Tottenham 0-1 Manchester United: 5 Tactics from Solskjaer that won the game

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de Gea once again put up a scintillating show

Solskjaer, immediately on taking the reins at Old Trafford, unshackled the players in the team. While the attacking players were given a lot of creative license, the Norwegian also asked the fullbacks to play a pretty advanced role in his team.

As such, the United full-backs under Solskjaer mostly played like wingbacks. However, against Tottenham, Solskjaer made a very subtle change to his system and it worked very well for his team.

The Norwegian asked his fullbacks on the night, Shaw and Young to stay close to his centre-backs and tweaked their adventurous form on the night. As such, the two Englishmen rarely ventured forward in the entire game and it worked well for Solskjaer.

Tottenham found it hard to find spaces as such and while Trippier and Davies spent more time in the opposition half, it opened up a lot of spaces for Manchester United on the counter in the first half. It was from one such counterattack that United opened the scoring.

As Tottenham threw the kitchen sink at the away team in the second half, United held on thanks to their disciplined defending and an unconquerable David De Gea on the night.