The centre-forward's positioning
I keep coming back to a striker pulled away from where he should be: the CF dropping into the 2-2 leaves the front line with no presence up front, and asking Sesko to be a deep passing outlet repeats what was done to Hojlund, while the runs behind get made by Dalot instead.
The posts
- Tactical analysis Carrick's basic positional attack has made United static A fundamentally different in-possession ideology has produced familiar output: plenty of entries into the box, few quality chances, and nowhere to run.
- Opinion United are repeating their Hojlund mistake with Sesko Bought for direct GK to CF progression and duels for long balls, Sesko is now used as a deep passing outlet in an unbalanced team.
- Match analysis Dalot goes forward again One sequence in the Manchester derby shows how United's best run behind a set City block came from a full-back, while the centre-forward drifted away from the box.