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Jules Breach

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164 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

The throws, the set pieces, Igor Thiago up front.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

There is such a handful, that midfield that works really well.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

And they were very smart, Arthur, especially in the first half, which caught...

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

Arsenal a bit cold in the way they build up from the back, in their rotation in midfield, which I don't think Arteta and Arsenal players expected that from them because that's not really what we've been used to so much.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

So, yeah, credit to Keith Andrews again for the job that he's been doing.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

And for the season that they're having, they're still very much fighting to finish top six and seven, by the way.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

It might still take them into Europe next season, which would be incredible for them.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

I thought he worked really hard and clearly to beat that press, especially in the first half, clearly the aim from Arsenal was to play long on him and it's not easy when you've got Ajax behind you and the Brentford defenders but I thought he did okay.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

There was a chance in that second half we didn't show on the highlights where Arsenal moved the ball really well on the right-hand side and then Rice, instead of going for goal himself,

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

tries to play the ball almost in a six-yard box for Giocares, and Caglioti comes back and just clears the ball at the moment where Giocares is going to hit it and score from that close range.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

You see the touch-map that he had.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

The problem, obviously, as you can see, is the last two numbers in the stats.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

The fact that he has zero XG because there was zero shot on target, on goal.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

And that's the problem, obviously, in a team like that.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

But tonight was a game where...

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

It would have been great for him to score, sure.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

But you also needed him more for all that kind of work to get the block higher from Arsenal, to try to beat their press, to be a handful for the Brentford defenders, which I think he can do and try to do tonight.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

I think Arteta will choose, depending on who they face, because I think there's... OK, Havertz was not available, was not fit for tonight, so it was Gabriel Jesus or Gio Keres.

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

In a game like this, away, under the rain, the cold, the wind, everything you want...

ESPN FC
Atlético Obliterates Barcelona

you put your cares to play against that Brentford defence more than Gabriel Jesus, to be fair.