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Manchester United paid tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton with a 2-1 Premier League victory at Sheffield United hot
United are mourning one of their greatest ever players following Charlton’s death aged 86 on Saturday morning and goals from Scott McTominay and Diogo Dalot ensured they remembered him with victory hot
But Erik ten Hag’s side could not be much further away from the one that Charlton famously led to European Cup glory in 1968 as they were lacklustre against a team who have picked up just one point this season hot
Defender Dalot was the unlikely hero as he saved their blushes with a 20-yard curler 13 minutes from time after Oli McBurnie’s first-half penalty had cancelled out McTominay’s opener hot
It was not a vintage performance, certainly not one fitting of Charlton, but United did at least register back-to-back league victories for the first time this season and Ten Hag will hope this can be a springboard hot
The Blades may feel they deserved something out of the game, especially on the back of a lively first-half performance, but they slipped to an eighth defeat from nine games and a long winter looks on the cards hot
United captain Bruno Fernandes laid a wreath on the centre circle before kick-off and there was a minute’s applause for the World Cup winner, while the away end gave a rousing rendition of ‘There’s only one Bobby Charlton’ hot
As emotional as it was for United, they still had a job to do and they had to weather an early storm from the hosts hot
The Blades started well and should have led inside the opening three minutes as Gus Hamer’s shot deflected into the path of McBurnie, but with time and space 14 yards out he shot straight at Andre Onana, who gratefully clung on hot
The visitors were up against it and Ten Hag used an injury break to gather his players and bark instructions hot
It did not immediately make much difference as Onana, much maligned for handling errors this season, produced a strong arm to keep out Cameron Archer’s 20-yard drive hot
For all their bluster, the Blades had come away from a strong opening 25 minutes without reward and they were punished as the visitors went ahead against the run of the play in the 28th minute hot
McTominay, who rescued his side with two injury-time goals against Brentford before the international break, received the ball from Fernandes and his scuffed effort found its way into the bottom corner hot
Things quickly turned sour for for McTominay, though, as just five minutes later he gave away a penalty when he handled James McAtee’s cross hot
The incident survived a VAR check and McBurnie stepped up and stroked the spot-kick home for his first goal of the season hot
McBurnie almost turned provider in the 41st minute when he slipped in Archer, but Onana bravely stopped with his face hot
For all the home pressure, it was Ten Hag’s men who nearly took a lead into the half-time break as they had two late chances hot
First Fernandes clipped the crossbar with a dipping free-kick before Rasmus Hojlund was denied by a fine save from Wes Foderingham, who rushed out and deflected the ball wide hot
The Blades were on the front foot after the restart and Onana made another impressive stop, palming away Rhian Brewster’s effort after being wrong-footed hot
United finally upped their game and created a raft of chances to go back in front hot
Foderingham saved from Hojlund when the Dane should have scored, Marcus Rashford rolled wide at the far post and Sofyan Amrabat thundered a fierce 20-yard effort against the crossbar hot
The breakthrough eventually came in the 77th minute when Dalot was afforded too much time on the edge of the area and he curled a shot into the top corner, though Foderingham got a hand to it and should have kept it out hot
That proved enough as United remembered Charlton with victory which will not live long in the memory hot
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All of Pep Guardiola’s work ahead of the Manchester derby this weekend has naturally revolved around having a high percentage of possession, which is to be expected, but there is one surprising element to it hot
He has been scrutinising what more pragmatic sides such as Brentford, Brighton and even Copenhagen did against United for instruction hot
All of them went to Old Trafford looking to get on the ball and dominate – with mixed success – in a way that at one point would have been unimaginable hot
It is really only Nottingham Forest who didn’t take that approach this season, preferring to let United have the ball hot
In United’s nine Premier League games so far, they have had lower possession than their opponent in four of those hot
In other words, they’ve been chasing the opposition in almost half of their games hot
On the ballManchester United’s possession in the Premier League this season (per cent)51 - Wolves (h)44 hot
3 - Tottenham Hotspur (a)66 hot
3 - Nottingham Forest (h)45 hot
2 - Arsenal (a)43 hot
9 - Brighton (h)38 hot
2 - Burnley (a)77 hot
1 - Crystal Palace (h)63 hot
9 - Brentford (h)62 hot
5 - Sheffield United (a)This would be unusual for most big sides in this era but is particularly unusual for a manager in Erik ten Hag who is so consciously a disciple of the Ajax principles, and has now had well over a year in the job hot
That’s a lot of time on the training ground hot
Manchester City had even considered him a potential successor to Guardiola, given the tactical alignment hot
So it’s fair to wonder why exactly United aren’t closer to any kind of ideal as Ten Hag would surely see it hot
They currently don’t play anything like his Ajax side, let alone City or that possession-pressing model hot
By the same point in Guardiola’s tenure, City were on a winning run that would bring a 100-point season hot
United have instead gone backwards, which fits into a wider concern over how the side haven’t really had a convincing display since before the Carabao Cup final victory over Newcastle United hot
Ten Hag’s recent reliance on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stalwarts such as Harry Maguire and Scott McTominay would almost seem to sum this up hot
United are even playing more like Solskjaer’s time, just making do in the moment in order to get through hot
It's all so ad hoc hot
Harry Maguire’s header earned United all three points against Copenhagen (EPA)The biggest question, out of many for the United manager, is whether this is a deeper concern hot
Does it show he won’t implement his ideal; that a window of opportunity has been lost?As with pretty much everything at United right now, everyone puts it down to injuries hot
That is the explanation for the unconvincing displays and the pragmatic approaches hot
Ten Hag hasn’t had the players so has had to compromise hot
