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It’s symbolic the first game Ten Hag watched as United manager was at Selhurst Park away
As he left the stadium on Monday, time is running out for him to complete the task he was hired to do, sinking to a new low
@TheBusbyBabe
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Kobbie Mainoo's performance vs Everton and why it mattered (mini-thread)
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Manchester United-Chelsea: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Manchester United's high press resulting in turnovers
▪️ Chelsea poor in build-up
▪️ United's fullbacks joining in the press
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Everton-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- Erik ten Hag's use of the 3-1-6 creating space out wide
- Casemiro's performance
- Eriksen dropping into the back 3
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Manchester United-Aston Villa: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ United's aggressive approach out of possession 2nd half
▪️ How Aston Villa found space in the 1st half
▪️ United's barrage of balls in behind vs Villa's offside trap
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3-2-3-2
I 100% prefer Ten Hag when he turns into a madman and goes for it
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Wolves-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ United's improved build-up with players returning
▪️ Dalot and Garnacho's movement
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Arsenal-Brighton: Tactical Analysis (a thread):
▪️ Arsenal's intense high press suffocating Brighton
▪️ Movement of Kai Havertz
▪️ De Zerbi not pushing Milner inverted in midfield
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Manchester United-Liverpool FA Cup Semi-Final Match Breakdown Analysis: (a thread)
Trying to make sense of a bonkers match
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Manchester United-Copenhagen Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Poor build-up structure
▪️ No link between defence and attack to progress
▪️ Eriksen
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This Jesse Marsch MNF is a complete all-timer, it’s fascinating hearing him explain minimum width, counter pressing, building up but staying compact in the Red Bull model and explaining rest defence clearly
It vindicates what a lot of us tactics guys love and do
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Man Utd-Tottenham Hotspur: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- United's approach out of possession halting Tottenham's attacks completely by pressing
- Dalot and Antony creating space out wide using Dalot as an inverted full-back
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Manchester United - Nottingham Forest: Tactical Analysis (mini-thread)
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How did Erik ten Hag beat Pep Guardiola in the Manchester Derby?
Manchester United-Manchester City: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- United's excellent shape out of possession limiting City
- Guardiola's change in the 2nd half
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Why were Manchester United bad in the 1st half and better in the 2nd?
Manchester United-Leicester City: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
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Leicester City - Manchester United : {analysis}
- David de Gea's kicking effecting United's build-up
- Ten Hag ball slowly appearing in United's style of play
- Tyrell Malacia and Diogo Dalot as inverted full-backs with United comfortable in possession
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Manchester United - Arsenal {tactical analysis}
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- United's structure out of possession
- Line breaking passes key to Man Utd's attacks
- Ramsdale's clipped passes
- Arteta's 2nd half changes help, then hinder Arsenal
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Liverpool-Brighton: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Salah's excellent movement and combinations with Bradley
▪️ Joe Gomez freeing up Mac Allister
▪️ Brighton's versatile, brave build-up causing problems with Adingra
▪️ Pros and cons of pushing up Bradley
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Manchester United-Real Madrid pre-season friendly Tactical Analysis (a thread)
◾️ United's new build-up structure with Onana
◾️ Wide gaps and space for Real Madrid to exploit
◾️ Casemiro as the main receiver and deepest midfielder
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Manchester United's change in build-up structure vs Copenhagen: Analysis
(a thread)
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Erik ten Hag’s Tactics at Manchester United - Pre Season Analysis🪡
- Centre-backs pushing up
- High Press
- Build-up Structure
- Inverted Fullbacks
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Ten Hag's Tactical change of moving Weghorst in the Number 10 position (mini-thread)
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LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK,
Whenever United have pressed this season (Wolves, Tottenham, Chelsea, Villa 2nd half) it has worked, for the love of god man, stick to it
Erik ten Hag: "The first half was solid, but we conceded 2 set play goals. I changed the tactics at halftime when it comes to our pressing, and it helped."
