The problem is the highline was not that high....Villa defended with a high line. The plan was OK, the execution ... not so much.
The line was not held on the halfway line, it tended to retreat fast reducing the space in behind. It was well managed and made us look fucking stupid!
We don't have the players that can hit those passes because we play 3 up front playing on the shoulder, 2 midfielders who can't find space cause they are outnumbered, leaving defenders who just ain't gonna make that pass 19 out of 20 attempts.
We could look for the run from deep, but... Yup MF outnumbered again and usually sat too deep.
It's a shit tactic because it's not 20 years ago.... Teams know how to play it and we don't have the players to succeed with it.
Still we can persist with it next season, but without Kane ofcourse