The veteran midfielder is still performing at a high level despite the fact that he'll turn 36 this summer, but ultimately United need a long - term successor to play
that crucial deep midfield role sooner rather than later.
Not exact matches
The other
crucial person would be a
deep lying
midfielder.
In a
deeper role, he was able to give Arsenal the
midfield control that had been missing in recent weeks, and this was
crucial.
It's all about getting back into the Champions League for Spurs this season and the return of Sandro will be like a new signing for the club, after he missed a large chunk of last season due to injury, and his class in a
deeper defensive role is
crucial for the attacking
midfielder ready to fill Bale's boots.
In what was perhaps the best individual performance of the week, Sanchez ran the game from his
deep midfield role, winning a total of 8 tackles (more than anyone in the game) and most importantly grabbing two
crucial goals in a man of the match showing.
What he doesn't have, though, is someone arriving from
deep: the
crucial late
midfield run.