Manchester United 5-1 Cardiff City: 5 Ways Solskjaer masterminded the win

#4 Late runners from deep

Cardiff City v Manchester United - Premier League

One of the things that Solskjaer altered was the involvement of the whole team while going forward and one of the changes that caught the eye was the late runners from the deep. While Lingard, Rashford and Martial stretched the game, it left a lot of room open for runners from the deep to get into space.

Paul Pogba scuffed a few chances, but Herrera’s goal was the perfect example of what the new manager wanted. As the game concentrated on the left side, Pogba noticed the acres of space through the middle and spotted Herrera’s intelligent run. He immediately found the Spaniard with a cross-field ball, and Herrera responded by scoring, abet from a lucky deflection. However, he was not the only one who had been asked to be a little more ambitious.

Lindelof played a nice one two in the first half and almost got to the end of the final ball from Lingard. He was forward quite often in the second half as well, almost setting up Rashford on one occasion. Jones was quite adventurous too, going forward on quite a few occasions. This increase in numbers in the final third resembled a new style of play that was refreshing and effective