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I feel like their issue is that they have no actually cohesive tactic when it comes to playing out from the back.
Their defenders seem to have no clue about pressing triggers; committing the man not, the ball and general speed.
Their tactic seems to be to receive the ball from Onana, then knock it about at the back for a bit, get pressed, go back to Onana and keep doing that over and over again until they end up lumping it long and conceding possession.
Onana isn't the problem, at least in terms of playing out from the back. ten Hag has utterly failed to teach them an actual playing-out-from-the-back strategy worth learning.
In terms of actual goalkeeping, he's far too suspect, especially in one-on-ones.
You've also got to consider the fact that we haven't had our first choice defence available yet this season. Martinez for example is a great ball playing CB but has been unfit or injured since the start of the season, no Shaw had also been a big problem in this regards.