Diogo Dalot reveals type of player Ralf Rangnick favours at Manchester United
11.03.2022 - 07:53
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Diogo Dalot says interim manager Ralf Rangnick favours high-pressing players at Manchester United.
Dalot started eight successive matches across January and February before he dropped down to the bench in the 4-2 win at Leeds. Dalot expected to start at Atletico Madrid three days later but Victor Lindelof was surprisingly selected at right-back over Dalot and fellow right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Wan-Bissaka has started in the last two games against Watford and Manchester City, where his error-strewn performance was widely criticised and Dalot could return for Saturday's vital fixture against Tottenham at Old Trafford.
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Since Rangnick's appointment, United have kept five clean sheets and conceded eight goals in Dalot's 11 starts. With Wan Bissaka starting, United have shipped nine goals in six matches and recorded one clean sheet.
Dalot's improved form coincided with the managerial change and in his first month under Rangnick he recovered an average of seven balls per match and had the highest number of shots on target among the United full-backs with 23%. The Portuguese recorded the highest percentage of challenges (62%) and tackles won (70%), an average of 14 challenges per match with nine challenges won, and also the best percentage of aerial duels (64%) and challenges won in defence (63%), with an average of 2.8 successful tackles.
"The fact that my numbers have increased a lot has to do with the combination of several aspects," Dalot said. "First, the physical and the playing part, which for me has always been the priority, and having that rhythm of play and the willingness to play game after game gives me more physical capacity to do that for longer.
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