Three tactical mistakes Ruben Amorim must avoid against Tottenham – opinion | OneFootball

Manchester United will seek to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they visit Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.

United are 13th in the standings but could slip further down if they lose to Tottenham.

Read on as we look at three tactical selections manager Ruben Amorim cannot afford to make.

Using a false nine

Amorim tried playing Kobbie Mainoo as a false nine in the last league fixture against Crystal Palace, but his experiment failed.

While Joshua Zirkee and Rasmus Hojlund have been disappointing, scoring five league goals between them this term, United will be better with either of them leading the attack.

Spurs have one of the league’s poorest defences, and United need to exploit this weakness by playing a natural striker.

Deploying Patrick Dorgu at right wing-back

United signed the Denmark international to solve the left-wing-back crisis, but Amorim surprisingly started him as a right-wing-back on his debut against Leicester City.

Dorgu was substituted at half-time. Amorim must not make the same mistake twice by deploying the Danish defender at right wing-back.

Starting Leny Yoro at right centre-back

He started as the right centre-back against the Foxes and could retain his place in the team for this clash.

If he starts in that position, he will likely come up against Heung-min Son, one of the league’s most tricky players.

Yoro struggled to cope with Southampton forward Kamaldeen Sulemana’s pace and trickery and could suffer the same fate against Son.

Amorim should play Matthijs de Ligt or Noussair Noussair Mazraoui there to silence Son.

Article written by Henry Thornton .