Thierry Henry
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Oh, bouncer!
I mean, look, I've done that myself.
Well, very difficult.
We saw in the first half that Sterling was always dropping to have an extra man for City, obviously, in midfield.
But obviously, that goal that we just saw brought Man United back into it.
And Pep had to change his shape a bit.
We all know that the philosophy and how they play will not change, but the shape...
did change and we all know what happened the company leaving and and and fernandinho going at the back and gundogan going in the middle and i'll try to to show you what it does is you have
right here, they were playing with two holding midfielders.
That's really where that Pep plays with holding midfielders.
We call that a box in the language of football.
So they were playing with two holding midfielders, trying to obviously find Silva and Sterling as two tens, so two holding, two tens, and again,
those guys high and wide.
So they were even more so trying to possess the ball in midfield.
That's why it's so difficult to play them.
And I'm sure people were wondering why Gundogan is coming on and Fernandinho is going at the back.
It is to possess the ball in midfield with two guys that are safe and sound on the ball.
Then what we saw straight after is them after the goal, and we all know how they scored, they're going to let it run a bit and stop it right here.
And for the first time,
SanΓ© is on the left, Sterling went back on the right, Jesus is in the middle.