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Brentford played 352, with defenders Mee, Ajer and Collins, wingbacks Reguilón and Roerslev, midfielders Janelt, Nørgaard and Jensen, and strikers Toney and Maupay.
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Lined up in 433 with defenders Van Dijk, Konate, Robertson, Bradley, midfielders MacAllister, Endo, Jones, and Jota, Luis Diaz, Darwin Núñez up front.
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Goalkeeper Alisson was out injured and in goal was substitute Kelleher, Brentford seemed to want to take advantage of this opportunity to generate as many shots as possible, pressing the attack from the outset and shooting on sight of goal, which allowed the
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It's a bit of a mess, but
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It's not going to take long to stabilize.
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The biggest feature is that MacAllister and Kou Endo are on the field at the same time. Originally, the two were rotating in the same back position, but now they're both on the field at the same time, with Kou Endo and MacAllister taking turns pushing forward.
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By doing so, they slowly started to work around Brentford's three midfielders and gradually pressed forward to regain the initiative.
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Pressing forward, Brentford were always able to punch out dangerous chances once they launched a counter-attack.
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The defense still showed gaps against the impactful Toney & Maupay, and with Brentford's 352 playing two wingbacks, when the two wingbacks were able to push forward
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Bradley and Robertson were more difficult to attack, and in fact were consistently invaded by the wings of the
Jones was injured on 34 minutes and was replaced by Gravenberch, then in the next Brentford free kick attack
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The ball was cleared and passed directly to the front post, where Jota was able to transition the ball to the side of the field for Darwin Núñez, who carried the ball all the way to the 18-yard line of the penalty box and scored with a pick-and-roll over the keeper.
Darwin Núñez's shooting skills have improved significantly since the end of the winter season, with a number of small shooting techniques, such as twisting the body to hit the reverse side, and the use of the ankle to turn the shot against the goalkeeper to save the face of the ball, and this time the pick of the ball is also the same as good use of the ankle, which is a new ability that was not available before when he has been trying to shoot vigorously, and it is this change in shooting skills that has led to the recent goals he has been producing
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But the accident happened again, 39 points Jota and Nørgaard grabbed the ball when the collision, Nørgaard has jumped high and fell to the ground, just on the whole left leg of Jota has fallen to the ground, the result is that Jota was a pressure, difficult to get up, after treatment, but still need to be stretcher lifted off the field, the results of the examination after the game to be out of action for two months, the game is not a good idea, but it's a good idea.
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They had to replace Salah on the right flank early and replaced Darwin Núñez with Gakpo at half time. Jota had a tough game and actually produced some good attacks, but the collision was too intense and he was injured.
When Salah comes on.
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It's a different story. After the second half.
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The breakout force on the right has strengthened considerably, and there have been attempts by Brentford to press forward, but the
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After taking the ball, he passed it to the right wing, which may not be accurate, but this is when the weakness of Brentford's defense began to appear, the left defender Mee could not block Salah at all, and as soon as Salah took the ball with ease, he could immediately turn into a stop-and-go, which immediately led to the fact that Brentford had to go back to the defense all the time.
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Seeing that Brentford's defense had problems, they immediately started a high-pressure press to force out the opponent's weak point. 54 minutes later, Brentford's goalkeeper kicked off the ball, and when it reached the center line, it was headed back by Endo, Gravenberch, Gravenberch took the ball, resisted the press, and passed it straight to Salah, who saw that there was a space, and then crossed the ball to the top of the penalty box, MacAllister rushed up to take the ball, and made a very nice stop, and flicked the ball to the right side, forcing Ajer to turn around. MacAllister rushed up to take the ball and made a beautiful stop, flicked the ball to the right, forcing Ajer to turn in time, then MacAllister chased after the ball and poked it to the left corner of the net.
