Was watching the Amazon City thingy to cheer me up last night. Not sure it worked ! But watching that should how much as a team we have slowed down and become predictable. We had Sterling on the right and Sane on the left both running at defender scaring the crap out of them them. Our passing and movement was quick.
No Pep seems to play all right footed players on the left and all left footed players on the right. We seem to always cut in from the sidelines never go outside of a defender. Seem a yard of our pace. We seem to allow the other team time to get their shape back , should they attack us. Personally I think trying to keep up the standard of the last two seasons has drained the players mentally and physically.
Spot we miss wide players with pace going on the outside desperately. Add to that where in midfield we had Silva still world class and willing to press along with KDB. Instead we now usually have Gundogan where 2 years ago we had a world class number 8. Also Rodri instead of Fernandinho. It’s not hard to see why our tempo and brilliant pressing has gone.