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Now I don’t for a second assume Eddie Howe pays consideration to fan media but when he did, he would’ve happy many together with his thought-provoking, efficient adjustments in Wednesday evening’s 2-0 win over Chelsea at St James’ Park.
I wrote that what we noticed on Sunday was predictable however Howe blended issues up right here, and to nice impact too. United had been crisp and dynamic within the first half and resolute and stable within the second.
The left-sided hyperlink up between Joelinton and Willock gave us one thing new, Sandro Tonali thrived in a extra central and barely deeper ‘No.6’ function, Sean Longstaff was excellent off the ball in snuffing out hazard, Alexander Isak regarded sharper and Lloyd Kelly was excellent, not solely including tempo to our again line however weighing in with two goal-saving blocks.
A particular point out should go to Emil Krafth who was stupendous on Wednesday evening, which even included a marauding run from RB to left-wing within the second half which noticed a Tino Livramento cross/shot blocked by Chelsea defenders. The Swede was a peaceful, reassuring presence within the backline and should’ve performed himself into rivalry to begin within the League shifting ahead.
Lewis Corridor was immense too, and the lads seems to be maturing into the participant we thought we had signed from Wednesday’s guests 15 months in the past.
Longstaff and Willock dominated the Chelsea midfield within the first half and the Geordie has now received 5 and drawn one of many final six video games he has began. Meals for thought certainly.
Some will level to Chelsea making eleven adjustments, however they nonetheless had a £80m winger, a £65m full-back, a £105m midfielder, two £45m+ defenders and a £52m striker on the pitch. They had been certainly not ‘weak’ and we did an actual job on them.
All of the above offers us a platform to construct on as we come to one of many greatest video games at SJP this season thus far on Saturday when Arsenal come to Tyneside.
In what is bound to be a troublesome encounter United seem to have given themselves a platform going into the sport. The gang should be on its sport on Saturday, particularly with the god-awful 12:30 kick off, however Arsenal will likely be determined for a end result in order that they don’t lose floor within the ‘title race’.
Everyone knows they are often tetchy, and we have to be of their faces on Saturday to get a optimistic end result. It’s all the time darkest earlier than the daybreak, and if Eddie and the boys can again up the Chelsea end result up with a end result on Saturday then it’s going to have been a wonderful 4 days on Tyneside and should sign inexperienced shoots of restoration for United.
Howay the Lads!
