Away at Tottenham Hotspur, absolutely no one will doubt that the new Manchester United will play a defensive counter-attack, and there is even speculation that the new Manchester United with three goal difference in hand will defend to the end.

But in fact, Jose Mourinho's team put on a wonderful drama very vividly, telling everyone that defense does not have to be to park the bus in front of the goal, and the defense can also be very open.

Jose Mourinho's main line-up for this game has not changed much, Drogba is still a lone striker, the two wingers are Olic and Hleb, and Malouda is not in the squad, which is the most surprising.

The three midfielders are Juninho Jr., Essien and Aarau Diarra, Senna is suspended due to yellow cards, so he missed this game, but no one would think that Senna's absence will make the new Manchester United less defensive, after all, Aarau Diarra is also very good, especially in defence.

The four defenders from left to right are Abidal, John Terry, Curtis and Toure, who are also the main players in the new Manchester United backline this season, with goalkeeper Petr Cech.

As if to reflect his determination to defend to the end, Mourinho brought three defenders to the bench, namely Bosingwa, Patrice Evra and Hangrande, then substitute goalkeeper Almunia, and finally De Rossi, who did not even bring a backup striker.

Seeing this list, everyone knows that Mourinho wants to defend, but the problem is that no one thought that the new Manchester United's defense would be so high.

In this game, the new Manchester United controlled the area of play in the midfield, with Juninho Jr., Essien and Arau Diarra composed of a back three, plus frequent retreats, more like the wing-back Olic and Hleb, the five of them set up camp in the midfield.

Drogba was at the front, his range of movement was large, almost tightly entangled with Tottenham Hotspur's two central defenders, preventing them from easily falling to their feet, while the new Manchester United's midfielder frequently blocked Tottenham's offensive line through relentless running, using the numerical advantage to compress Tottenham's attacking space within a certain area.

The setback of the local offensive obviously affects the overall situation.

After failing to break down the new Manchester United defensive system in the first half, long balls became a last resort for Tottenham, but the speed of several of their attacking players, coupled with the lack of height and headers, made it easier for the new United to defend.

Hoddle originally thought that this would be a one-sided situation, but the reality is that the new Manchester United is indeed not very aggressive, but it does not mean that Tottenham has the initiative on the field, especially the rhythm of the game, and Tottenham is even more pulled by the nose of the new Manchester United.

This made Hoddle feel very depressed, he knew his team's weakness, that is, the lack of attacking power, especially the team's lack of speed and depth when attacking, but the new Manchester United, just Drogba at the front, enough to put Tottenham's back line under great pressure.

In this game, Mourinho's tactics completely restrained Hoddle, although the latter also made substitutions, but there was no improvement, and he could only watch the time pass minute by minute, and finally turned into a dull 0:0!

Tottenham's failure to win at home and Hoddle's failure to deliver on his home comeback led him to a huge rebuke from the London press, who felt that Hoddle's tactics and on-the-spot command in both games were so clumsy that he could lead a Premier League side like this.

Forget if the offensive ability is bad, after all, Tottenham's offensive ability in the past two seasons is not very good, but I didn't expect even the defense to be so bad, I believe that if it weren't for the new Manchester United based on defense in this game, and didn't invest much in the attack, it is entirely possible for Tottenham to lose another 3:0.

In response to these criticisms from the media, Mourinho could only choose to sympathize with Hoddle, and he was well aware that if his team really intended to play a counter-attack at White Hart Lane, then this game could be the new Manchester United.

However, after this game, the new Manchester United's defensive style of controlling space was a novelty for some experts, who found it very interesting, and Tottenham barely faced the new Manchester United goal head-on throughout the game, because their space was blocked as soon as it entered the new Manchester United game.

Running off the ball is commonplace in attack, but being able to use it off the ball in defence, combined with the space of control, is really good defensively.

The media always like to zoom in, especially in London and other places, and they even define the victory of the new Manchester United against Tottenham as a victory of conservative football, and consider the victory of the new United to be ugly.

At this time, Martin Taylor, a die-hard fan of the new Manchester United, attacked this claim in his column.

He believes that the performance of the new Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final with the teams in the third tier of England is not unexciting, and as for the conservative, do they think the new Manchester United should play against Tottenham? That's really a step backwards in football tactics, stupid to the core.

