Newcastle vs Man United Prediction: Waiting for good performances from Rangnick

Man United has had enough rest

The past 15 days have been very valuable for Rangnick, since the narrow win over Norwich on December 12. It cannot be denied that the German strategist has renewed the "Red Devils" but for gegenpressing (all-out attack) to penetrate deep enough into the players' feet, time is still the prerequisite factor.

The biggest weakness that the "Red Devils" squad is at the moment is their appetite. No more passes back and over, but to get the ball up and to the right address is not a smooth thing.

Rangnick could easily see that Manchester United are lacking a perfect " card-shatter" right below Ronaldo. Bruno is very good but the Portuguese midfielder is the type of attacker and accelerator. It is difficult for Man United to turn someone into Ozil when he was playing for Real Madrid. Once he had found that factor, Rangnick's strategy would be perfect.

The Premier League is different because just a big player, a collision or a lack of fighting, all tactics will fall apart. Most recently, despite playing against the bottom team Norwich, Ronaldo and his teammates had to use their ears. Pep still kept Tiki-Taka at Barca to apply to Man City but has transformed it more, accepting that the squad has "petrocks" such as Kompany, Dias, Laporte, Rodri... to suit. Therefore, gegenpressing of Rangnick at Leipzig needs to change to suit Manchester United.

That is a matter of the future because philosophy cannot be something that can be completely built in just a few months. Back to reality, M.U needs to fix 2 points. First is the power of the wings. Gengenpressing always needs models like Liverpool or Man City full-backs, playing as drivers, providing assists and sometimes scoring goals, something not seen at M.U.

Then there is the possibility of rotating the ball between small groups. Rangnick was successful in gathering many small groups on the field to control within a narrow range, but when the ball went from one area to another, there was still a lack of harmony, sometimes a confusing phase difference.

Newcastle is currently as weak as Norwich in 19th place in the rankings. It is very good and very lucky for Rangnick that he will have another match where all his ideas will be showcased and tested.

Newcastle takes a break to wait for money to be invested in the winter market

Setting a goal against M.U at this time for Newcastle is almost unimaginable, a bit confused. Norwich has caused difficulties for Man United, but it has been half a month since then, the "Magpies" opponent certainly did not make such mistakes again.

After M.U, Newcastle will meet Everton and Southampton. Although they are also highly rated opponents, Newcastle still have hope to gain more points than tonight's match at St. Petersburg. James Park.

Eddie Howe came as a "fire extinguished" but he also needed to buy tools to put out the current fire at Newcastle. 200 million pounds is a ceiling number to be swung in 2022 for transfers. That amount of money is enough to help the "Magpies" rebuild.

But at least, with the current situation, it is necessary to immediately have the stars in the upcoming winter market to stay in the league.