Amrabat starts and Mount in new role - Manchester United might have new big game tactic

Wth two defeats in their opening four matches already, pressure will be on Manchester United when they return to action next weekend.

It has been a tough start to the season for Erik ten Hag, one made even worse by the dramatic defeat to Arsenal on the eve of what feels like an exceptionally long international break.

No team can win the Premier League in the opening weeks of the season, but many teams can effectively lose any hope of winning it. There will already be many United fans who have given up whatever faint hope they had for a top-flight triumph this time around.

United's awful away record has continued this season with defeats to Tottenham and Arsenal on the road, and things don't get any easier with a trip to face Bayern Munich later in the month.

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If they are to have any hopes of ever truly challenging the best sides in Europe again, then United will need to find a way to address their awful away record, something Ten Hag is sure to be mulling over right now.

The solution could lie within United's approach to these matches and a slight change of tactics could well hold the key to a triumphant turnaround in their fortunes.

Andre Onana has enjoyed a steady start to life at his new club and it is already clear to see how integral he is to a style of play which focuses on playing out from the back.

There doesn't need to be any changes in front of him either, with a back-four of Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Raphael Varane, Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw preferred when they are all fully fit.

In the long run, United clearly need a younger centre-back to rely on, while there is also interest in eventually adding another right-back