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Chelsea-Manchester City: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ City's high press used as an advantage by Chelsea
▪️ Chelsea's press and Guardiola's response to it
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Liverpool-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (a thread):
▪️ United's man-to-man marking
▪️ The importance of United's wingers positioning
▪️ Liverpool's lack of creativity
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Manchester City-Real Madrid: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Why did Man City not go wide more?
▪️ Real Madrid's resilient low block compacting the centre
▪️ City's priority on keeping the ball resulting in slow pace
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Sancho is getting isolated in incidents like this where he clearly can't take a man on
On the other win Wan-Bissaka is bearing the fruits of Antony knowing how Ten Hag wants to play (inverting/staying wide) but Shaw can't really do that because he has to stay deeper in build-up
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Inter Milan-Atletico Madrid: Tactical Analysis (mini-thread)
▪️ Inter Milan's flexible, fluid system
▪️ Rotations keeping width and Centre-backs pushing up
▪️ Inter's different methods to bypass Atletico's press
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What will Wout Weghorst bring to Manchester United? (mini-thread)
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Liverpool - Brighton: Tactical Analysis (A Thread)
How Brighton caused Liverpool so many problems in De Zerbi's first game
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Arsenal-Liverpool: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Arsenal manipulating Liverpool's passive out of possession approach
▪️ Arsenal's 1st half pressing
▪️ Klopp's early change, Liverpool's lack of cutting edge
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Nottingham Forest-Manchester United : Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Wan-Bissaka and Dalot pushing up into midfield as inverted full-backs
▪️ United's positional rotations
▪️ Eriksen's return having a massive impact
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Arsenal-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ United's build-up structure with Onana
▪️ Arsenal's sustained attacks but lack of penetration
▪️ Rashford-Antony doubling up on Saka-Martinelli
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Chelsea-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- Why did Man Utd find so much in the first 35 minutes in midfield?
- United's out of possession off-ball structure looking really good
-Potter's substitution changes the game
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AC Milan-Atalanta: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- How Stefano Pioli has stemmed the bleeding at AC Milan
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Manchester United-Crystal Palace Carabao Cup: (a mini thread)
▪️ United's build-up structure with Mason Mount and Sofyan Amrabat and why it matters
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Paul Scholes was an absolute joke
The ‘debate’ of him Gerrard or Lampard isn’t even valid. He was a cut above and a different player entirely
Rooney tussling and cooking, Scholes genius, VDS not stuck to his goal.. Quality stuff
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Nahhh he’s the GOAT
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What Manchester United have been missing hugely, is a defensive midfielder playing as a '6' receiving from defence or the goalkeeper and actually turning and driving into space to ball carry. It's one of the reasons Ten Hag desperately wanted Frenkie de Jong
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Bayern Leverkusen-Bayern Munich: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
How Xabi Alonso suffocated Bayern Munich
▪️ Leverkusen's structure out of possession not allowing central progression
▪️ Bayern Munich's lack of movement
▪️ Tuchel's hesitancy to change
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Leicester City-Chelsea: Tactical Analysis
How did Graham Potter bypass Leicester's press?
- Long balls from back three to front three
- Enzo Fernandez crucial
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Aston Villa-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Villa's ease at progressing through midfield, Ramsey's half-space runs
▪️ Problems with United's man-to-man marking
▪️ United's set-pieces, settled attack and counters
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Arsenal-Manchester City: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- Pep's 'horrible tactics' and change in the 2nd half
- Arsenal losing the game in the 2nd half building up in defence
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Teams are 100% making it a priority to press Manchester United in build-up now as they know how difficult United are finding it to build up smoothly when pressed
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Fulham - Manchester United Tactical Analysis: (A thread)
- United much more dangerous with Martial in the team playing runners in behind
- Fulham pressing Casemiro and Eriksen
- Willian offering a threat on Fulham's left wing with Malacia advancing up the pitch often
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Arsenal - Newcastle United: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- How did Newcastle frustrate Arsenal?
- Why did Arsenal threaten so well early on?
