David De Gea fault for restricting Manchester United from playing highline defense despite having good ball playing defenders and midfielders.
Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea receives blame for restricting the Red Devils playing a highline game.
In recent time United defender Harry Maguire have been blamed for the cause due to his lack of pace to cover up.
Some of the fans said there was no proper defensive midfielder to cover up for the defense as McTominay and Fred lack the experience.
This season, Manchester United have got fast and ball playing defenders in Martinez and Varane, who have also improved the defense.
The have also got one of the best defensive midfielders in the world in former Real Madrid player Casemiro.
But fans now agree the fault is neither from the Centre backs nor the midfielders but rather from the Spaniard who lack ball playing ability.
Despite having the required centre backs and defensive midfielder to cover up United is still ranked lowest defensive line playing club along side Everton.
Stats at https://t.co/dUh5MC3R20 updated for all leagues. Below is an example of what you can do with the data. Highest defensive line 'so far' belongs to Man City and Arsenal, lowest – Man United and Everton. Highest press intensity (PPDA) – Leeds, Chelsea, Liverpool pic.twitter.com/lNFJvjNafL
— markstats (@markrstats) September 19, 2022
Manchester United have been siting deep and waiting to hit their opponent on the counter this season.
This are the thing we saw against Liverpool and Arsenal in the League and De Gea has been blamed for this.
Here are some of the tweets that blames De Gea for restricting highline play for United.
Remember under Ole when people said we sit deep and counter bc of Maguire and Lindelof and their lack of pace. Yet as soon as Henderson came into the team we played very high with the same 2 defenders.
So now we have fast defenders, why are we even deeper? Accept its de gea ffs. https://t.co/9FcCvoxyIn
— Shaq 🇾🇪 (@TenSlag) September 19, 2022
United have one of the deepest defensive lines in the league. If you think De Gea doesn't hold us back then you're naive or lack football understanding. United won't be able to "step up" as long as De Gea is in net. Proactive Gk's supports high line – graphs supports it.#MUFC pic.twitter.com/lSh9QOGuj8
— ManUtd Analytics ⚽ (@Utd_Analytics) September 19, 2022
We have to play the lowest defensive line in the league and the sole reason for that is De Gea.
Whether you like him or not, it’s undeniable that he can’t do sweeping out and distribute effectively.
He has to be replaced.— Alexei (@MUFC_redarmy99) September 19, 2022
Because of De Gea we have to play the lowest line in the league. We had one of the highest in early 2021 with Henderson lol
— ° (@AniUTD) September 19, 2022
