Ole all four change in formation again

UNITED are expected to switch to a back four at Watford after starting the last three games with a back three.

Although the Reds won with the formation at Tottenham, they abandoned it before half-time in the draw with Atalanta and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reverted to a back four at the break in the loss to City.

After the derby, the United boss said his side ‘have to come out against Watford like a proper hurt animal and get back to what we know we can be’.

The Norwegian acknowledged the back three shift was not his preferred approach and that formation always seemed unsustainable with the surfeit of forwards United have in their squad.

“The system is one thing; style is so much more important,” Solskjaer stressed. “That is on the front foot, passing forward, running forward, pressing high or dropping low so that you block off the goal.

“You can have the same style of play with different systems or formations, it’s how you approach the game and how we set about that style of play.

“The main thing about it is that it’s an attacking way of playing football that we give the players a chance to express their talents within the framework that we play in and that we set.

“If that’s 3-5-2, 3-4-3, 4-4-2, 4-2-3-1, it doesn’t really matter.

“I always want to see a Man United team trying to dominate and that’s what led me to say what I did after the City game. I don’t want to see my team hanging in there waiting, we’d rather be on the front foot and if a team is better than us then sometimes you have to accept it.”