{"id":102788,"date":"2022-10-20T14:32:16","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-manchester-united-dominated-tottenham-by-stifling-their-three-man-midfield\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T14:32:16","slug":"how-manchester-united-dominated-tottenham-by-stifling-their-three-man-midfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-manchester-united-dominated-tottenham-by-stifling-their-three-man-midfield\/","title":{"rendered":"How Manchester United dominated Tottenham by stifling their three-man midfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>On August 21, 2008, Metallica released The Day That Never Comes, the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic.<\/p>\n<p>The music video for that song depicts soldiers in a hostile situation, but the song itself is about forgiveness and redemption, as drummer Lars Ulrich later explained.  \u201cWaiting for the one,\u201d the chorus starts, \u201cthe day that never comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watching Manchester United throughout the last decade, it has always felt like they are waiting for the day that never comes \u2014 the one where they once more win football games with complete, dominant performances, even against the top sides in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it was the best team performance so far this season,\u201d new manager Erik ten Hag said after his side beat Tottenham Hotspur convincingly at Old Trafford on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, you get organisation, in and out of possession,\u201d he told the game&#8217;s UK broadcaster Amazon Prime Video.  \u201cThen, when you have that right, you need the right intensity.  You have to dictate the intensity, and I think that is what we did today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What impressed Ten Hag the most?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was so many things that were so really good,\u201d he continued.  \u201cOur pressing organization was fabulous, magnificent.  Also, I think the rest defense and the counter-press was good, but also in possession.  A lot of dynamic (movement) in front.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n        {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n        n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n        'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n        fbq('dataProcessingOptions', []);\n        fbq('init', '207679059578897');\n        fbq('track', 'PageView');<\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 21, 2008, Metallica released The Day That Never Comes, the lead single from their ninth studio album, Death Magnetic. The music video for that song depicts soldiers in a hostile situation, but the song itself is about forgiveness and redemption, as drummer Lars Ulrich later explained. \u201cWaiting for the one,\u201d the chorus starts, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/how-manchester-united-dominated-tottenham-by-stifling-their-three-man-midfield\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How Manchester United dominated Tottenham by stifling their three-man midfield<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[2643,1938,1939],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102863,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/this-was-erik-ten-hags-manchester-united-realized\/","url_meta":{"origin":102788,"position":0},"title":"This was Erik ten Hag&#8217;s Manchester United realized","date":"October 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The first realization of Erik ten Hag's Manchester United came on Wednesday night at Old Trafford.His players worked in whirring synchronicity to totally dominate Tottenham Hotspur and hint at the potential to come.United defended and attacked as a collective, pushing up at the back, pressing high at the front, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55582,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/tottenham-drawn-away-to-nottingham-forest-in-carabao-cup-third-round\/","url_meta":{"origin":102788,"position":1},"title":"Tottenham drawn away to Nottingham Forest in Carabao Cup Third Round","date":"August 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The draw for the third round of the 2022-23 Carabao Cup was held today, and Tottenham Hotspur's opponent should be a very familiar one \u2014 it's the same team they're scheduled to play in the Premier League this Sunday. 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