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Tottenham manager José Mourinho identified weaknesses as a Manchester United defender ahead of Sunday’s 6-1 win at Old Trafford.
the Manchester evening news says Tottenham full-backs Serge Aurier and Sergio Reguilon were tasked with pushing high, as their counterparts Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Luke Shaw weren’t protected by Mason Greenwood or Marcus Rashford.
Spurs insiders felt Aurier and Reguilon ‘killed’ United ‘because Greenwood and Rashford don’t defend’ and Aurier scored the Spurs’ fifth early in the second half.
Two of Tottenham’s goals came from Shaw’s side and Mourinho pointed to Shaw’s tendency to abandon his post as an expert at Old Trafford in August last year.
“Chelsea move the ball well, but they don’t look for a lot of overlap,” Mourinho said during the interval of United’s 4-0 win over Chelsea. “When they do it, Maguire is the one who has to jump on the outside, as United midfielders are not defending in the area.
“When Maguire has to cover Luke Shaw, he will learn that he has to do this many times during the season, the space in front of the ball, someone has to come.”
