David Jones
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I mean, you talk about the advantage you have, that extra man in midfield to play more passes, to play with Gundewijn.
So what they tried to do, you know, it was easy.
Lacazette...
Obama-Yang were playing so... They were trying to do a job for their team.
They were dropping right back and trying to be, you know, ten people, goal side, trying to do a job for their team.
And what they were doing... I'm a big fan of Fernandinho.
At last, people are recognising how important that position is to the team.
It seems to be more and more in the modern game.
So he would step into midfield...
When they're defending, there are four.
When they have the ball, he steps into midfield, the full-backs then have to come in, so it's a three.
Guardiola mentioned that, they become a three.
But the threat really wasn't there because of Lacazette and Aubameyang having to go so deep.
So that three, at times, were doing nothing.
So it was easy for him to do it today.
I think if the two strikers had said further up the field, would he have been able to go in there so much?
A lot of it's decision-making by the player himself.
He's looking at the picture, he sees where the danger is, no danger this time, I can go in and get involved.
He pings the ball from right-ish out to left for Sterling for the second goal.
You can talk to your players until you're blue in the face, but if they're not capable of making decisions for themselves on the pitch at the right time, then you're wasting his time.