Monday, December 29, 2014

Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Manchester United’s defence seems odd – but it works, José Mourinho milks it with his Chelsea campaign speech and Lukas Podolski looks for Arsenal exit

There are few things more interesting right now in the Premier League than Manchester United’s defence, which resembles in its ever-changing cast and shape a kind of footballing modern jazz, all trills and twirls and unexpected zig-zags, a new trombonist here, an unexpected xylophone man over there. If United’s defence was unchanged at White Hart Lane, it was still a slightly odd-looking thing, with three career centre halves (average age, 22) and a pair of converted wing-backs.


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