Manchester United 3-1 Huddersfield: 5 Tactics from Solskjaer that won the game

#3 Compact defending

Manchester United v Huddersfield Town - Premier League

The defense has been Manchester United's bane for the entire season, however, Solskjaer opted for the same central defensive pairing from the last game, and his decision was totally justified.

Lindelof had been good against Cardiff and against Huddersfield, he took his game to a higher level. Phil Jones had a good game, however, they were ably assisted by the entire team.

Even though the fullbacks spent most of their time higher up in the pitch, they did not shy away from their main responsibilities. Whenever they were caught out of position, Fred or Matic was there to clean up. The whole team was compact and efficient while defending, which meant that Huddersfield were restricted to very few chances in the first half.

In a refreshing change, Solskjaer had set his defenders up with a clear instruction to step up from the back to nullify the threat of the opposition. Even though Huddersfield did knock on the door a couple of times and scored in the dying minutes, the tactics worked well and enabled United to get all three points.