On March 7, Beijing time, after losing the Manchester City derby 1-4, Manchester United's prospects for fighting for the fourth place became more and more severe, and as in the first leg of this season, manchester United undoubtedly suffered a technical defeat again. And the team's poor backline has obviously once again become the key to determining the trend of the game, which has also become the biggest obstacle on the way to the fourth place.
Varane's absence from the new crown allowed United to once again come up with a centre-back combination of Maguire and Victor Lindelof in this crucial Manchester City derby, and they could not withstand the onslaught of City's no-front, and the two were either out of position or on the way out of position, either on the wrong side or staring at people, and of course, the back position could not provide the necessary protection in front of them.
The absence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Edinson Cavani has allowed United to also have a no-edge formation in this game, and more often than not, we see B Fee and Pogba rushing to the center position. In fact, the offensive performance from the actual combat effect is not bad, Sancho's goal once pulled the two sides back to the same running line, but the successive mistakes of the back line finally made this already powerful competition more difficult.
Of course, it can be said that from the technical level, Manchester City has won again, and this has directly led to the advantage of the tactical level. There is no doubt that the situation of Manchester United in the fourth place this season is not optimistic, and after losing this Manchester City derby, Manchester United is also behind, although there are still enough games to grab points, but the room for mistakes left for Lonnick and his team has become smaller and smaller. (Bowen Long)