Interesting first half between Aston Villa and Arsenal. Villa usually defend with their midfielders dropping into the spaces between CBs and FBs. Arteta tries to create confusion by pushing his FBs into the last line, forcing Villa’s mids into tough tracking decisions.

In the first 10 minutes we saw Manchester City use a 3+1 structure with 3 progressive options in close proximity to Gonzalez . This narrowed Madrid’s midfield allowing an out ball to O’Riley who was always positioned high and wide

Real Madrid (1) - (2) Manchester City ⚪️🟢 - How Alonso aimed to beat City's press - City's problems in defensive transition - How Pep adapted his shape against Madrid This was anyone's game but let's look at some tactical approaches and how the game panned out 👇 [THREAD🧵]

Jamie Carragher analysing how Liverpool were able to progress the ball vs Brighton by pushing the fullbacks onto the last line and having numbers in central areas to create combinations, allowing them to create opportunities in the final third 🧠