West Ham’s advancing fullbacks leave them exposed at the back
Both of West Ham’s fullbacks – Michail Antonio on the right and Aaron Cresswell on the left – possess an attacking mindset as they tend to advance up the pitch to get themselves involved in West Ham’s attack. Like in previous games, this has left them exposed at the back, forcing the likes of Mark Noble and Cheikhou Kouyate – not the quickest central midfielders – to track back to neutralise a counter charge.
United took full advantage of this as their front three of Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard continuously tested West Ham on the break. It didn’t lead to a goal, but West Ham need to balance their attacking and defensive attitudes if they want to win close games like these.
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