Explaining Manchester United’s out-of-possession problems and why they are so damaging

“Excluding goalscoring, Manchester United’s open-play problems under Ruben Amorim mainly come when they don’t have the ball. What you do out of possession also affects your in-possession game, and vice versa. While it is too early to properly judge their 2025-26 efforts, it is possible to explore issues that were present last season and are creeping in again after five games of the current one. The Athletic reported that the team’s form was on the agenda yesterdaywhen co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe visited the club’s training ground and met with Amorim and some of the issues go right back to the start. …”
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