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Ratcliffe was at Old Trafford to watch this latest triumph. It is only the second time under Amorim that United have won three games in a row. Without combining the start of last season and the end of the one before, it is the first time they have won three league games in a row since February 2024 under Erik ten Hag.
A notoriously blunt speaker, did Ratcliffe really mean
There isn’t enough deception in football tactics.
There are the ‘dark arts’ of defending, the dummy and the no-look pass. But where are the Trojan horses, the tactical decoys?
Players are getting more versatile all the time and (most) managers are too, regularly changing formation between matches and within them. In fact, a lot of managers these days would reject the idea of the formation.
But there are still basic
When Tottenham Hotspur suffered a fourth consecutive Premier League defeat four weeks ago, it was difficult to see anything but a messy end to the season for Ange Postecoglou.
Yet on Saturday his side recorded a third league win in a row with a 4-1 defeat of Ipswich Town at Portman Road – the first time Spurs have achieved the feat since December 2023.
The result not only boosted their
While the manner of his goal was bizarre, if anyone was likely to score it, Cunha was that man.
The Brazilian had actually tried the corner trick in the first-half but on that occasion, United escaped.
“I was shooting, we train to shoot,” the forward said afterwards. “The second one I had this luck and scored the goal.”
Boss Pereira added: “We tried to put this ball swinging inside, but
The consensus seems to be yes – but with difficulty.
There are several aspects to Arsenal’s set-pieces that make them extremely difficult for opponents to defend. The first is excellent delivery.
“Delivery is key, movement, blocking the goalkeeper. The ball is played over that first player [at the near post] and it’s perfection,” former Arsenal defender Martin Keown said on Match of the Day while analysing Declan Rice’s delivery for