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The Best United 442

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Sir Alex Ferguson mainy set his side up in a 4-4-2 in that period. The best eleven being; Edwin van der Sar in goal. Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand at centre back. Patrice Evra and Wes Brown at full back. A central midfield pairing of Paul Scholes and Michael Carrick flanked by Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo - with Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney leading the line.

Combining Ferguson’s approach of looking to exploit the opposition with the intelligent and versatile players in his squad meant that trying to make a plan to stop United over 90 minutes was almost impossible. Even if the opposition created a counter for the initial tactics, Ferguson had enough variety and the players were drilled enough that he could tweak his side to break the opposition’s counter. This unpredictability when facing this Manchester United side was one of the key themes of Ferguson’s philosophy.

Let’s take a look at some tactics. Whilst this United team was deadly in attack, what made them champions was their ability to defend. In defence, when United lost possession, they’d look to counter press aggressively in a man to man scheme. But if they couldn’t win the ball back, they’d drop into their mid block, either a 4-4-1-1 or a 4-1-4-1, depending on their opposition and their own personnel.