The idea behind this is to give the opponent less time to create plays and ultimately force the opposing team into turnovers,” reveals Spielverlagerung. “Pressing is a process in which the defending team intends to pressure the opponent which possesses the ball. In an interview with Sky Sports, published on Saturday, Solskjaer revealed his naivety when he tried to argue Cristiano Ronaldo’s case of not doing enough to help United defensively. I have no idea why they didn’t do that today.”Īll the talk preceding Sunday’s collapse dwelled on the fact that United players looked disjointed in their pressing actions against Leicester City, which they lost 4-2 and the comeback 3-2 win over Atalanta in the UEFA Champions League. Sunday’s loss was one that revealed a lack of tactical and strategic nous by the manager.Ī former United teammate Gary Neville, reflecting after the pounding, said, “For three years, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has played on the counter-attack. When they suffered losses the losses more often have resulted from mistakes from the players or great attacks. Since Ole Gunnar Solskjaer became United’s boss in 2018, his team has played Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Chelsea, and Leicester City 42 times and have lost on 14 occasions but have been victorious 17 times.
United were a picture of 11 players called off the playground, and given the same jerseys and given one instruction – press, but Liverpool just easily passed their way through the half-hearted press and scored at will. There could be many things wrong with Manchester United but the manner of their 5-0 thrashing on Sunday by their fiercest rivals, Liverpool showed the extent of the foundational re-engineering needed to make them league challengers again.
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