Exactly this. Look at the players mentioned in OPs post.
Gvardiol. Ake. Akanji. Stones. Dias.
They play CB and LB. That’s 5 players for 3 positions, and stones plays in midfield a lot.
In the game against Chelsea, pep had 2 keepers on the bench and didn’t even name a full bench. That’s how lean their squad is. It’s just players being v positional flexible.
For reference, United have 8 CBs/LBs - lisandro, varane, lindelof, maguire, Evans, shaw, malacia, reguillon - (8 players for 3 positions).
Chelsea have 9 lbs/cbs - silva, colwill, fofana, badiashile, disasi, chalobah, cucu, chilwell, maatsen.
Exactly this. Look at the players mentioned in OPs post.
Gvardiol. Ake. Akanji. Stones. Dias.
They play CB and LB. That’s 5 players for 3 positions, and stones plays in midfield a lot.
In the game against Chelsea, pep had 2 keepers on the bench and didn’t even name a full bench. That’s how lean their squad is. It’s just players being v positional flexible.
For reference, United have 8 CBs/LBs - lisandro, varane, lindelof, maguire, Evans, shaw, malacia, reguillon - (8 players for 3 positions).
Chelsea have 9 lbs/cbs - silva, colwill, fofana, badiashile, disasi, chalobah, cucu, chilwell, maatsen.