{"id":298212,"date":"2023-11-20T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298212"},"modified":"2023-11-20T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:25:45","slug":"andros-townsend-makes-surprising-admission-about-man-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/andros-townsend-makes-surprising-admission-about-man-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Andros Townsend makes surprising admission about Man United"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Andros Townsend makes surprising admission about Man United as he likens them to Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s Liverpool&#8230; and Luton star picks out two of Erik ten Hag&#8217;s players for special praise<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manchester United ran out 1-0 winners when they hosted Luton Town recently<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Andros Townsend, who played for Luton, likened Man United to Liverpool\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s the world against Everton \u2013 it can galvanise the players to stay up &#8211; IAKO\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United have drawn comparisons to Liverpool, with Luton Town midfielder Andros Townsend left impressed by Erik ten Hag&#8217;s &#8216;difficult&#8217; side.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>United ran out 1-0 winners against Luton before the international break, and former Tottenham, Newcastle and Everton ace Townsend drew comparisons to the Hatters&#8217; 1-1 draw with Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag&#8217;s side have had their critics this season but Townsend is not one of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Extremely difficult. They are difficult,&#8217; he\u00a0<span>told <\/span>BBC<span> Radio 5 Live when asked what it was like coming up against a United side that are the most in-form team in the league over the past five matches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We were able to defend against them well but similar to\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0they just find a way.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/14\/78023077-12770989-image-a-47_1700489941382.jpg\" height=\"411\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Andros Townsend (middle) found facing Manchester United at Old Trafford &#8216;extremely difficult&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/14\/78023081-12770989-image-m-51_1700489970558.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/14\/78023119-12770989-image-m-53_1700489979902.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Townsend (left) was full of praise for United and believes they have similar traits to Liverpool<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>The was a degree of frustration from United&#8217;s supporters that they struggled to break Luton down, relying on a Victor Lindelof goal to secure the three points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But from Townsend&#8217;s perspective United gave nothing up to Luton and it was a war of attrition for Rob Edwards&#8217; side.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Honestly, it was an extremely tough game,&#8217; he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was rotation all over the pitch. We were well-drilled and confident as we had just got a point against Liverpool the week before, we had a game plan to press high up the pitch and force turnovers, United didn&#8217;t really give us anything.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Two players in Erik ten Hag&#8217;s squad were singled out for special praise from Townsend &#8211; Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bruno Fernandes\u00a0drifts out to the outside left position, links up with [Sergio] Reguilon, they get a few crosses that way,&#8217; he said. &#8216;[Diogo] Dalot comes to midfield creating an overload and we did limit them to very few chances and defended well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Unfortunately, we switched off at one set piece and that was our whole game plan done.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/14\/78023229-12770989-image-a-54_1700490040134.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The ex-Tottenham and Everton winger picked out Bruno Fernandes (right) for special praise<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At the top level you need to stay switched on for 95 to 96 minutes because these top teams can punish you.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Townsend continued: &#8216;Maguire was good on the ball, we tried to press him but he was very good, Bruno Fernandes didn&#8217;t give us anything.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You look on the stats sheet and it might be like United didn&#8217;t do this or that but it was so difficult for us to be able to contain this United side. They posed so many problems, even if it doesn&#8217;t show up on a piece of paper.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Plenty will be learned about United across the next few matches, with away games against Everton, who will be fired up following their 10-point deduction for breaking Premier League financial rules, at Galatasaray in a must-win Champions League match, and then a late kick-off at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>United currently sit sixth in the league table, five points off Tottenham, who are fourth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12770989\/Andros-Townsend-Man-United-likens-Liverpool.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andros Townsend makes surprising admission about Man United as he likens them to Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s Liverpool&#8230; 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