With all three center backs injured.
Liverpool (England)
The center back position left by Lovren's departure was not filled prior to the start of the season, and now
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No reliable center backs at all for this game
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It's Fabinho at center back with Captain Henderson.
The midfield three has become Tiago, Shaqiri, Wijnaldum, and the trequartista is still Salah, Mane, Firmino.
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The side is now much more stable in terms of form and personnel, and for this game they are keeping the 4231, with no change in the back four, Fred and McTominay at the back, B. Fernandes in attacking midfield, Martial and Pogba on the wings, and Rashford in the forwards.
From the start of the match, it was clear that both teams were cautious, testing their opponents all the time.
Liverpool (England)
The problem is a serious one, as their last seven
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The record is 3 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss, as the
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The counterattacks are great.
Liverpool (England)
I'm afraid to let an inexperienced center back play hard now.
Manchester United Football Club
The only way to get to the center back is to have Henderson and Fabinho carry the center backs, so that the entire midfield is afraid to press on, so
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As soon as they get the ball, they intend to pass it straight upfield to the trident, obviously skipping the midfield organization and advancement
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This side is deliberately targeting
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Playing on the counter-attack, basically the backs didn't press, but Pogba, surprisingly, although he played on the right wing, he actually obediently guarded the area along the center line, that is, he was responsible for taking the long passes, although Pogba couldn't get rid of the
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defenders, but draws opponents over, and he is able to make short passes to distribute the ball to his teammates if the
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If the defense relaxes on him, Pogba will be able to make a longer pass right away.
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prohibited zone
After more than 10 minutes, the two teams will be
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Determined that the trick is right
Liverpool (England)
The next step was for Fred and McTominay to go forward, and the reason they were both forward in this game was to support Pogba, so that he could release the ball, and they could then use it as a pivot to send it directly to Rashford or Martial on the left.
Liverpool (England)
There's not much you can do about it, the two wingbacks are basically not daring enough to press up because they have to protect the fragile defense, so the attacking power has been greatly reduced, and Pogba is obviously executing the tactics, it's hard for Pogba to be cut off when he's always on his back and only passes the ball, he can't be cut off, he can't be cut off when he's on his back.
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Seeing how prepared he was today, the next thing Wijnaldum couldn't get away from Pogba at all, he just stayed close to Pogba not letting him turn around, trying to find a way to break up the passes
When Wijnaldum becomes such a one-on-one attrition situation with Pogba throughout the game, he can't effectively support the left side, and the
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On the other side of the field, Martial was clearly the breakout player, so Arnold didn't dare to go too far forward, so the wings were pinned down on the center line
Liverpool (England)
There's also utilizing Fred and McTominay to press forward and back.
Manchester United Football Club
The space generated by the waist of the attack, but seriously, the front only three trident three people, and in fact, now the three people are not particularly good condition, should be too tired, and as a midfield Shaqiri is actually not good, he began to have in the counterattack on the back of the insertion, but Firmino at that time directly shot the goal, and then Shaqiri is less threatening breakthrough or insertion. When Shaqiri, who was supposed to be in charge of the attack, only had this level of performance, Tiago's passes weren't too threatening, although Tiago did go forward, but he didn't have a chance.
Manchester United Football Club
It's pretty clear he's passing to Salah & Firmino, basically.
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The four linebackers haven't moved much, so the defense has a lot to say to the
Liverpool (England)
The Tridents have always had a numerical advantage.
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The wingbacks don't come up with an assist.
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The wing backs just have to defend the once in a trident side attack, Wan-Bissaka has defended it well and LukeShaw has been in great form of late, the
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The 4 guards, once they're inside, basically
Liverpool (England)
Not much of a chance.
later on
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There were a couple of counterattacks where Robertson and Arnold pushed quickly to the center line and then made a wide left-right switch on the counterattack, then passed into the middle for Firmino and Salah to grab, and it certainly worked, as soon as the two wingbacks were able to send a little bit of speed out of the way, with their passes, they were able to play counterattacks with room to spare!
But unfortunately.
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It's also clear that the two defenders don't dare to press the ball to the end because
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of three midfielders, with only Wijnaldum having an okay defensive game, but he has tangled with Pogba
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If the midfielders don't have the ability to fill in on the sides, then the wingbacks don't dare to press on, so although both wingbacks have the ability to shoot on goal (especially Arnold), this situation allows them to only push up to nearly 18 yards on either side of the ball and then have to pass and then back off, they don't dare to press into the penalty box, so it's always the trident that is always shooting on goal, I can see that!
Manchester United Football Club
Pretty sure this happened because their side simply went straight in, didn't try to lean outward to prevent the wingbacks from rushing in, and seemed to move ahead of time
