by JC_81 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 11:22 pm
I don't think you can put the finger on just one thing that went wrong Mick.
Maybe an away game at Old Trafford is a harsh way for the system to be judged - after all it seems to have worked every other occasion we've tried it in recent weeks.
I think the obvious weakness is that in tough games, especially away against the big sides, Torres will get isolated and Gerrard won't be able to influence just as much as when he's one of a midfield 2. The reason being that as you've said, our wide men, Kuyt in particular, aren't up to providing the required attacking threat.
I think that the main reason we lost however, and it pains me to say it, is that United were better than us in just about every area of the pitch, even before the red card. This is not just down to the system we played, it was mainly because they have better players than us, but other factors such as the weak refereeing, Mascherano's stupidity, rub of the green and a few of our players being well below par. In contrast, most of the United players had a good day at the office. It was a day when almost everything went wrong for us and everything went right for them.
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