{"id":255515,"date":"2025-11-01T23:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T23:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/255515\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T23:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T23:25:11","slug":"forget-amad-another-manchester-united-player-was-crucial-in-securing-equaliser-vs-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/255515\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Amad, another Manchester United player was crucial in securing equaliser vs Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Manchester United failed to keep the winning run alive against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, picking up a draw at the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a disappointing result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> can have no complaints, with the lack of concentration and poor defending in the first five minutes of the second half proving costly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/five-things-learned-as-manchester-united-draw-2-2-with-nottingham-forest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United drew 2-2 with Forest<\/a>, but dropped a 1-0 lead in the process before pulling one back to draw.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/biggest-moments-from-manchester-united-vs-nottingham-forest-casemiro-goal-opens-scoring\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amad\u2019s brilliant volley secured the point for United<\/a>; however, before this happened, there was another player who made crucial interventions to give the platform to Amad.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-2244485780-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Luke Shaw claps Manchester United fans vs Nottingham Forest.\" class=\"wp-image-306548\" \/>Photo by Ash Donelon\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesLuke Shaw\u2019s role in Manchester United avoiding defeat <\/p>\n<p>As United sought an equaliser, there was a lot of space for Forest to counter-attack into, but despite this, Forest were unable to inflict damage on United.<\/p>\n<p>This is because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/luke-shaw\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Shaw<\/a> was expertly positioned numerous times to intercept Forest\u2019s counter before it really got started.<\/p>\n<p>This happened more than once, with Shaw pushed very high and taking the ball off Forest\u2019s attackers with interceptions and tackles.<\/p>\n<p>By being this front-footed defender, Shaw prevented the game from being opened up, kept the pressure on Forest, which eventually led to the equaliser, and United\u2019s unbeaten run continued.<\/p>\n<p>How Luke Shaw performed for Manchester United vs Forest<\/p>\n<p>Shaw retained his role on the left of the back three against Forest, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/opinion\/man-utds-breakout-wonderkid-of-last-year-sent-timely-reminder-of-his-quality-to-ruben-amorim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ayden Heaven\u2019s impressive outing vs Brighton<\/a>, as the Englishman looks to make himself undroppable.<\/p>\n<p>90 minutes61\/67 passes0.33 expected assists79 touches1\/1 dribbles2 tackles3 blocks1 clearance7\/9 duels won<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/man-utd-fans-react-as-lisandro-martinez-returns-to-full-team-training-title-charge-prediction-made-clear\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lisandro Martinez back in first-team training for United<\/a>, Shaw will know performances must be top-notch, otherwise the Argentinian will no doubt replace him.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw\u2019s performances have been solid this season, for the most part, as he somehow defies recent history, keeping fit ahead of the World Cup next summer.<\/p>\n<p>Long may this continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United failed to keep the winning run alive against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, picking up a draw&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255516,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[118768,49,48,87644,574,82],"class_list":["post-255515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-amad","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-luke-shaw","tag-premier-league","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}