Individual brilliance key to Manchester United win in Moscow

Manchester United’s four-goal haul against CSKA Moscow proved to be another statement of intent from the Red Devils this season. Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku and David De Gea were all in fine form on Wednesday night. Jose Mourinho called this the “strongest” display from teams he has managed against CSKA, having done so with Chelsea, … Read more

Positional fluidity and youth give Manchester United a comfortable win against Burton

Jose Mourinho was full of praise for his boys after Manchester United’s comfortable 4-1 display against Burton Albion on Wednesday night. “[Anthony] Martial was good, [Jesse] Lingard was good, everybody in attacking areas gave dynamic in the team. We look happy playing this moment,” he said. Their fourth four-goal haul made it a total of 24 … Read more

How Manchester United can punish Everton’s build up issues

Hi, welcome to my new column: “The Charles Critiques”. Each week, I’ll try to offer you in-depth tactical/statistical analysis related to Manchester United, as well as a regular “Premier League statistical power ranking” on a monthly basis. This week, Manchester United enjoyed a comfortable home win against Basel whereas Everton, who will face the Red … Read more