West Ham United 2-0 Manchester United: 3 Tactics from Solskjaer that cost the game | Premier League 2019/20

#1 Lack of speed up top

West Ham United v Manchester United - Premier League

One of the most important features of Solskjaer’s team has been a fast and fluid front line, which consists of players who break away at pace, interchange positions and strike at the heart of the opposition.

Even though he was without Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood against West Ham United, it was still expected that Solskjaer would prep his forwards to carry forward the same plan that had been successful for him before. However, that was hardly the case on the day.

All three of the Manchester United attackers were quite static in their positioning. While Andreas Pereira dropped down to combined with Juan Mata, Daniel James stayed put to the left side and failed to cut inside on his favoured right foot.

Marcus Rashford was ineffective through the middle and could have drifted wide to try his luck from the wings. There was no fast and fluid interchange among the front three and that enabled the West Ham backline to enjoy an easy day at the office.