Manchester United fans were treated to an impressive Christian Eriksen cameo during the 1-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid on Saturday.
While Eriksen’s excellence in possession is well-documented, it’s his intelligence off the ball that gives him the freedom to work so effortlessly. He floated a deadly ball beyond the Atletico defence, but unfortunately for United, the pass narrowly evaded both Rashford and Elanga as they powered into the area. Moments later, Eriksen burst forward to close Atletico down and win a corner.
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Within five minutes of his second-half introduction, the former Tottenham playmaker almost provided an assist for Harry Maguire at a corner and, also, sent in a devilish cross which Marcus Rashford and Anthony Elanga were unable to turn home. Malacia was the only one of those three who started against Atletico in Oslo on Saturday lunchtime but - despite carving out some good chances - United slipped to a 1-0 reverse. Eriksen is one of three recruits welcomed in so far this summer with United also completing deals for Tyrell Malacia and Lisandro Martinez.
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When he was coming over to the bench, he was feeling his hamstring. “I think the manager will see him as (someone who can start). The manager will know what he can do. That’s Eriksen’s game; he can see a ball, a cross, a pass.
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“He’s a top, top player to work with and really good to play with. You can see his quality on the pitch and I’m sure this season the fans will see more and more of him.” “Yeah, you can see even in training, his little touches and the way he scans around the pitch,” Elanga told MUTV, per Manchester Evening News.
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“He’s a top, top player to work with and really good to play with. It can be argued that better finishes could have earned him two assists on his United bow. You can see his quality on the pitch and I’m sure this season the fans will see more and more of him.”
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I think with our front men, he is able to give them the right passes in the right moment. His promising start to life in a United shirt will come as no surprise to Erik ten Hag, who heaped praise on his new signing shortly after he put pen to paper on his deal. The Ajax academy graduate replaced Anthony Martial with the scores level at 0-0 and quickly took a firm grip on the game, creating a number of opportunities for those around him in more attacking positions.
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Frank added: ‘Hopefully we can construct a different game. He brought a lot of quality to us. But we can hopefully replace it with something different.’
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‘Our possession game and our transition game was really good, we created a lot of threat for them. ‘In the end it’s about the result and the score was not good,’ said Ten Hag. ‘I think with our front men he’s able to give them, in the right moment, the right pass, so he will create chances and then it’s about finishing.’
The former Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan midfielder proved the catalyst in Brentford steering clear of the relegation zone last season.
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‘There's a good feeling around after the tour and I hope it can continue. In the end, it's all about being ready mentally for the first game.’ He puts out a team and you try to go from there.’ The group has taken good care of me.' But it was special, it was a nice feeling. The fixture is at Old Trafford on Sunday 7th August.
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Obviously, I've only been here for a short period of time but it looks good and it feels good among the players in the first team. There's a good feeling around after the tour and I hope it can continue. It's always nice to play the last pre-season game to really get the good feeling and the fitness from pre-season. "It's always a good feeling to finish a pre-season and now the real work starts," he added. Then obviously, in some games, you come into different situations and the aim is the same, to be involved as much as possible, whether it's as a no.10, an eight, anywhere." But it was special, it was a nice feeling.
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There is a good feeling around from after the tour." "Yeah it is always a good feeling to have finished your pre-season and finally the real work starts. "First of all, I think you play wherever the manager wants you to play - he puts out a team and then you try to go from there,"he told United's in-house media.
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Of course, it was a pre-season game, it might be different people against Brighton but no, it felt good. It was special, it was a nice feeling. “When walking into the stadium, I had to go right instead of left!