last time Manchester United lost a Premier League game, they were 14 points off third place. Today, they are just 2 points off.
An unbelievable run to close the gap. 🔥
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Bruno Fernandes has created more chances tonight [9] than any other player has created in the entirety of this season’s
#UCL
.
Insane playmaker. 🪄
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Marcus Rashford in big games:
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs. Chelsea
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs. Man City
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs. Leicester
⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs. Liverpool
⚽️⚽️⚽️ vs. Spurs
⚽️⚽️ vs. Arsenal
⚽️⚽️ vs. PSG
Still just 22 years old. 🤯🤯🤯
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At 18 years & 209 days old, Alejandro Garnacho is the youngest player to score in a Premier League game between Leeds and Manchester United.
Starboy. 🌟
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Since moving to the Premier League, Wout Weghorst has scored more goals (1) than Mykhailo Mudryk, Joao Felix & Cody Gakpo combined (0).
January Signing of the Season. 🏆🏆🏆
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Bruno Fernandes has scored 4 non-penalty goals in the Premier League this season, no midfielder has more.
The penalty merchant is at it again. 😉
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Fewest Premier League losses this season:
🥇 4 — Manchester United
🥈 5 — Manchester City
🥉 7 — Chelsea
OGS has made his side tricky to beat this season. 🇳🇴
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Andre Onana completed 40/51 passes against Arsenal, more than David de Gea managed in a single Premier League game since 2015/16 for Manchester United.
Pinpoint. ✴️
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Alejandro Garnacho in 25 minutes vs. Manchester City:
14 touches
1 aerial duel won
1 key pass
1 big chance created
1 assist
Generational. 💫
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"We like to press high, with a very intense counter-pressure. When we have the ball, we do not like any square or back passes.”
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Sir Alex Ferguson’s most used XI by appearances (4-4-2):
GK - Peter Schmeichel 🇩🇰 (398 games)
RB - Gary Neville 🏴 (602 games)
CB - Rio Ferdinand 🏴 (432 games)
CB - Gary Pallister 🏴(416 games)
LB - Denis Irwin 🇮🇪 (516 games)
RM - David Beckham 🏴 (394 games)
CM - Paul…
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Marcus Rashford’s 2022/23 season by numbers:
🏟️ 56 games
⚽ 30 goals
🅰️ 10 assists
⏱️ 108 mins per goal and assist
Another big season incoming. 🫡
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Manchester United’s 4th goal:
🅰️ Omari Forson assist
⚽ Kobbie Mainoo goal
La Carrington. 👹
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Raphaël Varane's game by numbers vs. Barcelona:
100% aerial duels won
43 touches
30 passes completed
9 times possession won
3 clearances
2 long passes completed
2 interceptions
1 chance created
1 clearance off the line
0 times dribbled
Best performance in a United shirt. 🙌
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Jack Grealish in the Premier League this season:
👕 19 appearances
🅰️ 2 assists
⚽️ 2 goals
Jadon Sancho in the Premier League since the start of February 2022:
👕 7 appearances
🅰️ 3 assists
⚽️ 2 goals
Guess who makes the England squad… 🏴
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