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However, a team like Man United taking such a defensive approach is strange. Its unusual for a club with their history and ambition. It casts doubt on their strategy and league standing.

I think Ten Haag was more focused on not getting more embarrassed so I didn't find it unusual to be honest. You can notice how United cannot really find a good mix of offense and defense. They can score if they open up but they are also prone for allowing many goals and we've seen that a lot in their previous CL matches this season. The same thing could have happened against Liverpool if Ten Haag decided a more offensive approach.

Yes you are right, man utd was very cautious with their approach to the game, the 7-0 lose the last time is still fresh in the back of their minds, so to me it quite logical that they took such approach due to their defensive frailties this season.
If they had come out toe too toe with Liverpool they would have scored a goal, but they would have lost whole fully.

This was the same thing that I was discussing with my friend during the match yesterday, that assuming Manchester united played save and they were not after scoring because if you look at the game during the last 15mins of the first half, it was very obvious in the sense that any ball that reaches united player they will always play a long pass to see if they can use counter attack to net the post.

Eric Had strategy yesterday was a good one, because Liverpool was looking for a goal by all means but they couldn't make that happen due to united tight defense and nobody was ready to make any mistake. This was why he didn't put Maguire in the match to avoid expensive mistake.