Key Highlights
- United, fourth in the Champions League group stage league standings, face second-placed Lyon tonight, before hosting Tottenham Hotspur, fifth in the WSL, four days later on Sunday.
- They then travel to Juventus for their final Champions League group stage match on December 17 before hosting Spurs in the League Cup quarter-finals on December 21. How United perform over the next two weeks will provide more clarity on who they are — and what they require in January. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“We have to be in touch at the top.
- Then we need to be aggressive in the window,” Skinner said on Sunday. If there was a byword for United, aggressive would be Skinner’s choice.
- On the pitch, it is a key component of their identity, albeit one that has required some tempering this season. After victory on Sunday, Skinner described his ideal vision of United as “invasive”, a Skinner-ism for getting in behind and being direct in the final third.
- He also said Sunday’s performance was a mix of the team’s new possession-based style.