Manchester United face Manchester City in a derby which is huge for both teams on Sunday.
For United's noisy neighbours a loss could hand Liverpool an advantage in the title race, while a win could reignite the Reds' chances of a top-four place.
City have been short of their best in the past couple of weeks, dragging themselves to a 1-0 win against Everton after losing 3-2 to Spurs. Within those games are lessons that United and Ralf Rangnick need to learn.
Using clips from Wyscout, let's look at two instances, one in defence and one in attack, that could benefit United if they were to adopt a similar tactic against City on Sunday.
Defence - Everton
Everton put up a spirited performance against City and were unlucky to lose. The way they defended City was particularly notable, doubling and tripling up to stop attacks.
In this instance, we can see Raheem Sterling on the ball and both Seamus Coleman, who was playing right-back, and Alex Iwobi come to meet him on the wing. Mason Holgate holds back and marks his man, but is keeping an eye on the situation.
Not seeing a clear path, Sterling tries to feign a dribble, but at this point both defenders engage. Iwobi is particularly important in this move because, while moving towards the England winger, he blocks the pass to Joao Cancelo.
In United's 2-0 loss against City earlier this season, Cancelo undid a lot of our hard work in defence by providing an overlapping and underlapping option for Phil Foden on the left-wing. It led to a torrid afternoon for Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
If United deploy Anthony Elanga and he operates in the same way as Iwobi on the right, then they should be able to avoid the situation repeating at the Etihad.
Overall this is a strong example of Everton defending as a unit. Every avenue Sterling tries to go down he meets an obstacle and this is what United need to do to protect both their right back and left back, be it Wan-Bissaka, Diogo Dalot, Luke Shaw or Alex Telles from City's dynamic wingers.
Attack - Tottenham
Spurs' opening goal was a perfect example of how a devastatingly quick counter-attack can catch City unawares. United have been too slow as of late when trying to counter, so this is something that needs to be rectified against their rivals.
In the clip, the front three of Harry Kane, Heung Min Son and Dejan Kulusevski remain forward so, when Spurs win the ball back in defence, this gives the team options.
And within two passes Spurs are through. Their defence plays it to Kane, who sees Son has begun a run past City's centre-backs. The England captain's first-time pass beats the high line.
Then Kulusevski continues his run and positions himself well for the layoff as Ederson runs out to meet Son. Movement and speed are both necessary for this move to work, which are two things United have lacked since the beginning of the season.
In terms of the Kane role, Bruno Fernandes or Paul Pogba are United's two best passers so they would be perfect to remain high and lay off to the likes of Elanga or Cristiano Ronaldo.
Fernandes' reluctance to hold onto possession would also work well here, given the need to release the ball quickly while the runner is still remain onside
United are unlikely to break down City's defence if they are set and able to cover each other, but scenarios like this one will present the perfect opportunity to catch them off guard.
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