#14 | Aymeric Laporte - 2020/21 Performances

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Genuine question: do you think that was Laporte taking initiative, or a tactical tweak from Pep?

Laporte suddenly being the extra man breaking forward was what shattered Everton’s very well-executed defensive plan and created the opener. I do wonder whether that’s something that has been worked on and implemented by Pep or whether Laporte just took it upon himself to drive into that space as Everton tired

Either way, ace
It ft like he just wanted to make something happen. But it could have been Pep.
 
Genuine question: do you think that was Laporte taking initiative, or a tactical tweak from Pep?

Laporte suddenly being the extra man breaking forward was what shattered Everton’s very well-executed defensive plan and created the opener. I do wonder whether that’s something that has been worked on and implemented by Pep or whether Laporte just took it upon himself to drive into that space as Everton tired

Either way, ace
We've seen it in previous games with Dias or Stones driving forward as well. I feel that this is a tactical instruction when teams are sitting back and marking our forward players and letting our CB's have the ball. They are hoping to pinch a bad ball into the front line and start a counter attack. Both Zinch and Foden were marked and there was space for Laporte to drive into. This would have to make opposition defenders close him down leaving space for someone else.
 
Laporte will get a lot of confidence from his performance today. I now think he will go from strength to strength for the rest of the season.
 
Pep doesn't have to get the credit for everything. Surely these players have a mind of their own and the intelligence to drive forward when the oppportunity presents itself.
Well done Aymeric.

Disagree. Pep is all about positioning. A player, especially a CB, may feel they'd get yelled at if they left their position and a counter attack would happen in the space they vacated. Space opened up and Foden actually dropped back to be there in case the ball was lost.
 
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