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da betsul： Manchester United avoided a potential crisis situation with an emphatic victory over Leicester City on Saturday lunchtime. A must-win match with Northampton Town a few days previously was duly dealt with, but hosting the Premier League’s champions was always going to be one of the season’s trickier fixtures.It came at a tough time for United, too. Having lost to Watford and Manchester City, they were grappling to keep in touch with their local rivals. Leicester had looked out of sorts in the league, but the pace of Jamie Vardy, the talent of Riyad Mahrez and the relatively unknown threat of Islam Slimani could have really threatened a Manchester United defence that has lacked protection and had been bullied by Troy Deeney.The barely mentioned exclusions of Wayne Rooney and Marouane Fellaini were evidently key. The changes freed up Paul Pogba, allowed Juan Mata to impact the game and saw the energy of Ander Herrera brought into the midfield. This alone, oddly, shows why the walk over of Leicester City is not all it may seem. It could prove to be influential in Mourinho’s future team selections, but should he return to shoehorning Rooney and Fellaini into the side, the victory will be no more than another three points.The improvement in United’s all round play was obvious. Leicester’s midfield was dominated throughout the first half, while Robert Huth and Wes Morgan’s physical approach hardly bothered Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Set piece efficiency is something Mourinho often builds his teams around. Height and power allow the side to impose themselves in open play, too, but it was from the dead ball that they really succeeded against the struggling Foxes.
Leicester’s lacklustre defending was matched by United’s ability to go through the gears and get the best out of their strongest players in dangerous spaces. The trouble for United, however, is that they will not face many sides willing to visit Old Trafford with a two man midfield. If Mourinho is to persevere with the Pogba-Herrera pairing, it shan’t be long before another side benefits from an extra man in that zone.
Mourinho has been a 4-2-3-1 manager devoutly since his first Chelsea spell the best part of a decade ago. An apparently small shift to 4-3-3 could prove to make all the difference for the Red Devils against teams that are more willing to add a man to the middle third themselves. Crowding out Pogba and looking to expose a player learning the defensive midfield role in Ander Herrera will be the pattern for opposing sides should Mourinho continue with the XI that brought such success on Saturday.
Set pieces will be a big part of any potential successes for Manchester United this season, but they are unlikely to have such aerial joy as they did against Ranieri’s Leicester, who failed so miserably in the most basic areas of the game.
That team selection and general approach to the game gives Mourinho a framework to work with, but thrashing a team who have only defeated Swansea and Burnley in the league this season and were looking towards a midweek Champions League game needs a bit of perspective.
It was a strong, ruthless performance, giving a clue to what may lie ahead for United. It was not, as some may suggest, a performance that will shape Mourinho’s first season with the club.