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Manchester United 6:2 Leeds United

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Sun, 20 December 2020 @ 4:30pm GMT
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    sunama said:
    It is.
    Both teams want to score and demonstrates why so many people want Bielsa at MUFC.
    With top class players, his (attacking) style of play would be very entertaining and some of the scorelines we'd see with him as manager would be insane.
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    The man is old and last time he won anything in a top division was in the early 90's. Fun manager, sure. Not a winning one
     
    If Bruno goes off at HT I could seriously see us drawing this game. Get James off for Cavani at HT and let's score more goals. Hopefully then take him off around 65 mins.
     
    Brilliant half, that. With all the space we’ve got I’d be tempted to give Pogba a go in the second half.
     
    Geez, when I seen James in the team with two holding midfielders I thought Ole wanted Xmas back in Norway. I take it back. What a game well done McT.
     
    Think we should be scoring another 4 second half tbh. Leeds are a disgrace.

    Also, I understand why we started James, it made perfect sense against this team, but he’s so far out of his depth in all honesty.
     
    Whirlwind of a first half, some of our counter attacking football has been scintillating. Normally we would be sitting confident of a win at this point but Leeds look dangerous and we are sloppy at times, so though I’d be surprised if Leeds got another 3 without return, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility. So I’m looking for a professional 2nd half display from here.
     
    Great going forward abysmal at the back. Our defence is so bad at the moment it’s unreal. Basic errors, poor at set pieces. Poor communication. Thank feck our attackers are on the ball.
     
    Also to those moaning that we aren’t in control of the game or whatever, that isn’t our game, we seek out quick counter attacking opportunities.
     
    That possession stat, though :lol: :lol:


    I used to moan United games were not entertaining enough. This one is so, I'm just going to cherish every second of it.
     
    Leeds are a mental team. Hate to say it because they are our rivals but I think the Premier League is better for having them in it.

    Clinical half by us but gutted we conceded that goal give them that little bit of hope.
     
    Overall this is a perfect half except for their goal.

    We got our tactics absolutely spot on. Pressed them really high from the first second and forced mistakes out of them. I bet they were really surprised by their approach. Didn't expect us to have such a fast, high pressing start.

    Our attackers are all having a great game and look like they can score 3 more goals at least easily. Our defense though looks shaky as usual in some balls.

    I expected a cracker and I got it. This the most fun I have had with us this season so far. First 20 minutes were our best this season no doubt about that.
     
    Been superb for a lot of that.

    So much so we're getting bloody greedy wanting more goals when even the most negative bastard would have taken a 4-1 without a second's doubt.

    One more Bruno goal and I'd be in dreamland.

    No messing with resting players in this one. We need to keep the intensity high as Leeds can score multiple goals as well as ship loads.
     
    Christ. We score 4 goals and look fantastic and all the commentators can talk about is how exciting Leeds are.
     
    TommiHelm said:
    Very entertaining. For some reason I'm not confident we'll win still. Crazy.
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    We'll win....don't worry.
    There are more goals in this match for both teams.

    Watching Leeds play - I think I'm going to watch their games from now on. Attack Attack Attack!!!
     
    From a neutral POV this a fecking great game - could end up 10-10!
     
    So cool from McT. Lovely attacking play. Bizarrely we’ve been quite sloppy too!

    Put Greenwood on now though. James pretty anonymous in a game we’ve scored four in one half tells it’s own story.
     
    Despite it being 4-1 I'm still pretty nervous. Leeds had a number of good chances which they didn't take. We aren't defending well.
     
    Daniel James is poor and runs like a headless chicken. He is not good enough for Man. United. Pogba must come on for him and United may run riot with a high scoring win.
     
    Fernandes' quick flicks in midfield have really helped.
     
    I almost want leeds to score 4 in the second half, just to see the meltdown on here.. would be glorious.
    But seriously, why am I scared when we're 3 goals up?
     
    RedIan said:
    Far to open now. We are 4-1 up and need to tighten up play. Despite out lead Leeds are bossing most of the play. Just as well we score 3 early goals.
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    I'd be inclined to bring pogba on for james to have a bit more control over the game. James has been ok but we need to control it a bit bette.
     
    We’re playing a very attacking free flowing formation in the game, leaving our defence exposed against a team doing the same. Both defences are completely exposed and stretched.

    It’s bloody great football to watch. As long as we score one more than them I’ll be happy.
     
    TsuWave said:
    Conceding that goal really annoyed me
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    Why do we keep defending corners with nobody stood on the post? So many teams do it? If we had a player there against Sheffield United McGoldrick’s header wouldn’t even have made the highlights it would have been clearer with such ease. Same thing today.
     
    We’ve been excellent going forward but we’re so sloppy at the back. Says it all when you go 4 up and still don’t feel comfortable we’re gonna win the game. :lol:
     
    Ole deserves a lot of credit for that first half. That wasn’t individuals just playing well - he outthought Bielsa there. Brilliant stuff.
     
    Tells you everything about our defense that we can’t relax even at 4-1. AWB/Shaw are simply embarrassing sometimes with their jogging about.
     
    Leading 4-1 with Ole decision to play with 10 men and James out for a run. James should be sold in the next transfer window. No quality at all.
     
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172,28,26
  • Man Utd win
  • Leeds United win
  • Draw

Detailed Results

  • 20% Man Utd 3:1 Leeds United
  • 17% Man Utd 2:1 Leeds United
  • 14% Man Utd 3:2 Leeds United
  • 7% Man Utd 4:2 Leeds United
  • 7% Man Utd 2:2 Leeds United
  • 5% Man Utd 4:1 Leeds United
  • 4% Man Utd 2:0 Leeds United
  • 3% Man Utd 3:0 Leeds United
  • 3% Man Utd 1:1 Leeds United
  • 2% Man Utd 0:1 Leeds United
  • 2% Man Utd 2:4 Leeds United
  • 2% Man Utd 0:2 Leeds United
  • 2% Man Utd 3:3 Leeds United
  • 2% Man Utd 5:2 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 1:3 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 0:5 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 2:3 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 1:2 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 4:0 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 1:4 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 4:3 Leeds United
  • 1% Man Utd 1:0 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 5:3 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 5:4 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 0:3 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 5:0 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 5:1 Leeds United
  • 0% Man Utd 3:4 Leeds United
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Match Stats

  1. Man Utd
  2. Leeds United
Possession
41% 59%
Shots
17 12
Shots on Target
7 2
Corners
8 9
Fouls
5 5

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