This summer, Ronaldo staged a “going home” drama, returning to Old Trafford after 12 years. Returning to Manchester United again, Ronaldo’s performance is as high as before he left, representing the Red Devils in 5 appearances in the league and the Champions League, scoring 5 goals, and becoming the best player in the Premier League and even in world football in recent times. In the second round of the UEFA Champions League this week, it was Ronaldo’s buzzer lore that helped Manchester United reverse Villarreal 2-1 at home.
Ronaldo’s performance is obvious to all, but a statistics from the British media TA shows that the role of the Portuguese star is only reflected in the offensive aspect. Once Manchester United turns offensive to defensive, CR7 is like a tasteless, he can’t even put pressure on the opponent in the frontcourt. From the beginning of his link, Manchester United’s entire defensive system has loosened. This may be the main reason for Manchester United’s 6 consecutive games. The offense is like Ronaldo, and the defense seems to be the team’s shortcoming.
This technical statistic is the number of player grabs. Cristiano Ronaldo is accused of grabbing 2.7 times per 90 minutes, ranking last among all strikers in the Premier League. The second-to-last Newcastle attacker St. Maxime, the number of grabs per 90 minutes is also much higher than that of Ronaldo, reaching 5.2 times, almost twice that of the Portuguese. The most terrifying players are Crystal Palace winger Zaha and Brighton striker Mo Pai. They grab an astonishing 20 times every 90 minutes, ranking first among all strikers in the Premier League. Liverpool striker Jota, also a teammate of Ronaldo’s national team, has 19.8 grabs per 90 minutes, and Manchester City forward Jesus Jesus has 17.8 grabs per 90 minutes. It is worth mentioning that even Lukaku, who is not defensive, the Chelsea forward, who ranks third in the number of tackles, has 6.2 tackles per 90 minutes.
In this list, there are only two Manchester United players on the list. In addition to Ronaldo, there is also Greenwood. His number of grabs is not many, only 9.6 times per 90 minutes, ranking fifth from the bottom. It is conceivable that in every game of Manchester United, after the opponent gets the ball, the players in the front court are almost equal to the tasteless. It is difficult to substantively create pressure on the opponent from the beginning. Without the uniform pressure of the frontcourt, Manchester United’s midfield and defense line are under greater pressure.
So far, Manchester United has conceded 5 goals in 6 rounds in the Premier League, which is the most conceded in the top four of the standings. It has conceded 3 goals in 2 rounds in the Champions League and 1 goal in the League Cup. It was precisely because of the frequent concealment that Manchester United did not perform well, and once fell into a crisis of 3 losses in 4 games. Of course, the British media TA’s data can’t explain too many problems, but Manchester United’s frequent loosing of the ball has already shown that there are deficiencies in the defensive system, whether it is Ronaldo or Greenwood, or other Manchester United players, when Manchester United turns offensive to defensive , Need to be closely linked, not show off.Return to Sohu to see more
Editor:
Disclaimer: The opinions of this article only represent the author himself. Sohu is an information publishing platform. Sohu only provides information storage space services.
.