Manchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton: 3 Tactics by Ole Gunnar Solskjær that cost Red Devils the win

#1 Lack of pressing

Ruben Neves scored a glorious goal that could have been stopped

At the flag end of last season, Manchester United ran out of legs and ended their season in a whimper. Solskjaer's demanding regime on the field had taken a toll on the squad, and the Norwegian went about implementing a tougher training schedule in the preseason to get his team fit for his tactics. The plan was simple - Solskjaer wanted his team to run the most on the field. Against Chelsea, the pressing play was quite effective. On Monday night though, United failed to implement their tried and tested routine.

Strangely, there was very less off the ball pressing by the away team as the game wore on. In the second half, as Wolves grew in confidence, this became a problem for United, as the home side were afforded a lot of time and space on the ball. Sadly, Solskjaer failed to deal with it, and the lack of pressing came back to haunt them.

From a well-crafted Wolves corner, the ball fell to Ruben Neves at the edge of the penalty area. The Portuguese had all the time in the world to take two touches unchallenged in such a dangerous area and scored a wonderful long ranger to get Wolves back into the game.