Defense Strategy Amazed To Become Man United's Disease Lost 3 Goals To Nottingham Forest

Manchester United coach Ruben Amorim (@ManUTD)

JAKARTA - The English Premier League match between Manchester United (Man United) and Nottingham Forest ended with a score of 2-3 on Sunday, December 8 in the morning WIB.

Rasmus Hojlund scored two goals for Red Devils in the 18th minute and Bruno Fernandes in the 61st minute. While Forest scored three goals from Nikola Milenkovic (2), Morgan Gibbs-White (47), and Chris Wood (64).

The defense issue of Man United's dead ball attack is one of the main priorities of the new coach, Ruben Amorim. His best tactical strategy often fails because his team is unable to anticipate threats from set pieces of the ball situation, such as corner kicks.

In the Man United vs Nottingham Forest match at Old Trafford, the visitors only needed 90 seconds to score through a corner. The 2-3 defeat confirmed that Man United had not learned from the previous defeat against Arsenal, where the two nested goals also came from set pieces.

"If this happens, it is my responsibility. We have worked hard in this area since the defeat against Arsenal. But this is a difficult process," Amorim told a news conference.

"At the beginning of the match against Forest, we struggled to control the game. But we had equalized before finally conceding again in the second half," he continued.

Lacks in high players and Man United's backline strength are the main cause of weak defense against set pieces of the ball. Amorism even had to put Harry Maguire in the second half when the team was 3-2 behind.

"We put Maguire in to face dead balls. His presence helped control the first ball, which was very important against Nottingham. When Harry played, he won all the first balls," said Amorim.

However, the decision was not enough to turn things around. Forest's third goal came from Chris Wood' header in the 54th minute, taking advantage of Lisandro Martinez's mistakes and goalkeeper Andre Onana who failed to communicate well.

This victory put Nottingham Forest in fifth position in the Premier League standings with 25 points. While Man United slumped to 13th position with 19 points.

Although the results of Man United vs Nottingham Forest are disappointing, Amoritism remains optimistic and confident in its strategy. "This is a common thing happening in many clubs. We must be consistent and continue to improve the team. I am sure changes will come," he said closing a press conference.