In the just-concluded 10th round of the Premier League, Chelsea beat Newcastle away from home, winning four consecutive Premier League games and continuing to dominate the first place in the league table. In the ensuing Manchester United away game against Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, who adjusted their squad, swept away the slump of the previous games and won easily 3-0. The victories in these two games have a different meaning for both teams, and their squads at the beginning of the league have been adjusted to have the current situation. And which player is missing here, which player will be embarrassed. Take, for example, Lukaku and Greenwood.
At the beginning of the league, after the introduction and adjustment of the summer transfer period, the team needs to have a run-in period, and the results can indeed fluctuate very much. For example, before the new season, Chelsea spent a lot of money to strengthen their center position, spending nearly 120 million euros to bring back Lukaku, while Manchester United welcomed back C Ronaldo, who left 12 seasons, and Sancho, who spent a lot of money to bring in. The adjustment of the players, the team's tactics are bound to change accordingly, after the start of a good result, but then faced a very embarrassing period.
Lukaku was in hot form in the opening stages, scoring goals in succession, but in the following games, he was limited by the opponent's focus and the performance was not particularly ideal. He had not scored in seven games before missing out due to injury, and this status has also been questioned by fans. And Manchester United's most trusted players in the early stages of the league, in addition to Ronaldo, there is Sancho introduced during the summer transfer period, and Greenwood, who has improved after several seasons of experience, but the effect of this trident lineup does not seem to be ideal.
Chelsea have lost to Manchester City and Juve in the past few games, while Manchester United have lost consecutively, and the team is facing huge difficulties. However, with The absence of Lukaku and the fact that Aoki and Sancho are on the bench, the performance of the two teams has improved a lot, and in this case, the strength and use of these players have also been discussed by many fans. On the one hand, whether the team plays well has anything to do with whether they are in the end, on the other hand, what level of strength they are.
On these two issues, it must be said that the characteristics of each player are very different, for example, Lukaku is actually not so fond of receiving the ball on his back, while Greenwood has impact, but the finishing ability needs to be improved. Therefore, the strength of several players is not too much of a problem, whether it is Lukaku, Sancho or Greenwood, they are all the best players in world football at present; secondly, the ability of players to play has a lot to do with the team's tactics, to a certain extent, the coach decides how to use them, which will directly affect the player's performance, such as Sancho's position.
Finally, the most suitable tactics for each team's lineup also have a lot to do with it. In the current Chelsea squad, they have many attacking hands, and insisting on using Romelu Lukaku actually sacrifices this characteristic of the team to a certain extent, but when Lukaku is limited, the team's performance is not ideal. In the current Manchester United squad, Greenwood is not ready to become the core of the team's attack, and the team also has a lot to improve in the defensive line. Of course, with the depth of chelsea and Manchester United's squad, they have more room to adjust and have indeed made adjustments.