Exactly what i was screaming at the telly. They had 3 dogs of war in midfield, bypassed it as you say Wimbledon style with 2 exceptional forwards in Salah/Mane with Frimino knitting it all together. These 3 in midfield protected the back 4 which made them seem top class. Compare that to how open City play and the fact we were close to them in goals conceded is astounding
Now they have changed this, they are exposed and people should be realising their back 4 aren't quite what they were built up to be!!
This should be clear to the so called “experts” as its plainly obvious… its basic stuff. But this is what happens when you employ biased pundits
Said the same for ages. They went direct, or got it to the full backs who the. went direct.
Both centre halves we protected by Fabinho. Then the other two jobbing midfielders covered which ever fullback went forward.
They basically played 5 players to destroy or defend. Teams have worked out the huge gaping holes that are left now as their midfield have lost their legs and their full backs can’t defend the space behind them and not can the midfielders anymore.
There’s far too much sentiment in their decision making. What the fuck Milner & Henderson are still doing there is any ones guess.
They just didn’t need nunez. They should invested in their midfield. Even if the took a gamble on the lad from Sporting that we looked at that went to Wolves. They really needed more energy. They haven’t addressed it. So next summer, they need to replaced 5/6 players.