Here are your Manchester United morning headlines for Thursday, March 17.
Manchester United have found the perfect alternative to Fred and Scott McTominay duo
25.02.2022 - 10:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It's startling how much one player's absence can make such a difference.
Manchester United managed to escape from Madrid on Wednesday with their Champions League last 16 tie still level but they were extremely fortunate.
While plenty of players vastly underperformed on the night, and the risk to play Victor Lindelof at right-back backfired, it was the gaping chasm in midfield that made United so vulnerable to Atletico Madrid.
Scott McTominay had been taken ill before the game and, as a result, United were without their midfield general.
Instead, United lined up with Fred in a holding role with Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes on either side of him. They both had poor games and Fred — who plays better in a more advanced position in any case — was over-stretched as he had to deal with Atletico's dominating midfield troika, as well as attackers Joao Felix and Angel Correa who continued to drop deep into his zone.
McTominay is by no means a perfect defensive midfielder, but he has taken to the role admirably under Ralf Rangnick and it was clear how important he has become with how easily Atletico controlled most of the game and launched attack after attack.
He's the glue that keeps them just about together and without him they came unstuck.
This is an Atleti side that, though reigning La Liga champions, have been a shadow of their former selves this season, almost certainly surrendering their title and had lost to the bottom of the table Osasuna in the very same ground just the week before. Without even having a shot on target.
Even at their glorious peak, Diego Simeone's side were not renowned for their attacking might, but for 80 minutes against United they looked restored to something resembling their past glory and ripped
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