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Liverpool-Manchester City: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Klopp's change in pressing City's build-up to swing the game
▪️ Liverpool's tendency to go long
▪️ City's pressing
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Tottenham Hotspur-Aston Villa: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Udogie's movement causing serious problems
▪️ Spurs double inverted full-backs
▪️ Villa's high line, Emery's changes and Martinez excellent
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The problems Manchester United have faced so far in the 23/24 season (a thread)
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Very happy and proud to announce my debut piece for
@SkySports
Ecstatic to be on a website I’ve read since I was young 🙏
A definitive, tactical deep dive into how Ten Hag’s tactics have quickly transformed Man Utd into a multi-faceted team
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Aston Villa - Manchester United : Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- What went wrong for Manchester United?
- Emi Buendia and Jacob Ramsey inverting from wide playing narrow in midfield
- United forcing and rushing attacks
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Man Utd were particularly dangerous in the 1st half, cutting Everton open constantly as we saw Ten Hag's 3-1-6 in build up being put to use. In possession, this is the system Ten Hag used at Ajax and what we can expect to see more of from United vs a low block
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Manchester United-Leeds United: Tactical Analysis (mini-thread)
- United having problems in build-up from defence
- United missing the 'three' in build-up
- Leeds United pressing United
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Barcelona-Real Madrid: El Clasico Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Barcelona and Xavi's progression
▪️ Ancelotti's changes with Modric and Joselu
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England-France: Tactical Analysis (a mini-thread)
How England were desperately unlucky and why they got much better in the 2nd half
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Bayern Munich-Real Madrid: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Kim Min-jae's aggression in stepping out
▪️ Thomas Müller's incredible ability to find space with Musiala
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How Unai Emery's Aston Villa beat Man City and Arsenal in the space of four days:
▪️ Use of direct balls, Mcginn and Tielemans floating positions
▪️ Difference in both games vs Arteta and Pep, Arsenal pressure, City blunt in attack
▪️ Back five or six when needed
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Why is there so much fan fare about Roberto De Zerbi?
(A Thread)
Analysing his Style of Play and Tactics
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Real Madrid-Barcelona: El Clásico Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Barcelona's pressing
▪️ Madrid's use of Vazquez pushed up to spread the pitch
▪️ Real Madrid bypassing Barcelona out of possession structure and vice a versa
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Manchester United vs Liverpool 🪡: Tactical Analysis
How did Erik ten Hag beat Jurgen Klopp?
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Lisandro Martinez - Player Analysis
{thread} 🪡
• What will he bring to Manchester United or Arsenal?
- Excellent Progressive Passing from deep
- Confident ball carrier
- Aggressive but measured defending
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This is Pochettino in the friendly vs Brighton telling Maatsen to use the space the referee is in to receive the ball
‘Stop Stop, the referee! Go with the referee in that space’
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Inter Milan-AC Milan UEFA Champions League semi-final 1st leg: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
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Arsenal-Manchester City: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
Making sense of a close, conservative game
▪️ Arsenal's shape out of possession, Man City's narrow attack
▪️ City's lack of width, occasionally going long to Haaland
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Mainoo's performance was so good because it felt like for the 1st time in a long time they had a player who could receive from defence, turn to get forward and smoothly pass the ball to Utd's attack. As opposed to a long ball upfield or a misplaced pass or buckling under a press
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Napoli-AC Milan Tactical Analysis: (a thread)
How Stefano Pioli outsmarted Luciano Spalletti
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Erik ten Hag’s first game in charge - Tactical Takeaways: mini-thread
• Liverpool vs Manchester United
- High Press
- Martial, Sancho and Rashford occupy last defensive line well
- Inverted Full-Backs
- What worked well?
- What needs work?
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Tottenham Hotspur-Chelsea: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
▪️ Chelsea's good and bad pressing
▪️ Spurs's high line
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Arsenal-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
How did Mikel Arteta beat Erik ten Hag?
