so whilst this game against west ham did exhibit a lot of the flaws we've seen in united's game over recent weeks i do think that in possession this changes system to the NUMBER_TOKEN does suit united a lot better than the NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN system that ranyik was using previously and i'm going to break down exactly why later on in the video but from the start of the game we saw united continue to use that four free through system which in possession in the build up phase becomes a two three two three shape and then as the ball was moved further forward into the middle third we would then see united transition into a NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN shape with bruno fernandez and fred retaining deeper positions alongside mctominay which provided the defensive security for the two full-backs alex tellers and diego dalot to push further forward down the flanks and provide the advance width allowing greenwood and olanga to move in field now west ham were defending in a very basic NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN shape they weren't pressing incredibly highly but they were vertically compact in united's defensive third antonio and lanzini sat as the front two being more concerned with cutting the passing lanes into mctominay in behind them rather than looking to press the centre-backs aggressively now this did allow united to progress the ball into the middle third quite easily because of west ham's passivity however west ham structured and disciplined NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN shape made incredibly hard for united to break them down in the middle third with the positioning of west ham's forward and midfield line being very good and declan rice was particularly good in the center of midfield with his positioning and awareness of opposition players movement being excellent if you watch him play you can see him always looking over his shoulder looking to be positioned in the right place i caught off the passing lane and this stopped united being able to work the ball into the likes of villanga greenwood and bruno fernandez and even ronaldo at some point as well who would drop between the lines and we did see that when ronaldo would drop to open up a passing lane to receive a direct vertical pass from one of united's deeper players declan rice was excellent stepping out applying the pressure and putting in the tackle to win the ball back now despite united eventually getting the winner in the NUMBER_TOKENrd minute i think united struggled massively in possession in this game i'm gonna break that down further let me tell you about the phone cases at el URL_TOKEN where for under NUMBER_TOKEN pounds you can get a great quality phone case which is going to protect your phone from damage but also a case with a fantastic and unique design you can get the fergie time case which is obviously relevant for today's game with rashford scoring in the NUMBER_TOKENrd minute they've got the ronaldo sue celebration which is my personal favorite the pogba dab celebration but they've also got non-manchester united ones as well like the neymar rainbow flick the ibrahimovic bicycle kick and the zidane headbot as well as many others as well so definitely check those out a link will be left in the description below they also offer a NUMBER_TOKEN money back guarantee so if you're
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