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Manchester United must be sick of the sight of Hull City after playing them three times since Christmas. Despite a slow start to the season, United seemed to be picking up some momentum with their unbeaten record of 17 games coming to an end in the return leg of the League Cup semi-final last week – still not enough to overturn the aggregate scoreline. Nevertheless, a very weak Hull squad have proven themselves to be tricky opponents for United and the appointment of Marco Silva as manager has given them a recent bump. With ground to make up on their rivals, there were easier games to be had even though the table may suggest otherwise. Both teams lined up in 4-3-3 formations but their gameplans were understandably different given their contrasting ambitions. United had all of the ball with Hull sitting back and defending their point. Silva had his his men sticking close to their opposite number – Oumar Niasse would try to block passes into Michael Carrick, Sam Clucas and Evandro Goebel would follow Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba respectively while the wingers tracked United’s full-backs. This strategy meant that United’s midfielders were unable to turn on the ball […]
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