Further to the unashamedly brilliant tactical analysis, that we published earlier, the evidence in favour of critical thinking, opposed to simply bawling, “he parked the bleedin’ bus!” is beginning to mount up.
If we are agreed that the Bruno Fernandes goal was the consequence of gamesmanship from Paul Pogba, as opposed to any huge tactical or individual errors, then what is left to analyse is are the opportunities that befell each team.
xG metrics for Spurs indicate that Mourinho’s tactic to conserve energy and attack on the break, worked well – up until his side were subjected to cheating and terrible refereeing.
As for Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s boys, they managed to claw back a point, but as their xG shows, they didn’t achieve that point through conventional play. Fernandes (née Costa) had a couple of bites, as did the recently sainted Rashford, but none of those efforts was enough to lower what is a rather crucial attacking metric.
In conclusion, anyone opting to blame Mourinho for last night’s result has failed to apply critical thinking.
Well Jose just threw his bench under the bus if he has been quoted correctly or maybe he’s telling Levy that we need substantial investment, which is true.
Yep. Hard to think straight with a mind full of hate