Dembele and Dier too slow in midfield.
Need one to hold and the 5 to close them from the front, fast when we don’t have the ball. Quick transition when we have it.
That’s where Liverpool have an advantage.
Their front 3 are all quicker.
Chamberlain and Henderson are quicker than Dembele and Dier too.
Milner is the water carrier.
Not that our players don’t try, they just are not as quick. Lamela is probably the only one who is at closing down.
You cannot allow this lot to play the ball around.
You really are risking it if you play the way we do against a team like this and let them have the ball.
Thing is we haven’t a central midfielde which can combat this.
We’d be better playing Dele and Eriksen in midfield in front of Dembele or Dier and Son Kane and Lamela up front,
Need one to hold and the 5 to close them from the front, fast when we don’t have the ball. Quick transition when we have it.
That’s where Liverpool have an advantage.
Their front 3 are all quicker.
Chamberlain and Henderson are quicker than Dembele and Dier too.
Milner is the water carrier.
Not that our players don’t try, they just are not as quick. Lamela is probably the only one who is at closing down.
You cannot allow this lot to play the ball around.
You really are risking it if you play the way we do against a team like this and let them have the ball.
Thing is we haven’t a central midfielde which can combat this.
We’d be better playing Dele and Eriksen in midfield in front of Dembele or Dier and Son Kane and Lamela up front,
