Manchester United loan star Wout Weghorst has detailed the reason he started in midfield against Barcelona.
Manager Erik ten Hag pulled off a surprise, starting the center forward as a third midfielder and using Marcus Rashford up front instead.
Weghorst, who put in a significant shift during the 2-2 draw against Barca at the Nou Camp on Thursday, was happy to play such a role.
“This was a game at a high level,” Weghorst told ESPN.
“Last week I got into that position for the first time during the match in the last half hour. I think he [Ten Hag] was satisfied because I heard that I would play in midfield.
“[The midfield] are very important for them to shift the game, my job was to constantly get in their way and be annoying there so that they don’t get into their game and can play the way they like to do. And to be able to make my depth actions offensively from the second line, because they are vulnerable in that. You saw that in the first half.
“I had never been there, I only wanted to come here if I could also play football. It was a special day, I did enjoy it, it was beautiful.”
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