Man Utd right in the top-four race
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The race for the Champions League places is white hot and Manchester United look as likely as Chelsea or Liverpool to finish in the top four.
I wrote last week about Michael Carrick allowing his players to express themselves and ensuring they were not stifled by systems or dragged down by dogmatic tactics. Against Fulham, they were buckling their swash once again.
There is no better example than the rebirth of Casemiro and I freely admit I did not think that would happen. Towering headers aside, his 'no look' pass for Matheus Cunha's goal was sport masquerading as art. It would be hard to imagine the Brazilian doing that a few games ago.
The no-look pass is not new, I played plenty of them myself, but this was a classic. It was not done for show, but for its devastating effect.
Other than a late resurgence from Fulham, United are now playing like talented human beings not data-driven automatons - in fact like the exciting United the supporters believe is in their DNA, not surprising because robots do not have DNA.
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