Everton vs Manchester United Tactical Analysis | How Casemiro and Eriksen improved Ten Hag's tactics

Today we are gonna analyze how Casemiro and Eriksen improved Ten Hag’s tactics to beat Lampard’s Everton. First, we are gonna see Manchester United’s offensive structure. When the center-backs tried to play out from the back, from Zone A to Zone B, Casemiro and Eriksen were pressed. Therefore, they had to play backwards. Thanks to this press over Casemiro, Everton’ scored their goal. When Gray picked up the ball, he ran towards the goal. Eriksen dropped back near the center-backs, because he tried to occupy the space between Martinez and Shaw to avoid Gordon’s diagonal. However, this left space for

Iwobi who scored. As a consequence, Manchester United looked for other ways to start the build up. Therefore, Casemiro joined the center-backs and he started the build up. Nevertheless, when Casemiro was covered, the center-backs were in charge to take the ball near Everton’s half and they usually played with their full-backs as Diego Dalot, but when they received the ball Everton was defending compact. Again Casemiro is covered, so Lindelof played with Diego Dalot, but as soon as, he received the ball he played a smart ball to Bruno Fernandez, because Antony dragged to Everton’s full-back to create a

space. When Everton tried to press high and they were close to the full-backs, De Gea and the center-backs didn’t have clear passing options, yet

Casemiro created the passing lines between the lines and United was able to move the ball to Zone B. Moreover, Dalot played an important role in the build-up, since usually he played as an inverted full-back near Casemiro and he dragged to his mark to create passing lines for the wingers. Besides, when he had the ball he tried to detect the spaces and take advantage of them, even though, once he made a mistake

he kept insisting and many times he found Eriksen who was always free when the full-backs had the ball, because Eriksen had a great vision and passing, Casimiro occupied really well the free spaces, but also, when he had the ball, he had great vision to play with Rashford, but also, Casimiro was smart to ran into the box to have great chances. When Manchester United was in Everton’s half Eriksen joined the center-backs and Casemiro was in the central corridors. Shaw and Antony gave them width. Also, Dalot and Rashford occupied the half spaces. Meanwhile, Fernandez and Martial or

Cristiano Ronaldo were close to the opponent’s center-backs. Casemiro was in front of Everton’s midfielders, therefore, he had space to make smart passes. When they couldn’t find the spaces, Eriksen cane to help them and he always had the vision to find free spaces. In the same way it was important the movements of Fernandes or the center sriker, because one dropped back and the other one occupied the space that was created. When Manchester United’s strikers tried to press high, but they weren’t supported by the midfielders and the fullbacks, Everton found the spaces to create danger over United’s

defensive line. However, when Casemiro joined them, Everton couldn’t play out from the back and lost the ball easily. Manchester United’s best chances came by quick transitions. Martinez anticipated Everton’s player and he played a smart ball to Antony. Both goals of Manchester came by quick transitions. Diego Dalot gave away the ball to Gueye. Nevertheless, Casemiro jumped to press him and recover the ball, and pass to Anthony Martial. Martial played a through pass to Antony who was running to the space between the center-back and the full-back. When he’s in the box, he made a great shot to

a score. In the second goal, Casemiro gave away the ball to Iwobi, yet immediately he jumped over him and recovered the ball. He played a quick ball to Cristiano Ronaldo who ran to the box to a score. In the second half Everton had more possession but they lack creation, because they only created chances by crosses. Meanwhile Manchester’s defensive line was solid and as soon as they recovered the ball the quick transitions started, and they had clear chances. Leave in the comment sections your thoughts about this game and thanks for watching the video! This video is

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