#3 Matteo Darmian excels at left-back against Bertrand Traore
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With Ajax’s Chelsea loanee Bertrand Traore up against Matteo Darmian on the wing, many would have expected the Italian defender to struggle against Traore’s pace and quick thinking. However, Darmian seemed to win the duel as he tracked Traore’s runs towards the byline and read his feints without trouble.
Being a right-back in nature, Darmian might have been expected to struggle on the opposite flank but he stuck to his defensive duties and did not surge forward unnecessarily to support the attack, leaving that task to Henrikh Mkhitaryan instead.
His commanding performance meant that Traore struggled to run into channels from the wing and make any inroads into the United defence.
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