Dongqiudi pinned: Bayern Munich vs. Manchester United, Champions League semifinal in progress. Current score: 1–1.
"United! Man United!"
With little success coming from the wings, Bayern Munich switched to a high press.
The frontline strangling unit formed by Müller, Robert Lewandowski, and Serge Gnabry was indeed giving Manchester United a massive headache.
There was also Kingsley Coman. Though he was not part of the pressing unit, his sudden bursts forward from time to time put enormous pressure on United's defenders.
Coman was too fast!
Eric Bailly passed the ball to Marcos Rojo, who was quickly pressed by Müller and Lewandowski.
Three attacking players pressing together—that was basically how every top team played their high press.
It was a very simple strangling tactic, but once it got going, it was incredibly troublesome.
To put it simply, this kind of high press was difficult to break, especially for a team like Manchester United that was not good at playing out from the back.
"Here!"
Luke Shaw received Rojo's pass, only to find Gnabry in front of him. With no other option, he sent the ball back.
Rojo had it again, and Rojo passed back to David de Gea!
Seeing a teammate up front raise his hand, de Gea sent the ball forward and found Rodri.
The opposing defenders quickly closed in on Rodri. Rodri immediately combined with de Jong, then Ousmane Dembélé joined in, and Manchester United finally managed to scrape their way out of the press.
"Damn... if Bayern are going to play like this, United could pull Tang Ye back a little."
That was true, but judging from the situation on the pitch, Manchester United did not seem to have any intention of bringing Tang Ye back.
Ten Hag, you...
Oh, right. Ten Hag was powerless today too.