1/ Our win wasn't down to counter attack but us being press resistant. Spurs tried so hard to press becoz they knew we would play from the back. If you look closely at 2 of our goals it was becoz Spurs where on a high press/line and we resisted leading to perfect counter attacks.
Sunday was a glimpse of Arteta's preferred player profles. At back players should be good on the ball with good ball retention. And usually with these qualities you become press resistant. That's why we signed Tomiyasu and White with Partey in front of the defense.
Further, our press overwhelmed Spurs' press. Auba and Odegard did a great job upfront pressin forcing Spurs to play long balls which was to our advantage as we improved in the air with likes of Gabriel and Tomi and their Athelitism also helped to protect our high press. #AFC

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