At 23:30 on September 4th, Beijing time, in the last game of the sixth round of Premier League , Manchester United defeated Arsenal with a score of 3:1, achieving 4 consecutive victories in the season. It ended Arsenal's five-game winning streak this season. After this battle, Manchester United occupies fifth place in the standings with 12 league points, only 1 point away from the top four in the league.
In this game, Rashford scored 3 goals and contributed 2 goals and 1 assist. Manchester United's three goals were all scored through rapid advancement after playing the ball from the backcourt. Anthony , who made his debut for Manchester United, opened the scoring with an assist from Rashford. Then B Fee and Eriksen assisted Rashford and scored 2 goals respectively. Ten Hag's tactical arrangement for this game In fact, it is commendable.
Starting list: Anthony made his debut, adding to the frontcourt's explosive points.
Ten Hahe still did not rotate the starting list in this game. Casemiro , C Ronaldo and other players are still sitting on the bench. The only change came from this summer's Premier League champion Anthony, who replaced Elanga as the right winger.
Ten Hag's purpose is very obvious, which is to use McTominay to protect the front of the penalty area, Eriksen is responsible for guiding the ball in the backcourt, Rashford and Anthony are responsible for the rapid advancement of the frontcourt, as for Sancho and B fee connect the midfielder and forward. To some extent, Manchester United has formed a 3232 ball series structure called the team.
Manchester United's defense: Watch Jesus and fight against Odegaard
Manchester United's main defensive method in this game, Varane and McTominay take turns to mark Arsenal's offensive arrow Jesus, directly The result is that Jesus engaged in 18 confrontations in this game, which is fully half more than the second-ranked Varane's 9 times. This is equivalent to completely freezing Arsenal's frontcourt passing core.
In fact, Manchester United did the same in the past two games. Varane moved forward to support the midfielder area, mainly watching the opponent's arrow figure, and appropriately changed positions with McTominay, while Lisandro just Stay behind to protect and compete for the second placement.
Of course, Jesus also caused 7 fouls against Manchester United, which was three times more than the 2 fouls committed by Saka, who caused the second most fouls. This defensive method allowed Arsenal's 14 shots to only hit the goal frame twice.
Manchester United's offense: long pass from the backcourt, Rashford moves forward quickly
There is no doubt that Manchester United only has two directions for the ball in the frontcourt in this game, and that is Rashford and Anthony. In the past three games, Since Rashford served as the center in the game, he has gradually illuminated the center's retracement function. In the 35th minute of the game, Rashford received the pass at the front of the penalty area. After controlling the rhythm for a while, he passed a diagonal pass to Anthony who was on the right. Anthony, who made his debut for Manchester United last season, opened the scoring for Manchester United.
Manchester United’s two goals after that both came from the forward passes of Eriksen and B Fee. However, Manchester United’s wingers were already assisting in the backcourt at this time, and Rashford scored twice alone. 2 goals.
The key player in this game: McTominay
If Malaysia performed well against Saka, then McTominay actually performed very well in sweeping and delivering the ball in the midfield. In this game McTominay made 25 passes with a passing success rate of 100%. This is the first time this season that Manchester United has a starting player with a passing success rate of 100%. McTominay took up his position in the midfield, and only then did Eriksen and B Fee have space to play the ball forward.
Ten Hag obviously made arrangements for this game. McTominay and Varane took turns to watch Jesus and Odegaard. Malaysia faced Saka, and Dalot was inside. Tuck behind Varane for protection. Manchester United has used this tactic for 4 games and won all four games. Manchester United players seem to be more adaptable to this tactical system, but the four issues discussed before still need to be Time to resolve.
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