The secret to Uniteds exquisite attacking play is a freedom for
players to express their ability, which all stems from Sir Alex
Fergusons attacking football philosophy.
The Reds boss claimed on Sunday that this is the strongest squad he
has ever had, and Uniteds recent performances merely endorse his
assertions.
While some teams have achieved success on the back of regimented
tactical organisation, the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne
Rooney, Carlos Tevez and co. are given free licence.
The manager really wants everyone to be care-free in the sense of
expressing themselves on the pitch, and at the moment we are doing
it to great effect, Darren Fletcher told ManUtd.com.
Weve had some great attacks during the time Ive been around the
first team, but what defines this teams attack is the youthfulness
of it. Its a long time since weve had such a young group of
forwards and wingers.
Ronaldo got the goals to give United a 2-0 victory over Blackburn.
But its by no means been a one-man show; the Reds have had ten
different goalscorers already this season. Like last year, the
goals arent just coming from one area, everyone is chipping in,
adds Fletcher. You need that, you have to be a threat from all
over the pitch otherwise youll become predictable, and thats an
accusation you certainly cant throw at this team.
We didnt score that many goals at the start of the season, but we
all knew it would come, and it has. Opposition teams cant look at
us and say, mark that player and well stop United. We attack
from every direction, up front, from either wing, or from deep in
midfield. Each game, somebody new steps up and puts in the star
performance.
