Analysing Luke Shaw: 5 Positives From The Manchester United Left Back’s Performance Against Leicester City

#3 Nullifying Leicester City’s right-sided attack

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Shaw was instrumental in keeping Leicester’s right-sided attack at bay. He was so high up the pitch all the time that Amartey, the Leicester City Right Back, could not join the attack in the overlap. Even Pereira had trouble getting past him. Amartey was busy defending and did not attempt a single cross.

However, Pereira did attempt 6 crosses and it was from one of those that Vardy equalized. Shaw could have done better in the follow up to the goal, because when Pereira received the ball, Shaw shut out the wings, forcing the Leicester City man to come back inside. When he attemped to put the cross in, Luke Shaw put in a half-hearted challenge, and was unsuccessful in stopping the cross.