With both Man Utd and Tottenham having lost their previous Premier League games, Tottenham against West Ham and United against Liverpool, the two teams had arranged their tactics to ensure that they wouldn't lose again today.
For Solksjaer, it was a change in formation. He was playing a 5-3-2 formation that transitioned to a 3-5-2 when they were on the attack.
With the defensive trio of Maguire, Lindelof, and Varane as well as Shaw and Wan-Bissaka on the flanks, they didn't plan to be beaten behind.
They addition of Mctominay and Fred who were pretty much box to box players, helping in defence and partnering with Bruno Fernandes who would help direct the attack by making sure the ball reached Ronaldo and Cavani in front, they hoped to get something from the game.
The Tottenham still arranged themselves in the 4-2-3-1 formation they had used in the last game, but there were some changes in the line-ups and some tweaks to the formation.
