Herrera is always excellent in these types of games. It's a bit of a mystery how few times we've seen him in a 3 man midfield. It's a pleasure to watch a player with his intelligence and who works as hard for the team as he does.
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Even he looked an angel compared to some of those Spurs players.
Probably not the most popular opinion, but I think our midfield three should be Pogba - Herrera - New CM; rather than Pogba - Matic - new CM.
Awesome. Really. Our midfield were superb and that was a huge step up from what we have shown against Spurs previously. Chuffed.
A 24 year old carrick please
And Ander is a big game player
Exactly, but he's our cnut
He is such a valuable player, how anyone can think of selling him is beyond me. MoTM for me.
Fair argument.
Love this guy and so glad he’s back in the team. He quality on his day and he always gives everything. What a performance! 10/10
Anyone know a site for distance covered? Felt like he was everywhere. Proper little bulldog.
I agree but there is no chance of Mourinho dropping Matic.
Not his biggest fan but we shouldn't be looking to spunk 60mil on another mid while he collects dust on the bench. He's overqualified for the role we need
Love him.
Been defending him all season from a lot of fickle fans on redcafe who were saying they wanted him out/we should sell him, etc.
Ander always seems to start off a season very average but then he finishes a season playing like vidal at his very best.
Ander always seems to start off a season very average but then he finishes a season playing like vidal at his very best.
Matic's ability to protect the ball makes him better as a DM that Herrera. Herrera is a lot more mobile so he should be more box to box. He's fine as the 4th midfielder if we buy someone new.
9/10 performance. Absolutely ran them ragged.
He wears a heart on his sleeve.
Love the guy.
Love the guy.
Matic is superb. It's more a case that we need to put him into the Carrick slot of 'older player can't do it for 90 minutes every week' and buy someone younger to rotate him with.
Herrera will forever and always be my favourite. Always outlasts his critics.
MOTM performance for me today. Well done Ander!
Well done Herrera. Scored a great goal and made so many key tackles and interception. My motm tonight.
It's just his lack of consistency that's the problem, otherwise he's fine. He just needs to find that.
I personally prefer him deeper. He put up crazy interception/tackle stats in the season before this when it was him and Pogba in the midfield two.
Thought he was excellent today well played kid.
Soooo goooood
I think Herrera's as good as Matic so I wouldn't disagree. They're both great when at their best, though. Hopefully we've figured out how to get them playing well together now.
Couldn't split him and Sanchez today, both class
Im quite sure there were two Herreras on the pitch
For goodness sake get his contract renewed.
Deserves the plaudits today. He was everywhere on the pitch today, made crucial tackles and interceptions, busted his lungs getting box to box for the goal. This is the Herrera we expect on a consistent basis.
The thing with Herrera is that he can be quality in Matic position or box to box, regularly puts big game performances and he doesn't mind rotation on top of everything. Just give him a new contract regardless of any new players coming in.
Yes, Ander's real role is box to box and we may not be able to find a player better than him at enabling Pogba and Matic to get on with what their best at, being on the ball. Ander does a lot of work to help Matic defensively. Its not easy to find a player of that criteria + being a pass master, or whatever people want us to get from a new CM
He is a nightmare to play against. Constant nagging fouls , popping at right time for the goals ect.. Him and Alexis are the real terriers of our team and helps to get back the ball so well.
Herrera my MOTM. Such a big game player.
He calmly heads a dangerous ball back to De Gea's hands under pressure then instantly gets up the field and scores a goal. Brilliant.
He calmly heads a dangerous ball back to De Gea's hands under pressure then instantly gets up the field and scores a goal. Brilliant.
Not really controversial. We don't want to run Matic into the ground and he is the only true holding mid we have, so another option would be great.
Also there might be games that we need a better dictator than Herrera (rather than a Kante like terrier) so we should also keep our eyes open for one.
Has brought vital elements to our team in the last few games. Commitment, fight, drive and balance to that midfield.
He was a little over-eager in the first 20 minutes, selling himself short repeatedly. But once he found his groove, it was a classic Herrera performance.
Has anyone seen @Lawman?
He is a proper united player. Totally deserves all the plaudits after many kept thinking that selling him is the best option.
He needs to stay at United. A big game player and he never hides.
He needs to stay at United. A big game player and he never hides.
Voted him as MOTM. He was superb defensively and contributed enough in the attacking. Winning goal in the semi finals.
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