Graeme Souness
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Looking at that, they're high, which is OK.
A lot of teams look to do that.
But once you're that high, there's only one place you're going to go.
You're going to drop.
And the ball isn't a great ball.
It's not a dangerous ball.
But by the Spurs defenders dropping instinctively, even watching a flight of the ball,
Lawson really just dropped into that area and he has a free header.
Where if you're just a little yard deeper, at least you're able to come and attack it then.
Like I said, the gap we were saying here when we were looking at the gap between the back line and the goalkeeper was so big.
They were doing it all game, Tottenham.
I'm asking too many who are currently involved in the game why, and everyone seems to do it.
Tottenham were doing it time and time again with their right up.
There's a big gap for the kicker to aim for.
As you just said, that ball, the free kick for Troy Deeney's goal, wasn't where he wanted to put the ball.
He wanted to put it between the last defender and the goalkeeper.
Is that a problem if you are marking tightly anyway?
WELL, PERSONALLY, I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED THEY WERE TWO OR THREE
There's less space for the goal kicker to hit between the last defender and the goalkeeper.
It's still giving the goalkeeper room to come and take the ball.