[Tactics Video Thread]
Man United 3-2 Tottenham Analysis
Sometimes the results are an incorrect reflection of how the game was played. I take a look at some elements of Man United's & Tottenham's performances. ๐๐งต
Been a lot of discussion regarding Marsch's future @ Leeds so decided to take a look at their rolling 5 game xGD avg over the last 5 seasons.
Leeds were a force in the Championship.
Phillip's injury (-) effected the squad
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@HemmenKees Out of curiosity, what are your issues with 1:26 and 1:53? Feel like he played both those situations optimally, no?
I understand your grievances about 0:51 and especially 1:38, though.
For what it's worth I don't think Alisson or Milner should be blamed for that goal either. It happens in such situations.
Just poor handling by LFC's right hand side - Elliott, Henderson & Gomez all mainly at fault. Maybe Trent too.
Amount of discourse around Virgil van Dijk not rushing to close down a shot that would've likely resulted in a goal regardless is baffling.
He had a good game like he mostly does. Won pretty much every aerial duel, defended some dangerous transitions expertly & distributed well.
Have seen very little discourse around the structural issues that caused Sancho to have such a good shooting opportunity in the first place. Also little mention of the bigger individual errors here in the form of Milner & Alisson both diving early & allowing Sancho a free shot.
@JamiescottUV@MarkCarey93 Not to mention Virgil standing still and making himself big to block the shot wasn't a bad alternative by any means. Sancho only had the corner to aim for (which he found). Closing down would've only rushed Sancho a little who could have also just as easily found Fernandes then.
@Pat_Junho @odneJ Hurts especially because Nunez was actually getting into such great positions today when he wasn't being a moron lol. Interested to see how much xG he accumulated but I think he must have accumulated a respectable amount.
Correct me if I'm wrong here but I do think his game is more suited to Arsenal's wingers who are better inside-forwards/in behind threats than any of City's wingers (bar Sterling) but I still don't get why he didn't work out at City as a centre-forward at all.
Been meaning to understand this: any good reason(s) why Gabriel Jesus didn't work out for Man City as a 9? As far as I understand, his role at Arsenal (small sample space of course) is not too dissimilar to what Guardiola would've wanted in his 9 before this season, right?
Before this season, Guardiola liked using his 9 as a false 9 that provided a +1 option in midfield b/w the opposition lines. Jesus seems to be doing that dropping deep stuff well at Arsenal and his pace also offers a nice in-behind threat.
Why did this not work out at City?
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From Southampton to Sangolqui via a hostage situation in Eastern Nigeria.
Read it now โฌ๏ธ
https://t.co/Itm1KPj4xZ
Also wanted to say that I may tweet about stuff other than football & if that's not what you signed up for, feel free to mute/unfollow. Will still tweet about football since it is my primary interest but there may also be a lot of rants about the state of my country/the world.
I don't get any of this. He made a very insensitive joke about women rights, proceeded to be incredibly rude in the quotes/replies & then claimed that he was fighting against the cancel culture of the left. Every action just as bad, if not worse, than its predecessor, remarkably.
Also worth noting this is coming from someone who really enjoyed whatever little content he saw of Samay's in the lockdown period. Just so disappointing & predictable he has turned out to be like this instead of being responsible with the platform that he has earned.
I don't get any of this. He made a very insensitive joke about women rights, proceeded to be incredibly rude in the quotes/replies & then claimed that he was fighting against the cancel culture of the left. Every action just as bad, if not worse, than its predecessor, remarkably.
And since you don't seem to care about being a good person, @ReheSamay, the "joke" was also painfully unfunny. Folks that are egging you on & finding it funny are either right wing nutters or children & it says a lot about you if that is the audience you want to target.
@UddhavChauhan4 Although I think Inzaghi's Inter build in a 4-2-4, right? Not sure what went wrong there.
But yeah, with LFC's 4-3-3, the opposition wing-backs are essentially free men in the press. I'm writing an article that'll explain this - I'll DM it to you when done if you are interested!
@UddhavChauhan4 And yeah, the issue is specifically with back 5 sides because of their lateral coverage in possession which LFC's narrow forward & midfield lines can't handle. Just notice how often Silva plays direct balls into the wing-backs in the Chelsea-Liverpool games this season lol.