Manchester United’s midfield has been shorn of one facet or another for a long time.
Roy Keane’s grit and leadership have never really been replaced. Nor has David Beckham or Paul Scholes’ quarterback passes.
Another skillset that has been conspicuous by its absence for nearly a decade is a technician in the middle of the park. Not since current boss Michael Carrick hung up his boots have United possessed one.
Until this season. It has been a conservative start to life in Manchester for Youri Tielemans, but in one piece of awe-inspiring, metronomic midfield mastery – one straight out of the Carrick playbook – the Belgian orchestrator-in-chief gave United supporters a glimpse into exactly what he has been brought to the club for.
United have possessed midfielders capable of similar intricacy to come up with the type of assist that effectively sealed their comfortable Champions League victory over minnows Sabah. Bruno Fernandes produces such passes with his eyes closed. Juan Mata’s fleet of foot could carve open many a defence.
None, however, have been able to do so by driving from deep, arriving late into the penalty area, before then slicing open a helpless backline like a hot knife through butter.
After a 1003-day wait for a return to Europe’s top table, the spectacle wasn’t quite what United bigwigs had in mind for their triumphant continental homecoming – a clash with an Azerbaijani side formed in 2017 – but all feels normal again in the world with this English footballing institution playing Champions League football again.
Tielemans has had a quiet start to life at United (Photo: Getty)A simple, hassle-free evening was just what United supporters, uninspired by their domestic start to the season, needed ahead of a mouthwatering Manchester derby at the weekend.
Sabah, coached by one of the game’s most remarkable managerial journeymen, came to play and did not simply sit back, making United’s task all the more navigable as the match opened up.
Having settled into the contest, Patrick Dorgu squared for Matheus Cunha to open his account for the season, before Tielemans took centre stage, his stunning reverse pass setting up Fernandes for a first-half second.
Benjamin Sesko raced clear to make it three before the break, giving United a perfect opportunity to ease up, with two fewer days of recuperation before Sunday’s derby than Manchester City.
Lisandro Martinez made it four with a close-range finish in a procession-like second half, with Tielemans replaced at the interval. That tells you all you need to know about his burgeoning importance to the team already.
When we sat down with the former Aston Villa midfielder at United’s training camp in Dublin this summer, his honesty about his own fitness was perhaps somewhat alarming. Tielemans admitted last season became too much for him, in terms of volume of games.
Like many teenage wunderkids before him, the 29-year-old’s schedule has been unrelenting since he first donned the Anderlecht shirt. The Belgian captained them at 18 and has since amassed 671 games for club and country before turning 30.
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Therefore, Carrick is right to manage his game time effectively. There is no shame in coming off at half time, with the job done, having produced moments of magic like his first-half assist that would have made his manager blush on the touchline.
Now for more of the same, on a regular basis. It’s long overdue.
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