[ilovepantyhose]

another horror show...

plenty of negatives to kpkb about:
- ETH misjudged that man u could go toe to toe with city with the same XI that won 4 straight games, yesterday was proof that city is far superior than man u, they carved man u open at will, the game was already over at HT
- city's passing and interplay are superior, they were also very dangerous attacking down both flanks, but ETH only fielded one DMC to protect the defence and both full backs were left to on their own to defend against grealish and foden. on the other hand, when man u was attacking down a flank, we would see 2-3 city players closing down the space. where was our AMR/AML helping out in defence? which brings me to the next point...
- sancho was a total waste of starting berth, he was ineffective in attack and didn't see him help out in defence much iirc
- its obvious that rashford was ineffective when deployed as No.9, he didn't see much of the ball, and when he did, his touch or passing let him down
- the quality of passing was really poor, and often couldn't find a way out of own half
- why was eriksen tasked to mark haaland during set pieces? its a surefire way to gift city chances at goal, indeed haaland had a free sight at goal and scored
- really bad luck for varane to have twisted his ankle, could be out for a month, hope he recover asap

lessons learnt:
- must have 2 DMC whenever playing against city, mctom to help out on the right and casemiro on the left
- cannot start sancho whenever playing against city
- deploy rashford as AML not as No.9, he is dangerous when running with the ball at speed down the left. his work rate is also higher than sancho, and can help out in defence
- eriksen cannot be tasked to mark a player during set pieces, either be part of wall, close down short corners or guard the post
- the situation has deemed that CR7/martial to be deployed as No.9, go long and stop playing out from the back. ETH must recognise the fact that the current squad cannot pass their way out against a high press, be flexible and suppress the opinion that CR7 is unsuitable for his system, field CR7 because he is the best option as targetman