Benni McCarthy can be proud of the work he’s doing at Old Trafford. Image: @kickoffmagazine / Twitter.
Two missing puzzle pieces for Man United and Benni McCarthy
Man United are looking toothless in attack. How will first team coach Benni McCarthy address the issue, without two of his key puzzle pieces?
Benni McCarthy can be proud of the work he’s doing at Old Trafford. Image: @kickoffmagazine / Twitter.
Benni McCarthy is struggling to get a tune out of his team in the final third.
They say that football matches are won and lost in midfield, and Man United are finding it out the hard way. Football teams are complicated organisms, and when things aren’t working in the attacking third, it might be down to what’s missing behind them.
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Man United looking toothless in attack
The Red Devils haven’t scored a single goal in any of their last three Premier League matches. Bizarrely, that’s a statistic which stretches back to February 19th against Leicester. They’ve failed to score in each of their three subsequent top-flight matches against Liverpool, Southampton and Newcastle. Erik Ten Hag’s side have lost all of their away matches this season against sides currently in the top nine and they’ve also failed to score in three of those matches, including yesterday at St James’ Park against the Magpies.
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Casemiro and Christian Eriksen sorely missed
Casemiro’s all-round midfield brilliance is going to be missed by any team in Europe, and the Brazilian must still sit out two more matches of his four-game suspension. His excellence, both on and off the ball, provides such stability for United. From there, Christian Eriksen can weave his creative patterns and make chances for the team’s attackers.
United must somehow get through their EPL matches against Brentford and Everton without Casemiro and claim positive results, and then move from there. Meanwhile, Christian Eriksen is still several weeks away from a return.
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Benni McCarthy and his United colleagues have their work cut out at the moment.
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