𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐯 𝐏𝐞𝐩 - 𝐀 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬

- The battle for the centre of the pitch
- Defenders on top in duels out wide
- Subs made throughout the game
- Tactical reactions as the other changed

Thread City started with what looked like a 4-3-3 on paper but it was soon apparent that Foden (47) and Alvarez (19) were playing in a central 5 midfield area with City's full-backs being asked to provide the width.

Arsenal matched the 5 players City had in there.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝟐 - 𝟐 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 - 𝐀 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬

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- Brighton's man to man set up and the weakness in transition
- Elliott taking up positions that suited Brighton
- The change Szoboszlai offered in Elliott role
- The hybrid GK/CB role Brighton set up a man-to-man press out of possession. Mitoma would follow Trent inside as Liverpool looked to create a box midfield.

Dunk or Julio were expected to mark Liverpool's highest midfield player while the other looked after Nunez. Harvey Elliott was usually this man.

𝐊𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐜𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐚 - 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐩𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞

Ipswich are flying. They stand 2nd in the Championship with 8 wins from 10 games after promotion from League 1 last season.

A thread on his team in possession. The manager, Kieran McKenna, is highly rated. I expect to see him in the Premier League next season, with or without Ipswich.

Having worked under Mourinho at United and previously in the Spurs youth set up he has had a football education which has led him to management

𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝟒 - 𝟏 𝐏𝐒𝐆

𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 - 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞

- Front 3 press
- Athleticism in midfield to cover width of pitch
- Outnumbering PSG in wide areas
- Intensity of press and recovery runs Newcastle looked to press PSG in their 4-3-3 formation.

PSG, surprisingly, lined up 4-4-2 with Mbappe and Kolo Muani interchanging between the left and centre forward positions

With PSG outnumbered in midfield, build-up was into wide areas or direct into the forward players

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬

A thread on Manchester United and their press when out of possession.

- Wide player position in opponents build-up
- Full backs decision when to jump
- Organisation behind jump press It has been a similar story all season and last night's game was the same.

Rashford and Fernandes look to split the CBs and full-backs of the opposition. The full-backs of the opposition have space and advance to stretch the distance between themselves and Rashford/Fernandes.

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡

- Raya as the left centre back
- Outnumbering Bournemouth in central areas with Zinchenko inverted
- Jesus defensive responsibility
- Keeping a +1 on the backline

Thread 👇🏻 Arsenal's built up their play with Raya acting as a left centre back. This allowed Gabriel to shift to left back and Zinchenko to invert into centre midfield.

Arsenal built with a 4-2-2-3 formation.

𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐁𝐈 𝐖𝐀𝐘 - 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡

A thread on patterns De Zerbi and Brighton use to play through the centre of the pitch including a coaching session to implement these patterns Provoke the Press

The Brighton centre backs are happy to stay on the ball and look to draw pressure from the opposition.

In doing so they often use the sole of the foot to draw in the press. This allows easy manipulation of the ball to then play the option of pass.