Erik ten Hag's team, despite conceding many shots, proves that their weird openness is difficult for opponents to handle.
Ten Hag’s side have conceded 308 shots in 14 games but goal stats show weird openness is hard for opponents to deal with
On Sunday Liverpool, astonishingly, fell victim to the trick for the second time in three weeks. The first time put them out of the Cup; this second,equaliser was the perfect encapsulation of that: Bruno Fernandes 45 yards out, clipping his finish over Caoimhín Kelleher with United’s first shot of the game, five minutes after half-time. Liverpool had 17 chances before that, and yet the score was 1-1.
Amid the cavernous vaults of United’s midfield, their fears and doubts echo unnervingly. And so they miss. They can’t handle it when it’s too easy for them. Forget positionism, relationism, counter-pressing and the rest: this is the future. Ten Hag has invented inverted pressing.who have found United’s weird openness hard to deal with. In the past 14 games, United have conceded 308 shots. That’s 22 per game, and yet United have lost only three of those matches.
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