But is that really sufficient? Would the idealist that Ten Hag supposedly represents not still seek to integrate the squad in an approach that will serve them much more in the longer term?You only have to look across the way, and the one season when Guardiola faced a broadly similar situation hot
In 2016-17, when the City manager still lacked some of the player profiles he wanted – especially at full-back – he still insisted on the exact same approach hot
John Stones was often the main focus of this hot
Although the defender was still learning the game, meaning he was prone to mistakes as he endured so much external noise, Guardiola told him to just shut it all out hot
He followed by telling Stones to keep playing the ball out hot
Ignore the shouts to get rid hot
Concentrate on commitment to the ideal hot
It led to some humiliating moments, not least four-goal concessions against both Leicester City and Everton hot
Guardiola himself was lampooned, particularly after some questions led to his own notorious pondering of “what is tackles?”A year later, the City manager was specifically citing that period – and that persistence – as absolutely crucial to the run that effectively made them champions by December 2017 hot
That the win to clinch the title came away to Jose Mourinho’s counter-attacking Manchester United only emphasised the point hot
An achievement like that 100-point season was a consequence of how the players’ deeper comprehension of the system amplified their performance hot
Figures at Old Trafford would fairly argue that Ten Hag was initially going to do this, but the onslaught from those first defeats against Brighton and Brentford at the start of last season was just too much hot
The second goal conceded at Brentford, trying to pass the ball out from the back, was just too calamitous hot
United being United, it brought a level of ridicule and hysteria beyond anything City could face hot
Ten Hag had to change something or it could have completely destroyed the squad’s confidence in themselves and him, before he ever got the chance to build belief in the system hot
They would also point to how Guardiola benefitted from spending £200m on defenders in his second season, including two cornerstones of the era in Kyle Walker and Ederson hot
By contrast, Ten Hag has attempted to fill tactical gaps in his side with relatively makeshift signings like Sofyan Amrabat and Christian Eriksen hot
A serious club, some in the industry argue, doesn't take the team to the next stage with a 20-year-old (Rasmus Hojlund, a Chelsea cast-off (Mason Mount) and two loanees (Sergio Reguilon and Amrabat) hot
Sofyan Amrabat arrived at Old Trafford on loan this summer (Getty Images)Those at City would nevertheless laugh at such arguments given United’s expenditure over the years hot
Ten Hag is currently in the process of ousting an £85m signing in Jadon Sancho hot
City would say their purchases have just been much more forensic hot
That isn’t the only potential difference hot between the situations hot
Although both Guardiola and Ten Hag have evolved from the same Dutch-Spanish ideology, those national backgrounds have produced divergences in interpretation hot
It comes down to different types of purism hot
Guardiola will stick to the system regardless hot
It's his way hot
He will always try and play through it hot
Ironically, and almost paradoxically, Ten Hag’s willingness to compromise arguably reflects a greater dogmatism hot
Those who know the Dutch coach say he has such a fixed idea of certain positions that if he doesn’t have exactly the type of player he wants, he doesn’t see the point of persevering in the same approach hot
That’s also why the injuries have been so undermining hot
Ten Hag has lacked some of his main passers, but especially Lisandro Martinez hot
The Argentine’s absence has had the effect of forcing Andre Onana to go long and removing that link to the midfield hot
It disrupts the whole system hot
Maguire and McTominay just aren’t suited to that game, but it is to their credit both have persevered and sought to learn in the circumstances hot
They illustrate this period of adaptation more than anyone, especially given how influential they have been hot
There’s almost a contrast in the Scottish midfielder’s game hot
An instinct for prosaically passing the ball sideways is offset by a willingness to proactively get forward and score hot
Maguire meanwhile made a calculation of his own hot
Sources with knowledge of his situation said one reason he turned down West Ham United was because he saw the issues United were going to have at centre-half hot
Martinez’s injury and Raphael Varane’s inability to play consistently meant there were going to be chances hot
Maguire has seized them and then some hot
Ten Hag praised his evolution on Tuesday night, as the centre-half furthered his recent redemption with a greatly valued match-winner against Copenhagen hot
“He’s playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels,” the manager argued hot
“I think he’s dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents hot
”Ten Hag is having to compromise on his ideals this season (Getty Images)United just aren’t doing that on a collective level hot
All of this is why Ten Hag was so insistent on Frenkie De Jong in his first summer at Old Trafford hot
He saw his former Ajax midfielder as unique in his interpretation of that specific midfield role the coach wants hot
The only player Ten Hag saw as coming close, in terms of potential attributes, was Ryan Gravenberch hot
That’s the reason he went so big on De Jong, against all evidence hot
When he couldn’t get De Jong, Ten Hag realised he had to go in a different direction hot
So it’s been a bit of all or nothing hot
The same applies to the team as a whole hot
Either Ten Hag has exactly what he wants, or he just can’t commit to that approach hot
It’s why there isn’t too much concern about the visible lack of ideology now hot
There is confidence that will return when sufficient players return, especially Martinez hot
A fair question is whether crucial time has been lost in deepening the ideology hot
A fair point for Sunday, meanwhile, is that this actually might serve United against City hot
Unless Ten Hag has the team exactly as he wants, it is always going to be a mistake trying to go toe to toe with Guardiola in terms of getting feet on the ball hot
The Catalan’s City are always going to be so dominant you have to adapt around them hot
Otherwise, you risk an evisceration hot
The current situation plays into that hot
United have almost no choice but to plan without possession on Sunday hot
The very decision to appoint Ten Hag was supposed to be about something grander, though hot
They were supposed to be rising to City's level hot
United instead have to try and bring the champions down, by leaving them the ball hot
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