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Premier League midweek review: What we learned
Apr 3, 2025
Football writer Alex Keble highlights the hot topics and tactical lessons from Matchweek 30 including:
-Â Man Utd miss exactly what Elanga gives Nottingham Forest
- Gabriel & Timber injuries take the sheen off Saka’s return
-Â Wolves earn vital win ahead of Ipswich six-pointer
- Liverpool’s professionalism answers their critics
- Ipswich keep safety hopes alive
- Villa’s clean sheets and counter-attacking goals bode well for busy spring
- Franca’s comeback goal a devastating blow for Southampton
-Â No EFL Cup hangover for Newcastle
-Â Seventh straight loss without a goal for LeicesterÂ
Man Utd miss exactly what Elanga gives Nottingham Forest
There is no doubt Manchester United are tentatively making progress under Ruben Amorim, whose tactical demands are slowly being absorbed by a team that no longer appears porous through midfield or quite as haphazard in the press.
But there remains one enormous issue he won’t be able to solve until the summer window, an issue that was painfully exposed by the performance of a Man Utd academy product on Tuesday against Nottingham Forest.
*Arrows show direction of attacking and colour highlights main area of threat
United just couldn’t get the ball in the net. They amassed 24 shots but failed to score, their most without doing so in a Premier League match since September 2021 and their joint-most on record (since 2003/04) in an away match in the competition.
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