Will that system serve United well in the long run? When that question was put to Owen, the title-winning former Red Devils striker – who was speaking in association with HelloMillions (Sweepstakes Casino) – told GOAL: “It can work, it has worked in the past. Pep Guardiola won a league without hardly playing a centre-forward. There’s other teams that have done it as well in Spain.
“It can work and I do think, when you look at it on paper, it’s a fantastic attack. I really do like that and I think they’ve invested heavily in it. They didn’t score a goal against City, but the way they attacked against Ipswich, scored five goals – I know it’s not a Manchester City defence they were up against versus Ipswich, but I do think that their attack is not necessarily their main problem.
“They can have off days, but I actually quite like the make-up of that. I think there’s some good players and I think there’s some game-changers on the bench as well and I think they’ve done the surgery to that area of the pitch a little bit of time ago.
“The recent surgery seems to be focused on midfield and I would have thought the next bit is looking at their defence.”