Arsenal vs. Manchester United – Tactical Review (Part 6)
The decision to bring on Emmanuel Eboue clearly showed that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 only on the basis of his pace. However, Eboue came to the pitch
to replace Walcott just to add muscle on the pitch.
Eboue featured as a right mid-fielder for the Arsenal side but played more like a second right back. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nani-c27299 any sort of space. With Nani also caught by Arsenal, the only way Manchester
United could score was through long balls, as Wayne Rooney was also marked. Arsenal, without doubt played all their cards perfectly during the game.
Manchester United’s last substitution was quite tactical. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez was taken-off for the former Hotspur star, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dimitar-Berbatov-c11254.
With Arsenal defending deep into their half, there was no way that Hernandez would have avoided the off-side trap with his pace. The young Mexican striker is famous for getting rid of the off-side line and that could have only happened if Arsenal were to
play a high defence line. Arsenal's strategy to defend after their first goal and play deep outside their 18-yard box gave no way to Hernandez to outpace any defender.
Hernandez was replaced by Dimitar Berbatov, the top goal scorer of the Premier League. Berbatov has scored a lot of goals throughout this season and is still the top goal scorer of the English Premier League. However, with his injury and off-form days, he
could not really replace Javier Hernandez in Manchester United’s first team.
United were targeting Gael Clichy, Arsenal's left back, throughout the game. However, the Frenchman had an extraordinary game as he denied Manchester United on a number of occasions.
Antonio Valencia could not get past Gael Clichy, however, while Luis Nani played as a right winger, he troubled the Arsenal full back time and time again. Overall, Gael Clichy had a very good game against Manchester United, despite the fact that they were
targeting him.
One more reason for Gael Clichy to have a good game was Alex Song. The holding mid-fielder did his job quite well and marked http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Valencia-c6345 could receive a long ball on the flank
and could outpace Clichy in that position.
Arsenal played well throughout the game with their outstanding passing and possession of the ball. Arsenal's centre back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Laurent-Koscielny-c21742 was simply remarkable throughout the game and Alex Song did not make a single wrong move.
Two reasons why Arsenal won the game were http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aaron-Ramsey-c3065 played well in the mid-field.
Manchester United were poor and they could not really play the counter-attacking tactics well. Rooney and Hernandez were silent throughout the game and the three substitutions made by Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson did not do much for the Red Devils.
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