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The one recent win was last week's come-from-behind win against Aston Villa, in which the
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made a rather unusual scheduling move, swinging Garnacho to right wing and starting Rashford on the left wing, while Amrabat has not been on the field recently due to what appears to be an injury.
Villa were on the attack from the off.
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On the counter-attack, you can see that it seems to be smoother since Ten Hagar moved Garnacho to the right wing, Garnacho's passes on the right wing with his right foot are very good, and Rashford's performance is full of prominence.
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In fact there were attacks all the time, but Villa broke first with a free kick on 22, which McGinn drove well and Watkins could have grabbed the spot but deliberately stepped out of the way to allow the ball to drop into the far corner of the net.
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After Maguire's injury the aerials in front of the box were unbelievably weak, Villa didn't even have anyone to grab a header on this one.
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There's no linebacker who can take the first shot.
Then followed a corner kick by Villa at the 25 mark.
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Another set piece defense issue, no one at the far post to follow Lenglet and let him work the ball back, Dendoncker in the center with a scorpion's foot back kick kicked the ball in and messed up the home side
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The fans are booing.
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Although the offense was good in the first half, the defense just couldn't take it against the Villa attack, and as a result, Ten Hagar spilled the beans at the start of the second half.
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Put Eriksen up top and drop the defense right to Mainoo, because two goals down and if you don't counterattack right away with a
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When Eriksen stepped up, Villa started to drop the ball in the middle of the field, Garnacho and Rashford both dropped back and increased their range of play, instantly pressing Villa near the midfield line, and as a result Villa started to drop the ball all the time.
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The side of the road is considered fast, so once launched a fast attack, Villa's defenders have not been able to catch up, this is the
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The reason for the win.
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Then as soon as they started to press, Villa's midfield and backfield passing routes weren't maintained and they kept dropping the ball to allow the
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Constantly launching fast attacks, at the 58th minute
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The goal came when Villa center back Carlos didn't look good on a forward pass and as a result Luiz was robbed by B Faye, the middle of the field was wide open and B Faye could have easily given it to Rashford and then crossed for Garnacho to score easily
In the 71st minute, there was an accident in the midfield, Garnacho took the ball and started to attack, then passed to the right into the center, Villa center back Lenglet made a mistake and couldn't clear the ball, he also fell down, allowing Garnacho to follow up with a chance, in fact, Villa's back Luiz should have been close to him, and Luiz didn't keep up with Garnacho so that he could easily get the space to push a step and then shoot! He was able to score the equalizer.
Højlund's superb shot in the 81st minute showed that he is not bad at catching chances. McGinn made a mistake clearing the ball and let the ball bounce to Højlund, who reacted quickly enough to see that Villa's defense was actually outnumbered.
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The fast breaks, however good they are, are at best a 3-on-3 or 4-on-4, and hardly a numerical advantage, but Villa's defense and ball-clearing ability are clearly in the
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Under pressure, Villa defenders often make mistakes, and the guards are not good at protecting each other's gaps and filling in the gaps. Once the opposing team's passing speeds up, Villa's defenders can't even kick the ball farther away from the ball, but rather stay in the same spot, which could be a major worry for Villa's defense.
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What started out as one of the most amazing turnaround performances of the entire Christmas Express was followed by a weekend away to Nottingham Forest, a game in which Ten Hagar switched Garnacho back to the left wing and started Antony, which turned out to be a terrible combination, with Garnacho back to being less able to get a good ball out of the box with his left foot when he started on the left wing, and having to attack hard on his own.
And Antony, after a couple of really sharp performances, was ordinary again. In the last couple of games, whenever Antony had the ball, he actually had a few passes that tore up the defense, but
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Hasn't been passing to him but desperately giving the ball to Garnacho, actually a bit of a shame for Antony's obviously changed form, this game Antony has become ordinary again
Nottingham Forest played very carefully in this game, although the forward passes were always wrong, but Forest's defenders and midfielders basically stood at the back of the field, and must maintain their position against the
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The numerical superiority on the top is not easily pressed into attack, so that the
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The fast attacking tactic of the previous game, which was based on the midfield pressure, could not be used, and the whole first half was a stalemate.
