‘They did one or two or three mistakes’ one from Fred: Ralf Rangnick says.
Speaking in his post-match press conference, Ralf Rangnick explained: “If you play the way that we played today, with regard to intensity, being on the front foot, playing very proactively, and having four offensive players ahead of Scotty {Scott Mc Timinay} and Fred – with Jadon [Sancho], Bruno {Fernandes}, Cristiano [Ronaldo] – it’s highly important that you have players who are very disciplined, who are proactively aggressive against the ball.
“And both Scotty and Fred are almost perfect defensively on that. They did one or two or three mistakes, especially in the first half there were two square passes – one from Scott one from Fred.
“I don’t like those kinds of balls in midfield in those positions. But overall, when the other team in possession of the ball, both Fred and Scotty they are almost perfect for that kind of football.”
“For me it seemed logical to not change too many things or too many positions after the win against Arsenal. So in the end , after everybody was fully fit, nobody injured, fully recovered, I decided to play the same starting X1.”
Fred scored the winner in the 77th minute and Rangnick spoke measuredly about the Brazilian’s and MC Tominay’s contributions.
