We saw Man Uniteds attacking limitations against Fulham on Saturday when we put 81 crosses into the box, 71 from open play. That was the most in a single game in the Premier League since records began in 2006, and far more than the top-flight average this season of 23 crosses from open play. We must get the best out of Rooney, Persie and Mata, but we will not do that by putting cross after cross into the box. Contrast that approach to how Liverpool came at Arsenal on Saturday. They also used the flanks, almost as much as United, but made only six crosses in open play. Unlike United, Liverpool were not putting aimless balls into the box; they were picking out their men. With Suarez, Sturridge, Sterling and Coutinho in their team, they come at you from all angles and stopping them will be a very different challenge for Fulham to the one they faced at Old Trafford. If the Cottagers have to adopt a similar approach to Sunday, however, and stay tight and defend in numbers they will get ripped apart.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 08:21:31 +0000
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