But United's inability to convert chances and their defensive frailties were glaring.
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Lori Ewing,
Reuters,
14 Sep. 2025
While Wolves did not trouble them too much on Saturday, their pre-season game against Palermo and Club World Cup defeat to Al Hilal – in which centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly scored from a corner in extra time – exposed similar frailties.
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Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Often, one of the pair is more offensive or box-to-box in their profile, with the other being more of a traditional, defensive-minded midfielder whose strengths are to break up opposition attacks.
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Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Scatological attacks are usually the province of outsiders trying to cut the powerful down to size.
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