'Goodness me': Alan Shearer shocked by what Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho did vs Chelsea
Amorim has a job on his hands ????
Manchester United certainly demonstrated why they are in desperate need of Ruben Amorim’s fresh ideas and charisma during their 1-1 draw with Chelsea.
Ruud van Nistelrooy doesn’t deserve to face any criticism during his brief spell in charge of Man United, but the hosts’ game plan looked as disjointed as ever at Old Trafford.
United are crying out for significant change, and Amorim’s 3-4-3 should be greeted with real optimism, even if it doesn’t perfectly marry to full-backs available at the club right now.
That being said, Harry Maguire is determined to prove himself to Amorim as part of his new back three – the England international doesn’t want to leave United next summer.
But when speaking on ‘The Rest is Football’ podcast, it was a problem with United’s forward line that Alan Shearer pointed out ahead of Amorim’s arrival.
Rubem Amorim already has a problem with Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho
Shearer was responding to a question about how much football players practise beating the offside trap.
The pundit’s mind immediately went to Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho at United, who were often guilty of getting it wrong against Chelsea.
Shearer compared the duo to Erling Haaland at Manchester City, who has only be called up once for being offside in the Premier League so far this season.
He said: “I was thinking that on Sunday, you know, I was watching Man United and I was looking at Garnacho and I was looking at Haaland and I was looking at Rashford and I was thinking, the number of times you’re offside, it’s like, are you working on this?
“Are you aware of it or what? Goodness me.”
Name Offside count Marcus Rashford 5 Rasmus Hojlund 4 Alejandro Garnacho 3 Casemiro 2 Amad Diallo 2
Amorim might try Garnacho as a wing-back in new formation
It’s something Amorim will need to promptly address, and judging by Sporting CP’s performance against Man City on Tuesday evening, United’s players are about to be held to higher standards.
And on the subject of Garnacho, it’s currently difficult to imagine how United’s existing full-backs will fit into the wing-back roles that Amorim has always used in Portugal.
Noussair Mazraoui looks like a shoe-in to play on the right, but with Luke Shaw so often absent owing to injury of late, perhaps Garnacho might play slightly deeper at first.
Long-term, Amorim will surely want to use the youngster as one of the two playing behind his striker.
However, there’s certainly merit to trying Garnacho in a new role, something that would help with his issue of being offside, at least.
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