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14th January 2019
01:21pm GMT

"Looking at what Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done - he's left out Lukaku, he's left out Mata most of the time - it's not a reflection on those players but they do slow down attacks. " "They can't move from one box to another quickly. All these players can run, along with the quality they have. Fellaini as well.
"They are two players who can potentially add things from the bench but they can’t play at this pace. "They can't make the movements of Martial, Lingard, Rashford, Pogba, they are not capable of doing it, they haven't got the physical attributes to do it. "It (pace) is the basis of every team, you look at Manchester City with Sterling and Sane or Liverpool with Salah and Firmino, every team has to have those players and with the likes of Mata, Lukaku and Fellaini in the team, it was too slow. "https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1084706935990087680 The move that led to United's goal on Sunday took just eight seconds from Jesse Lingard's interception, Paul Pogba's pass and Marcus Rashford's finish. In the first half of the win over Spurs, United's front two of Rashford and Anthony Martial caused the home team several problems, as Solskajer's side sat off Spurs and waited for their chance to catch them on the break. Under Solskjaer's predecessor, such a goal wouldn't have occurred, as Lukaku tended to be isolated up front on his own and the wingers were deep in their own half providing defensive cover.
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