MY TAKE ON THE GAME BETWEEN MAN UTD VS VALENCIA

man utd started the game with 4-3-3 formation while valencia started the game with 4-4-2 formation . now the team plays in a coach's image as to what he thinks about the game and how he wants them to play with the player at hands . man utd at both ends had been hopeless . firstly mouriniho like to play with big man but can he think past that . can he play his team without lukaku . i know him playing rashford uptop has not yeilded desired results but then he is one to be blamed as he needs to coach his team as to what they need to do when they have the ball and the respective movement and positional aspect of the game . most importantly i whole agree that man utd are lacking a team leader a player who will push others . the team is lacking in character and direction . you just cannot put the team and you need to think about the whole aspect of the team . man utd were hopeless were at both ends of the pitch with not feeling comfortable on the ball . 
the game started with man utd in the ascendency and valencia sitting back and trying to hit man utd on the counter . the reason why man utd dont have a direction .mouriniho's team are mostly trained to play on the counter attack . so whenever any teams sits back and asks mouriniho's team to open them up then his teams have struggled . when teams are primarly drilled to play counter offense then they have a tendency to take the ball from back to front very fast and try to explore the spaces that are left behind . mouriniho's team are never eye watching most importantly his teams are not designed to open up oppositions formation . his teams particularly struggle when team sit back and play defensive game . valencia's coach must had studied this and must had known this from his time in spanish football . so he devised tactics according to that . even though valencia had two up front they would get behind the ball and make it six in the middle of the park . while mouriniho like his team to have a very disciplined defense the same is not expected from his team on  offense .
man utd were the ascending team and valencia were trying to counter . now teams try to hold a line when they defend because if you cave in too much and let the opposition too much in your half in trying to absorb the attack it may backfire . most importantly on the counter offense teams play through their centre forwards and if you can press and stop their main man then i think you can stop the counter . valencia were going to play through rodrigo or batshuayi so you just have to read the game and  dont offer them any time and space on the ball . man utds centrebacks were doing excatly opposite of that they were giving both valencia forwards time and space on the ball . since valencia had two in the middle so utd's back four were getting compact which was letting space on the flanks for valencia to explore which they were doing particularly on the left flank through guedes . had valencia been little bit more patient when they could get the ball in utds final third then i think they would have had success . 
as i had said whenever teams are drilled to play counter they take the ball up very fast but this can thing can back fire when teams are taking the ball quickly . it has its own drawbacks because when you pass the ball to the forward line he may get isolated because there may be no continuation to the move after that pass . so he either may have to cross or in trying to overdo loose possession . the reason may be because when the ball is passed to the forward line he may not have the necessary numbers . secondly when utd passed the ball to the forward line the distace between the midfield and forward line was about 25-30 yards so by the time the forward recives the pass . the defender would be on the recivers toes making it difficult for him to work the ball . secondly the midfield support line is too back to play a slick crisp football since the time taken for 10 yard passes is double to that of 20-25 yard passes so that is out of equation because you cannot play crisp football with too much of space between lines . thirdly there needs to discipline over the ball . sanchez ,rashford just dont have that they just try to overdo with the ball . you need to be patient on the offense as well . you need to read the defense as well and then make your moves . mouriniho hasnt got the brains in terms of offense . most importantly can be think of the offense minus lukaku because how many times did he lost the possession plus his understanding of the game is not very good . most importantly as i had said that they dont have a leader on the field . one who would take others to sword and most importantly he would push others to play better and have some discipline in him . i think mouriniho is not the right man for man utd and should either bring carlos quieroz back .
i worry about man utd because new fans are made when a team plays good positive football not some boring football . his constant criticism of his players  and the hopeless display of his team is nothing but going to harm man utd as a brand and it would be better they release him for good .

