🚨🚨 Steve Mcclaren fascinating insight on the FA Cup Final tactics:
“It really was a great plan. So we had this meeting & a couple of analysts were in there & it lasted about 4-5 hours. Coventry we were so lucky & Crystal Palace was a disaster. So we had to do something. Kobbie around De Bruyne. Foden again on the left so it wasn’t like Doku or a winger. Dalot can deal with that anyway.”
“We kind of said Gvardiol can have the ball & we shuffle over. Right side can’t have the ball so it was like Walker bombed on but it was De Bruyne in that right space always gave us a problem & Kobbie Mainoo did a great job, not just in terms of stopping him but running off him as well. It was a transition game that we played.”
“And you know it was John Stones going into midfield which is why basically it was a 4-2-2-2. Very very narrow wingers. I always thought after Coventry we’d win the cup. Erik ten Hag deserves great credit & the analyst team lead by Paul Brand.
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