The battle is on!
Erling Braut Haaland will play from the start in Saturday’s Manchester derby between United and City at Old Trafford.
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At the start of the match, however, several people have noticed that the Norwegian is playing in a slightly unfamiliar role for the light blues.
– Creates confusion
At the start of the match, the goalscorer has laid very deep in the field, which is a somewhat unfamiliar role for Haaland.
– Haaland is very deep in the field and that creates a lot of confusion at the back at United, writes Manchester Evening News journalist Samuel Luckhurst on Twitter after a few minutes of play in Manchester.
Sky Sports reporter Melissa Reddy noticed the same regarding the Norwegian’s role on the pitch.
– Guardiola recently pointed out that one of City’s problems is that they have lost some control in midfield by not playing with a false nine, since Haaland is often inside the box. He thought they had to adjust it somewhat, she writes.
– Right now, the City forward lets himself go very deep in the field and almost functions as an additional midfielder, she writes further.
Sky Sports expert Jamie Carragher has also noticed the same.
– Haaland gets very deep in the field when City builds up an attack, false nine? he asked on Twitter.
Sloppy by City
It is nevertheless Manchester United who had the initiative initially in the match and came closest to scoring.
City, for their part, have made a number of sloppy mistakes in the first few minutes and players such as Kyle Walker, Bernardo Silva and João Cancelo have all given the ball away unusually easily in a couple of situations.
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