Gary Neville believes Manchester United should opt for a five-man defence and stick with Romelu Lukaku and Anthony Martial up front to cover for Paul Pogba's absence in the Manchester derby.
Jose Mourinho's side are looking to narrow the eight-point gap between them and Premier League leaders Manchester City when they meet at Old Trafford on Sunday.
"I was excited by what I was watching in the first 20 minutes against Arsenal, the counter-attacking was fantastic," he told Sky Sports.
"[Jesse] Lingard, [Anthony] Martial and [Romelu] Lukaku were brilliant, and you could see a little bit how [Nicolas] Otamendi or [Vincent] Kompany could get caught. You could see how that tactic could work in the Manchester derby.
"Pogba makes a big, big difference. So when they went to Anfield, they couldn't connect the deep defence to the midfield and into attack. He connects that, he links it, with those runs forward and his composure on the ball.
"I was trying to think myself what Jose will be thinking. Do you play split strikers with Martial and Lukaku? City bring their full-backs in narrow while two centre-backs push up the pitch, [so United could] just leave two strikers stretched wide and you play three central midfielders and five at the back, and say to City that's what we'll do, trust that the front two will get into those areas."
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