After conceding two goals in four minutes, United did not hold on to a 2-0 lead and ended up drawing 2-2 away to Villa. Lonnick said bluntly after the game, "Manchester United played his best performance since taking over, and the team was 'stolen' for 2 points".
The game was not won, and Villa completed the season's most 9 shots in a single game, and it was inevitable that Lonnick would encounter public ridicule.
Judging from the actual content of the game, Ronnick's statement has a certain degree of reasonableness. For example, using live Elanga, and for example, breaking the opponent's oppression through effective cooperation at the beginning. But the root cause of Lonnick's untenable claim is that he did not make up for it in a targeted manner after the problem broke out. It can even be said that the operation of increasing the midfield strength of van der Beek to strengthen protection, he successfully tried in the FA Cup in midweek, but he did not "copy" his homework in the early hours of this morning.
In the end, let Fred premise the "tactical double-edged sword" and eventually regurgitate himself.
[Manchester United started well, why? 】
As stated in the last review, Villa is a team that is mobile and aggressive. In the FA Cup match against Manchester United at the Theatre of Dreams, their increased high-level pressing in the second half directly turned the game around. This time back at home, the all-out victory of Villa started out less than Manchester United, what is the reason?
First, Manchester United defused Villa's pressing through effective standing and relaxed delivery.
Figure 1: United did a good job in the face of Villa's opening pressure
Nemanja Matic and B Fee have the ability to pass with one foot, coupled with the effective ball strategy of Erlanga and Tres on the left, Manchester United can form a coordinated pass on the left side of the fan, and finally resolve Villa's high pressing.
Second, United's coordinated impact on the left side played well.
Erlanga played "clean and direct" in this game, and did a very good job of passing and running with one foot. Coupled with the retraction of B fee and Nemanja Matic's score, United can play an effective coordinated advance on the left side. Tres, who is explosive and does not hold the ball as well as Shaw, has played a good organizational effect in this game, and this is the reason.
Figure 2: Coordinated impact on the left side of Manchester United
United's free-kick from the opening goal was an impact combination from the left.
[Fred's premise gradually became a double-edged sword, and the Red Devil's hidden worries appeared]
Lonnick has been pushing his pressing philosophy, so The United double back will show a situation of alternating premises. This time against Villa, Matic dragged fred's premise is very strong. Even, the phased and B fee forms a transposition.
The purpose, of course, is to form an effective running coverage in the front court and slightly improve the individual defensive ability that B fees are not good.
Figure 3: Fred presupposes in stages, frequently forming swaps with B fees
Fred's premise is effective, for example, B Fei's second goal is his interception and assist. But the problem is also more obvious, the mobility of United's midfield, especially the ability to capture two points, has further declined.
Figure 4: Manchester United's midfield is getting bigger and bigger
Fred presupposes, and Vera begins to organize more and more using long-distance passes. In this case, The United backcourt could rely on Varane's struggle to form the first point of control with Nemanja Matic, but lost the coverage of the midfield, giving Villa a very large amount of room for organizational advancement. In the picture above, Cavani's struggle to chase back has shown the extreme irrationality of United's formation. Fred's premise is another goal of forcing coverage, so that Cavani can increase "endurance", which naturally becomes empty talk.
If the text can't be fully described, then we look at the overall lack of two points in The Manchester United midfield through two GIFs.
Figure 5+6: Vera can easily get two points after a long pass
[Gerald adjusts a change of move, Ronnick throws away his "homework"]
Watkins retraced against the strategy, and the effect in the first half was not good. Gerrard's second-half adjustment continued the FA Cup's increased push at the Theatre of Dreams, but with one noticeable change:
In the FA Cup, Gerrard chose to replace winger Elgaci when he was behind, tearing the width while playing the purpose of the middle side confrontation. This time at home, they seized on fred's premise to show the vacancy, replaced Coutinho and other midfielders, and increased tandem advancement. Moreover, J-Ramsey's better ability to hold the ball has already formed a blast in the ribs of the wing, and there is no need to replace the winger.
What about Lonnick? In the passive situation of the FA Cup, Van de Beek was replaced, and the diamond-shaped midfield brought an increase in confrontation and protection.
Such an effective operation, Lonnick did not copy, the first choice after conceding the ball is to replace Sancho with the physically draining Elaanga to strengthen the control of the ball. In this case, United's problems were further enlarged: insufficient coverage in midfield, poor rib defense, and two goals in a short period of time by the opponent.
Figure 7+8: Panoramic view of United's two conceded goals
This defensive posture, seen very clearly from the long-range lens, Lonnick's backhand response is not good.
【Conclusion】
Unable to hold on to the lead, Lonnick needed to reflect on the whole picture, and his problems with on-the-spot adjustments were first shown to Manchester United fans.
Manchester United's current problems are very big, the personnel structure is not reasonable, and the internal atmosphere has begun to deteriorate has been fully demonstrated. Moreover, the previous long period of British thinking, to "eat through" Ronnick's German philosophy, will definitely take more time.