Manchester United (Red Devils) | Special Thread

Manchester United (Red Devils) | Special Thread

In a match that ends 0-0, a look at the defensive setup is perhaps the most natural thing to analyze. Here I have had a look at Man United- out of possession, in their match vs Man City, where they managed to neutralize City´s threat. I felt a big focus of MU was marking of KDB.
 
When defending in their high block, MU appeared to utilize a 4-3-1-2 shape. What was noteworthy in this phase, was that MU often tried to force MC to play infield as opposed to the outside & use the sideline as an extra defender. This was most evident when Ederson had the ball. https://t.co/h23BJXUax8
 
To force MC to play inside, MU often used the wide player in the front 3 to cut off support back to the defender/GK, & apply pressure to the MC fullback with their own FB. Often leaving the best passing option central, where a ball recovery could lead to a dangerous transition. https://t.co/QrtffQxTkQ
 
When MC managed to beat the press, MU dropped into a 4-2-2-2 shape, how they spent most of their time when out of possession. This usually had Rashford/Greenwood on top, with Pogba/Bruno as the next line of 2. This can be seen here in the average positions map from @utdarena:
 
A key take away from the mid block, was the focus of MU´s double pivot to mark KDB out of the match as much as possible. With the wingers high & narrow, play was funnelled to the outside by compressing space centrally. Forcing the pivot of MC to offer some creativity. https://t.co/T8kNQNhkRV
 
MU did well to avoid being pushed back into their low block shape too often, as they were relatively proactive defending, & often pushed up the entire shape when support passes were played. However, the times MC managed to establish deeper territory, MU utilized 2 flat banks of 4 https://t.co/wRR4UoLJuB
 
Shapes & formations are extremely fluid, even if a team is using just one "formation" out of possession. However, my view was that MU used multiple shapes out of possession making players roles & functions even more dynamic than typically seen. MU did well to nullify MC´s attack
 
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