Going into the half-time break, Solskjaer's side had reason to feel wronged. McTominay's swinging hand struck Son in the face during the attacking suggestion phase, so referee Kavanagh, after checking the var, blew off United the goal, which was obtained through superb cooperation. By the 40th minute, the South Korean striker had scored the real first goal of the game, and the goal was preceded by a partnership between Kane and Lucas Jr. that was equal to so rubbing salt in the wound.
Going into the half-time break, it felt like var would be the primary topic of conversation all day afterward. Uniteds beautifully blown goal was their only shot on target in the first half. The starting lineup can be said to be the strongest lineup that can be sent out, but there is still something missing. Rashford, who plays on the right and is injured, was unable to make an impact on the attacking end in his own way.
Man Utds win over Tottenhams game reflected a lot of the strengths of the season, but the course of the game was a little bit different than in the past. Pogba once again in the strong dialog played more forward position, rather than as one of the double back, the Frenchman also with excellent performance once again to remind us how great his talent.
Pogba is in Mourinho's tenure in the summer window of 2016 to rejoin United , but Mourinho's perception of him may be a little biased, the Portuguese that Pogba “in all respects to do some, completely in control of the competition! “ rather than actually being the enforcer of key goals. Over the past four and a half years, United have gradually come to realize that Pogba is better suited to punctuating the contest with his talents than controlling it. But compare his first-half touch orientation distribution (still qualified, but missing a bit of intensity)......
Pogba's play, combined with Fernandez's sustained energy, Cavani's runs, and Greenwood's (who came on for Rashford in the 72nd minute) invention, had United< /b> this success. This season Manchester United have now snatched back 28 points from conceding first, making them comfortably the Premier League's turnaround kings (a full 12 points clear of Leicester City's 16). In January of this year, when the score was “only” 21 points, the athletic analyzed that the reason why Manchester Unitedare so good at scoring on the counter-rotation is because of their great ability to score on the conversion attack: when they are trying to equalize, the players of Sokal are always able to show their ability to score on the counter-rotation. When they are trying to equalize, the players of Soso always show excellent field vision, and when the opponents want to fight for the winning goal,Manchester United and can get more space for counterattack.
In this contest on Sunday, Manchester United the goals were not just the usual high-speed counter-attacking scores, but also beautiful attacking suggestions and passing and cutting cooperation effects.
to Manchester United equalizing goal as an example, look at the picture below when Fernandez is about to take the ball Manchester United the position of the attackers. Watch out for Cavani on the edge of the box, standing between Tottenhams two center backs.
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Than Fernandez passes to Fred, who tries a wallop partnership with Rashford, and then looking at Unitedthe orientation of the advancing player, Cavani slips into Dyer's dead blind spot.
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By the time Fred sent in a straight shot, Cavani had now completely shrugged off the center back who had been right on top of him seconds earlier.
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Although Cavani's shot was parried, his forward run had the Spurs defenders thinking of holding up their hands to suggest he was offside, to the effect that none of them noticed Fred sprinting into the box ready to add to the score. The goal was the result of the quick thinking of a veteran rather than the quick feet of other attackers.
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Uniteds second goal had similarities, starting with Lindelof cutting in with the ball (and entertaining his teammates to press forward) before laying it off to Wann Bissaka on the right.
Keep an eye on the positioning of Cavani and Greenwood: the Uruguayan is again in a position to make things quite difficult for Dyer, while Greenwood tries to hit the gaping hole at the death of Roden.
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Roden follows Greenwood, but watch out for Greenwood sending in a cross (which is also a direct starting pass as he flies forward) while Cavani makes a run. Not only is the Uruguayan making yet another run to Dyer's dead center ......
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Cavani's veteran presence and runs around the penalty area have allowed United have a different approach to attacking and Mourinho's side didn't have the answer. The striker also contributed a back-point clearance in one of Tottenham Hotspur's corner kicks, which was also enough to show his importance to the team. In previous competitions,United would have Cavani at the front, but this time, in order to deal with the potential threat of Kane, Cavani was moved to the back.
Cavani's vast experience of competing can give this team, with the likes of Pogba, Fernandez and Greenwood, more control of the box at either end. It was only natural for the manager to send praise to the striker after the game, saying: “We haven't had this type of No.9 for a long time now. I had a short meeting with the lads this morning and said we should make good use of his running.”
Uniteds third goal came when Pogba forced an opening and gave Greenwood the opportunity to blast a shot into the near corner. Sunday's second half was arguably Uniteds best 45 minutes of football all season, and the manager revealed after the game that the atypical state of preparation had led to a cheeky adjustment.
“Today our preparations were different from the usual ones, completed by video and team meetings. We only left on Friday morning (preceded by a UEFA Cup match against Granada) and came back in the afternoon, and on Saturday we needed to let our bodies recover a bit more, so we did everything to prepare.”
“The good thing is that we didn't deviate from our preparation guidelines in the end, we know Tottenham and they are always difficult to deal with. You have to win space, dispatch back and forth between left and right, and sometimes you have to go around them and send a cross into the box. Than when the space is set up, you attack the center. The first goal was a beautiful partnership in the center, the second was a superb cross. After that Tottenhamhad to attack in a big way and we got more space.”
This season's Unitedare a unique team who generally believe that the playing conditions are more conducive to inventing space than the players' running, but Sunday's game was a perfect combination of playing time and players' talent. After this game, Manchester Uniteds lead over the Blue Foxes reaches seven points, and has basically locked up the Champions Leagues qualification for next season. The Norwegian has taken this team to a better position than all the previous ones in the post-Ferguson era, and for that he should be applauded.
Uniteds spring seems to have finally arrived.
