Manchester United are back in the Premier League top four.
After beating Wolves 1-0 at Molineux, Manchester United climbed from fifth to fourth and we will stay there after watching Aston Villa beat Tottenham Hotspur on New Year’s Day.
A perfect way to start 2023, eh? To make matters even better, Chelsea dropped points against Nottingham Forest.
United’s win came thanks to a stunning goal from in-form Marcus Rashford.
According to Laurie Whitwell from The Athletic, Ten Hag used Casemiro to convey a tactical message in the 70th minute, which appeared to directly contribute to Rashford’s match winner.
You can see Ten Hag speaking to Casemiro pitch side, below:
Casemiro used by Erik ten Hag at Wolves to convey instructions.
Seemed quite a detailed conversation about attacking runs at 70mins during break in play. Casemiro went to Marcus Rashford first, then Antony Martial.
Rashford scored 6mins later.#MUFChttps://t.co/YIEAMtMJ21 pic.twitter.com/8hcv6WWcZb
— Laurie Whitwell (@lauriewhitwell) January 1, 2023
Stretty News verdict
I am not surprised Casemiro is one of the players Ten Hag trusts on the pitch to convey his message. You can tell by how the Brazilian plays that he is a leader of men.
Long may Ten Hag’s tactics work!
