Matthew
Love Analyzing matches and tactics. Football Analyst @CompsFootball1
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This Barca win was gutsy & required immense resilience & strength to get the result needed. But the performance was similar to the last 4 & could have been much better.
Barca pressing in a 4-4-2 with Auba & the near-side MF either De Jong or Gavi but mostly the latter. While doing so they're essentially man-to-man marking all over the pitch. Socie...
A huge factor in Arsenal winning yesterday was the brilliant 4-2-3-1 Arteta implemented. Which consisted of Nketiah pressing Christensen (the middle CB) & Saka & ESR on the other o...
Something Xavi needs to improve on is Barca defending transitions. They’ve looked so poor in recent games when it comes to that. Also, Barca lacks compactness in their block. It’s...
There’s been a lot of talk about Tchouameni lately & deservedly so. He is absolutely a phenomenal midfielder & in this thread, I will be using the game against Montpellier & clip...
Laca should be dropped but I doubt Arteta does it. He doesn’t seem visibly frustrated with him as he was with Leno. It seems he’s willing to try to ride it out with him for the res...
Chelsea's press was interesting yesterday vs Real Madrid. It was very man-oriented, especially in midfield & on the flanks. https://t.co/ovNjI7f7bv
Good comparison. Last season he wasn't much of a problem because Leno was just so bad & Mari & Holding were given regular game-time due to the injuries of David Luiz & Gabriel. Not...
Brentford’s 5-3-2 press is well drilled & matches up perfectly against Chelsea’s 4-3-3 on-ball shape. Toney & Mbueno on Chelsea CBs, Norgaard sits on Loftus-Cheek, & the other tw...
Several things have contributed to this. Xhaka & Partey with a run of games in the team together & players having more confidence in themselves to perform for 90 minutes. And A...
Xavi is an excellent coach but anyone saying he’s better than Arteta is just lying to themselves. Especially considering the mess Arsenal were in compared to Barca right now. Pla...
@austriangooner1 Interesting question. If it’s for Arsenal I prefer the 4-2-3-1 press as we saw against City & Wolves where the #10 sits on either the lone DM or the deepest MF in...