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Utd were concentrating a lot of their attacks down the Liverpool right and he was getting virtually zero support from any of his teammates.
I think there's a lot in this, and I don't think Slot's tactics helped. He put Jota on so they were basically playing a 4-2-4 and Jota just wasn't doing the same defensive work as Jones. The midfield was just too stretched which meant with just Gravenberch and McAllister they couldn't shuffle over to cover the flanks, especially with the outside forwards doing little defensive work. I thought it was really strange, other teams have showed if you play a connected three in midfield you can over-run this United side. Fwiw United played the same midfield as they did against Bournemouth when they got destroyed. The difference was the defence looked to be more in tune with the tactical system.
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I think there are valid arguments to make about Alexander-Arnold’s defensive capabilities, but yesterday Utd were concentrating a lot of their attacks down the Liverpool right and he was getting virtually zero support from any of his teammates. Expecting him to single-handedly defend against two or more attackers is expecting a lot.