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Manchester United legend Gary Neville berates Manchester United's midfield against Wolves, and suggests a new position for Mason Mount.
Although Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 in the opening league game of the season at Old Trafford, they were put through the wringer by the visitors, who were a poor refereeing call away from a chance at an equaliser from the penalty spot.
The club's legend, who is now a renowned pundit, Gary Neville, in speaking about the game, amplified the views of many that Manchester United looked porous in midfield, and he suggested a way to mitigate that.
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What Neville said
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The visitors looked dangerous every time they broke, as the hosts lacked a proper breakwater in the middle of the park.
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Although Manchester United started three midfielders in Casemiro, Mount, and Bruno Fernandes, the Englishman and the Portuguese pressed high, leaving a bigger territory to cover for the former Real Madrid pivot.
This informed Neville's tweet, where he suggested new signing Mason Mount be moved wide to enable Ten Hag to play a double pivot, pairing a ball-dominant midfielder with Casemiro.
"I think Mount may end up out wide,” Neville said, per MUEN.
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“Maybe even vs. Spurs Mount, Rashford, Anthony; Fernandes, Mc Tominay. Casemiro. A guess but something has to change. Can’t see Garnacho at Spurs."
The tweet is consistent with his post-match analysis, where he said the Manchester United midfield was nonexistent, and that a balance had to be found there.
“Manchester United's midfield was non-existent. They were empty.
"The front three didn't work hard enough in a defensive sense, and that will be a massive worry for them. Wolves were much the better side, they were fantastic, they got everything except a goal or maybe even two.
"We spoke in pre-season about how [Mason] Mount and [Bruno] Fernandes were playing so high-up in those No.10 positions that Casemiro was being left all on his own. That can't be allowed to happen because no team can leave a defensive midfielder on their own.
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