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Tactical analysis
The Carrick approach
Carrick’s in-possession ideology is detailed in the first two phases and deliberately loose in the final third; the worry is out of possession.
Tactical analysis
How Amorim adapted
Three pragmatic changes — direct progression from the goalkeeper, Amad restored at right wing-back, and a more compact out-of-possession shape.
Tactical analysis
United gone long
Long passes have doubled and own-third touches have collapsed: the numbers behind United's direct build-up, and its limits against compact blocks.
Tactical analysis
Amorim's build up: the fatal flaw
The inverted centre-back is only part of it: why Amorim's goal-kick structure fails in a league where 47% of games come against elite pressing sides.
Tactical analysis
Ten Hag's game model is making Rashford, Bruno and Onana worse
Three seasons of data on shots, final-third touches, box entries and launches show United's best players being moved away from what they do best.