LFC's attacking FB's convinced everyone there's no other way to play. They do that bcs their mid isn't creative. City has a creative mid so the FB's tuck in & recycle.
Utd hve inside fwd on wings
They cut in - FB's overlap
They stay wide - FB's tuck in
Need all round FBs (Shaw)
To add on:
United have great creativity in mid & superb attackers up front. There is a reason why we play fewer lobbed crosses than anyone else. Our game plan isn't to stretch play wide & cross from the byline. Ours is to compress space & progress vertically with quick one twos.
This is why Shaw was instrumental to us down the left. He has the intelligence to know when to overlap and when to tuck in. Even when he did overlap it was still almost always inside the box to offer a quick give and go for Rashy.
Similarly when Rashy drifted wide Shaw underlapped into the box to offer another linkup either with Martial Bruno or a late arriving Rashy.
His defensive capabilities esp of cutting off passing lanes or just delaying the player was vital in preventing counters.
Our fullbacks need to be more a jack of all trades and master of none than anything else.
Fullbacks like that who are supporting character's rather than lead players frees up Pogba, Bruno and our attackers to do their thing.
And that is exactly what their role should be.
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