MY TAKE ON THE GAME BETWEEN CHELSEA VS LIVERPOOL .

yesterday liverpool played chelsea . chelsea started the game with 4-3-3 formation . both the team have the same formation . this was one of the best crisp fast pace game that i had seen in years with both teams attacking at breath taking pace . while both the teams have the same formation th approach to the game is bit different and the way they work the ball or the zones that they try are different . while liverpool try to lay a bit more central chelsea try to work the channel's and then whip a cross inside the box . both like to press but the pressing is different as well as the way the offense  they have when the have the ball . 
this was a match perfect for both the teams just because both teams are in direct contrast of each other . while sarri like to keep the ball . liverpool like to hit on the counter attack . liverpool's main man is salah while chelsea's main man is hazard they try to play the ball to him and try to build the offense . but one thing is certain that the movement of their midfielders or even the team movement is quite similar . whenever one of the front three comes deep the midfielders bombs forward . both teams try to work the triangle but the end approach is different with both the teams .

space used by salah on liverpools's counteratack .

now about the game liverpool like to hit on the counter while chelsea like to hold on to the ball . compared to liverpool chelsea played a deeper line while they were good with the ball on the defense they were just hopeless . whenever they loose the ball they like to press and get the possession back . the trouble was that it was leaving a lot of space between the back four and midfielders who were getting upfield and liverpool were doing a fine job of transferring the ball from back to front especially to salah very quickly . now it not that sarri doesnt knows salah he know salah from his time with roma . salah was playing on the right so he was going to come inside . liverpool try to get more on the ball because they know he can open up the defense and is very decent in one on one situations . the first mistake was to let salah cut inside . sarri must had wanted chelsea play deep because of salah's pace and the way the front three of liverpool combine and it was very evident here . since there was not midfield cover which way upfield . salah could use that space in front of the back four and combine with firmino who is  very excellent . chelsea's back four just couldnt come out because had anybody left their defensive discipline then liverpool's would had exploited that space . still in the first half chelsea's back two made the mistakes especially luiz who made mistakes with his decision making .he tried to win a ball which was not there to be won . he went with a player even when the ball wasnt played or that he could see that the  ball wasnt going in that players direction . most importantly i dont know why do they let salah cut inside . both alonso and luiz showed salah on the inside on his stronger foot while he should had been shown outside on his weaker foot . there was a moment in the first half when milner played a 35-40 yard ground ball in salah's feet . while the chelsea's back four were just two to three yards behind salah  they could had easily steeped up and tried  to wrestle the possession or atleast make it difficult for him instead they just sit back and let him time and space on the ball . this is the type of decision making makes the difference in the game . i hope that sarri when he see's the tape tries to correct it .
i had read about how hazard needs the help of his forwards or the players around him to be best . i would say that the team needs to have hazard playing in unision with team . yes he is good player but the pace with which chelsea plays it  gets dropped when hazard is on the ball .his time spending on the ball trying to do something allows the opposition to regroup who can be  taken apart with slick insterplay as they did on the first goal .  he needs to be in unision with the team . he needs to have a better decision making as to where he can take on  the opposition. most importantly i think at time hazard puts himself in front of the team . there was moment in the match in second half where on kavacic made the run and hazard could had released him but instead he just passed it back . when you are playing on the counter attack as they did in the second half then you not only to hold the ball but also to release somebody who is making forward runs beyond you . i was disappointed with hazard .   i think willian is a better dribbler than hazard who sees less of the ball than hazard . most importantly just like previous sarri team here is also sarri's offense is revolving around the the midfielders ,wide players and fullbacks . he is still is not able to bring the centre forward in the offense . the centre forward is used more as a positional piece who keeps attention off two central back players . to be honest giroud is one of the most underrated forward and he has a very good passing ability . kovacic had a very good game and showed his quality over the ball .
liverpool depends too much on salah for offense and at time they just try to find him . it would be better if sane can share some load but he was poor in this match . salah was substituted not because he was bad but because he must had been exausted because he was seeing a lot of the ball from the first minute and was involved all of the moves . i think kloop needs to work with salah for his final ball because it lacks in precision and weight and that was the reason liverpool couldnt score against chelsea in the first half . this was the story of the first half .
in second half sarri must had seen that his team cannot keep pressing and must had asked his team to sit back and defend plus he had the lead . the italian mentality must had taken over .  this handed the initiative to liverpool and who rightfully equalised for the domination they had over the game in the second half .