Former midfielder Owen Hargreaves honed in on the way full-backs Diogo Dalot and Tyrell Malacia moved into midfield during the first half of Manchester United's clash with Omonia Nicosia on Thursday evening.
In a largely uneventful first 45 minutes of United's first home game for more than a month, both Dalot and Malacia, when the home side were in possession of the ball, moved inside to try to create a midfield overload. It is a tactic that has crept into United's play in recent weeks.
However, it was a particularly obvious instruction that United manager Erik ten Hag had given the duo on Thursday evening. Malacia was often in midfield, as opposed to being in his natural left-back habitat.
