Marcus brought up the videos he'd already prepared for me. "This is the key. Look at their build-up play when their first-choice midfield isn't available. It's slow. It's ponderous. They take too many touches. They're not used to being attacked high up the pitch. They expect to be given time on the ball."
He showed a clip from a recent draw against Swansea. "See here? The full-back gets the ball, he has time to look up, and make a pass. No pressure. Now, imagine Nya Kirby is on him in a split second. Imagine Zaha is cutting off the pass back to the centre-back. Imagine Townsend is blocking the line down the wing. What does he do? He panics. He goes long. And we win the ball back."
"The space is behind their full-backs," Marcus added, bringing up a heatmap. "When they do attack, they commit them high. If we can win the ball and transition quickly, Wilf and Andros will have the freedom of Old Trafford."