- Odegaard evading Eriksen
- United's full-backs affording too much space to Saka-Martinelli
- United missing Casemiro
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Arsenal-Aston Villa: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
How Unai Emery outfoxed Mikel Arteta
▪️ Villa's ability to play through Arsenal's press and comfortability on the ball
▪️ Arsenal's intensity drop off in the 2nd half in and out of possession
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Aston Villa-Brighton: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
How Unai Emery outsmarted De Zerbi
▪️ Knowing when to aggressively press and when to not take the bait
▪️ The free movement of Diaby and Mcginn
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Mainoo wasn't afraid to receive from deep evade pressure from Everton's players, and dribble into space, it transports the ball from defence to midfield and he can then pass to the attack. A young man on his debut with the confidence to do this at a tough atmosphere is impressive
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AC Milan-PSG Tactical Analysis (mini-thread)
It feels like whenever Milan fans and basically everyone else doubts Pioli he pulls a rabbit out of the hat and a massive performance
He is an excellent manager at nullifying opponents and counter-attacking🧵⤵️
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United's pressing of Chelsea caused them trouble and led to United winning the ball in Chelsea's half consistently with a high press as players would quickly close down Chelsea defenders leading to them giving the ball away cheaply in build-up as below Dalot steps in to intercept
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It's an extremely popular formation to build up in at the moment as it's what Guardiola's City team frequently use. With Casemiro often as the lone pivot what it allowed United to do is create space on the flanks for the full-backs/wingers pushing up
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Liverpool-Man City: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- Liverpool keeping City's number 8's quiet
- Harvey Elliot dropping in to assist covering James Milner with Phil Foden
- Pep Guardiola's tweak of switching Gundogan into midfield
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What will Mason Mount bring to Manchester United and how will he fit in? (a thread)
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It’s been a long time since a ‘star’ signing worked out for Man Utd
Not many could’ve predicted he’d play just as well as he had at Real Madrid. He’s United’s safety blanket, a midfield controller
Read Below:
@UtdDistrict
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This 3-2 with Onana pushed up from goal and Martinez in the pivot could be the new build-up structure then?
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Brighton-Newcastle United: Tactical Analysis (quick mini-thread)
▪️ De Zerbi's Variations
▪️ Pascal Gross's incredible movement, Joelinton unable to cope
▪️ João Pedro dropping off dragging the centre-back out
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What the 3-1-6 allows is for space to be created wide as players occupy central zones. There is space for a ball out to Shaw as Fernandes is in between Coady-Tarkowski with Martial dropping off, Rashford tucking in and Dalot coming inside as an inverted full-back
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You never know what you have until it's gone
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Manchester United-Southampton: Tactical Analysis (a thread)
- United's issues in build up when pressed
- Southampton finding space in between United's 4-1-4-1
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United's large weakness is buckling when teams press high, so it was encouraging that Mainoo was happy to show for the ball, turn and face the opposition regardless of Everton pressing. This may sound simplistic, but it's what Man Utd have had a problem with for a while
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Last season it was simple 3-1-6 vs teams that sit deep, counter-attack and defend against the bigger teams. There was cohesion, players were performing, morale was high
This season they initially pressed it led to transitional issues....
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Dalot going into midfield, not caring about Liverpool's press, giving it to Mainoo who can dribble away from Liverpool's press and pass to Mctominay
Transporting the ball from defence to midfield into attack, it's rare this happens for a United team
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Compare this to Mctominay or some of the other pivot combinations this season, where in the first image he immediately gives the ball back or in the 2nd where no one is showing to receive for the ball. Even United's pairing of Casemiro and Eriksen can't do this
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Roberto De Zerbi is like that song/band that you love but not many knew about. Now he’s gone mainstream and your kinda miffed everyone knows about it
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Liverpool-Manchester United: Tactical Analysis (quick thread)
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With Martinez, Casemiro and Luke Shaw in the team, Ten Hag finally went back to the in-possession structure that served him well last season to break teams down, making a huge difference in United progressing the ball from defence to attack
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United's build-up structure in the beginning was a 3-2 with Dalot in midfield and Eriksen pushed up advanced into the attack to try pin Villa's back line as back as possible, I found it interesting that Dalot was in midfield in possession rather than Eriksen to attack Villa
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