Manchester United
through their last six games without a win, even three of which ended in
defeat.
The series of
negative results distanced Manchester United for the Premier League title. Now,
they have a distance of nine points with Leicester City
as the top standings.
Not surprisingly,
manager Louis van Gaal began overshadowed by the threat of dismissal. In the
eyes of the fans, the Dutchman is also implementing tactics that tend to be
monotonous and defensive.
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| A review: What is wrong with Manchester United? |
So, what is wrong
with Manchester United? A number of the following statistics might explain it.
The
numbers of the goals productivities are 22 goals
After the match
counters Norwich,
Saturday (19/12/2015),
Van Gaal refused to dub his team as the defensive team. Understandably, the
fans are always calling for the players to attack each their home match.
Productivity goals
of Manchester United are indeed alarming. They just finished eighth to insert
records until the 17th week of the Premier League.
Compare with the
top three teams. Leicester
City has scored 37 goals,
32 goals Manchester
City, and Arsenal 29
goals.
The
average of the Red Devil's control of the ball is 60.5 percent
Given control of
the ball, Manchester United has been almost always superior to the average of
60.5 percent. This record is an achievement of the highest when it compared to
other Premier League contestants.
However, United's
ball possession was bland when it’s juxtaposed with the amount of
opportunities.
The
numbers of the shots productivities are 131 shots
It's so natural,
if Manchester United was put in a class that is not relatively productive in
scoring. They just fired 131 shots in 17 Premier League matches.
For this aspect, Manchester United only
ranked 18th. They are lagging behind of the other three of the champion’s
candidates. Manchester
City has launched 193
shots, 188 shots Arsenal and Leicester City 177 shots.
The
amount of wasted opportunity by MU is 13 opportunities
Although of its minimal
opportunities, Manchester United is actually relatively effective if it
compares to any other teams. They were only having 13 opportunities that failed
to convert chances into goals. Special aspects of this, there are only six
teams are better than Manchester United.
Three other teams
of the championship contenders even very often waste the opportunity. Arsenal
squandered the golden opportunities as much 32, Manchester City 26, and
Leicester 22.
The
criticism of Paul Scholes
Given these four
aspects, Paul Scholes said that United has too many operands, but they rarely
spread the threat.
In the November
2015 Scholes criticized that the Red Devils done too much the wall pass before
they were entering the final third of the pitch. This is the reason why the
striker like Wayne Rooney had trouble to create the score. The strikers do not
get the better service.
To improve
productivity, Manchester United does not just require dominance through control
of the ball and effectiveness, but they also require the quantity of
opportunities.
