This does not seem like a big match because the match is very inclined to the home club where in 45 minutes Newcastle completely dominated the match and Manchster United only focused on defense.
Manchester United knows that Newcastle is a dangerous club, they already know they will find it difficult to win the match. That's why they decide to play a defensive game in the first half of the match, if they can't get a win in the match, then they will want to play a draw, and since they don't trust the goalkeeper that they are having, they are planning to use everything they have to defend Newcastle from winning the match, but I don't know how long they will be able to hold Newcastle down.
Honestly I expected something more than this for Manchester United because if it lasts like this over time Newcastle could have good momentum but indeed this could also be one of the strategies of Ten Hag who really wants to wait and take advantage of momentum.
I wasn't expecting anything special from Manchester United in the match. The first half of the match looks easy for Newcastle, but the only problem is that they are finding it difficult to score because of the defensive game that Manchester United is playing, which is kind of risky for Manchester United. We saw some errors that they made in the first half of the match, if they continue playing defensive game, they might make some errors in the second half, and Newcastle might take advantage of it.