At the same time, Martin Taylor has asked those who slam the new United to take a look at the new Manchester United in League Two to see what it means to be strong and what it means to be in waves.

Among them, wave attack is the latest term invented by new Manchester United fans, which is to describe the new Manchester United attack, always wave after wave, as if the wave crashes against the embankment, surging, but at the same time very rhythmic, very compact.

This is also the result of the new Manchester United players with the run, each player is a link closely linked, linked to each other to run, whether it is forward or backward, very rhythmic, plus the new Manchester United is very good at catching loopholes, through pre-match research, through the observation of the game, they can always find the opponent's loopholes, and then grasp the loopholes wave after wave to suppress the opponent.

Martin Taylor's appeal in the column has also attracted a lot of media attention, and they even invited many professionals to comment on it, and these people are very respectful of the new Manchester United's tactics, but they are also like Martin Taylor, they believe that the new Manchester United tactics still have shortcomings, the key is how to control the connection between the center and the midfield after the center retreats.

At the same time, there are also a number of experts who have given advice to the new Manchester United League Cup final opponents Blackburn, believing that they should make a fuss about the large area between the new Manchester United strikers and the midfield, and they describe this position as the throat of the new Manchester United, choking him, and the new United will die.

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Mourinho was pained by the fact that his tactics were being commented on by the media and professionals alike, as he found that more and more teams in League Two were adopting a back three, or even a back three and three centre-backs, against the new Manchester United.

You can't criticize them for being conservative, because being conservative is also a tactic, and they have been very successful in keeping the new Manchester United attack, especially by cutting off the link between Drogba and the midfield, and the midfielder has been forced to find Drogba through long balls, or find two wings, but in this way, the success rate is greatly reduced.

The current midfield configuration of the new Manchester United three is usually Juninho Jr. with two defensive players, such as Senna, Essien, or Arau Diarra, these two players can not only protect Juninho Jr., but also create an urn in front of the back line to strengthen the protection of the backline.

That's why the new Manchester United defence is so solid.

However, the presence of two defenders also makes the attacking power of the new Manchester United's midfield back row appear insufficient, and there have been several times this season in which they have been forced to draw or lose, and after the game against Tottenham, the new Manchester United played a total of 5 league games, 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, which is a very bad result for a team aiming to win the title.

In particular, the Carabao Cup final will be against Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, who are currently full of injuries and a number of key players are unavailable, but they are also Premier League teams and they will not repeat the mistakes made by Tottenham.

"You really said it this time, boss, it's really not a good thing to be stared at by the media!" Mourinho said with a wry smile.

In recent days, the atmosphere within the team is very serious, which is also related to the fact that the recent situation of the new Manchester United is not very ideal, all the teams facing the new Manchester United, as if they knew the fate of the new Manchester United in advance, which made the new Manchester United game particularly difficult.

For this reason, Mourinho is also under pressure, especially Brentford, Brighton and Reading behind him.

If you're not careful, the whole season's hard work will be in vain.

"I think Martin Taylor was right, we really don't have a point of attack from the back of the middle, and that extra point can make our attack more varied and our attack more threatening, but we don't have a guy like that." Kassel analyzed.

Mourinho drew on a piece of paper the formation of the new Manchester United after adjusting the lineup, Drogba as a striker, next to two wingers, a forward midfielder, two central midfielders, one of whom organized and one retreated to defend, and the back line remained unchanged.

'Neither Juninho nor Senna is suitable for the midfielder, and the requirements for this player are individual qualities, to be able to open up depth in the middle, to be able to protect the ball, and to have the speed to be able to match the speed of our advances. Cassel said, pointing to the artwork.

Maybe I should bring Kaka back in the summer, Xiao Yu thought to himself.

You must know that Kaka's ability to break through with the ball in the middle is simply designed for the new Manchester United's lineup, and Kaka's speed is very fast, and he is also good with his teammates.

There is a Drogba in front of him, chasing Kaka in the back, Xiao Xiaoluo on the left, Messi on the right, wow, it's just a gathering of kings, what a spectacular scene it will be!

But at present, Kaka is not pinned on, that is after the summer, and now Xiao Yu must solve the trouble of facing the Blackburn Rovers.

And at this time, he immediately remembered a living example from his previous life!

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