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Manchester United s general collapsed across the board! Tactical missteps made Mbomo exhausted, and the former giants completely became relegation team

5:48pm, 17 September 2025Football

The Manchester City derby was once the most explosive derby in the Premier League, but in the away game against Manchester United against Manchester City, Manchester United showed signs of opening high and closing low. At the beginning of the game, Manchester United's two wings did give Manchester City a strong strength, but the offense that only blossomed but did not bear fruit still allowed Manchester City to recover. In the end, after Manchester United used up three tricks, Mbomo was left with only one player, and the rest of the players were pure gangsters.

As the Premier League overlord in previous seasons, Manchester City encountered a problem that it is difficult to play when it comes to a team that has a bus, but Manchester United did not choose to play a bus with Manchester City, which made Guardiola very happy. The familiar 5221 position has indeed been upstairs and has enough oppression on the wing road, but Dogu and Mazlawi do not have the ability to play wingbacks. They have no footwork skills and no physical fitness, and they cannot come back when they go back, and cannot come up when they go back. What can such a wingback do? The final result is that Mbomo and Diallo become tired, and the two wingbacks use crossing opportunities as garbage and throw them away, so Manchester United's offensive efficiency is so poor.

Manchester United only had 12 shots on target in the whole game. Coupled with Donnarumma's outstanding performance in front of the goal, Manchester United's offense, which was not very threatening, could only end up being wasted. Manchester United made 23 crosses throughout the game, as if they were back to the era of crossing the United Nations, but they did not pose any threat to Manchester City's defense. Sheshko was alone in the penalty area and was not replaced until 80 minutes. It can only be said that this Manchester United is really like a relegation team. Whether in terms of playing style or player ability, Manchester United can no longer compare with other traditional five giants.

Of course, Amorin was also at fault. Manchester United's current lineup configuration is completely unfeasible. Putting two players playing wingers into the middle will make their speed advantage unable to be played. At the same time, B and Ugat's double midfielders are completely useless. B and Ugat did not have defensive ability, and Ugat is still a half-baked guy. Such double midfielders are almost equivalent to allowing the central defender to face the opponent's forward directly. In addition, Manchester United's central defender combination is also relatively abstract. Adding one more central defender means that the chance of making mistakes will be one percent higher, and the third central defender directly sentenced Manchester United to death.

Amorin's mistake is that he should not be stubborn and regards the middle of Xieschko as the core offensive point, because heading the cross depends entirely on luck. Although Xieschko has a height, in front of Manchester City's stable defense line, Xieschko's height advantage is almost negligible.

If Mbomo is treated as the core of the wing and the right is the main attacking direction, Manchester United may be able to create a greater threat to Manchester City on the court. Cunia is currently injured, and B is currently serving as the waist. Casemiro and Ugat's steadily and reckless combination is barely enough. If they return to the four-back formation, Manchester United may achieve good results in the next intensive schedule.

As the former traditional Premier League giant, Manchester United has a great influence in the world. Being able to attract Mbomo and Cunha has explained everything. The arrival of these two new players has greatly helped Manchester United's offense, but Amorin's 5221 completely restricted their performance, but instead played a counterproductive role. Manchester United was able to lose to Manchester City 0-3 in this game. It can only be said that Manchester United is too bad, not that Manchester City is too strong. It is hard to imagine what Manchester United can play against the top six teams in the league. Do they really want to replicate the seven-happy tragedy that year?

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