Liverpool versus Man Utd

I think tactically we (Man Utd) were set up badly. I think we were going all out for a quick kill, which worked well for the first goal. But, as soon as Liverpool scored and Carrick got injured. The entire 'system' fails over.

Evra - Ferdinard - Vidic - Brown

Anderson - Carrick - Scholes

Tevez - Berbatov - Rooney


I personally wouldn't have started Anderson. If the lineup were to stay the same, though. Then I would've changed the formation to a 4-1-3-2

Evra - Ferdinard - Vidic - Brown

Carrick

Anderson - Scholes - Rooney

Tevez - Berbatov


Anderson is a winger. He can't really play any other position and I sat watching for 80 odd minutes, when he was taken off, what he had actually done. Why was he picked instead of Nani or Giggs? It made no sense.

I personally would've preferred a more reserved side, but one which would completely cut Liverpool down. Liverpool pushed and pushed all game but didn't do shit by themselves. Two United mistakes, two Liverpool goals. It really was that simple.

The difference though, was that Liverpool in the second half, chased and challenged everything. That's why I would've preferred seeing Anderson watching the match on Sky sports, or at the very least, from the subs bench. He isn't built to fight for balls over 90mins. Park, Scholes and Hargreaves are built for scrappy matches like this.

I would've went with something like (see below). Perhaps switch Nani with either Giggs or Hargreaves if he still wanted to be really aggressive. But the side is much more balanced.

Evra - Ferdinard - Vidic - Brown

Giggs - Carrick - Scholes - Hargreaves

Tevez - Berbatov


As for Berbatov. It must have been completely frustrating to play from his perspective. You can count the number of balls he had on the floor on one hand. Knock long, foul, free kick. Knock long, foul, free kick. Rinse and repeat.

Boring game, Liverpool deserved it.
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Who cares, I got nebu horny :D.
agree! ur tha man! :D
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True, Hargreaves seems to be slightly underrated if it comes to ManU strategies.
let the coach do his work
Good game to watch, Liverpool deserved the win, congrats :)
man u is shit, boring

GO BARCA
formations do not count that much in football and its true

and carrick sucked anyways


btw i always thought anderson is a playmaker...
schade bvb alles ist vorbei
Parent
just because he is in fm, it doesn't mean he is in reality ;D
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the game was shit
ANDERSON IS NOT A WINGER, DID U WATCH ANYTHING LAST SEASON.
Anderson was playing on the left and Rooney was on the right, pretty much your formation but with those 2 swapped
the formation was

DR DC DC DL

MC MC MC
MR Tevez (free roll)
FC
GIVE A FUCK ABOUT UTD LIVERPOOL GONNA WIN TITLE !!!
It was anything but boring, only a united fan who cant see past his nose would call it boring. Was a cracking match, Liverpool should have won by more. After the opening 25 minutes United threw in the towel, hope they do the same against the blues next weekend!
alot more exciting than any chelsea match ever in the history of the world. (apart from when they got raped by spurs)
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run a long boy.
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well...first 10 mins were great, rest of the first match sucked like hell, second match after 10 mins the game began, and it was wonderfull..
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deco will own u , ezbash for him :D
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i think the coach knows more about football and his team than you do
I didnt read any further than "Anderson is a winger."
same m8, he hasnt got a clue. should stick to what ur good at evan, writing geeky articles
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I missed the match, what a pity =/
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