For this match the hosts Bournemouth played a 4231 with Mepham, Zabarnyi, Hill, Aarons at the back, Christie, Cook at the back, Kluvert at attacking midfielder, Sinisterra, Tavernier on the wings and Solanke up front.
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Lined up in 433 with defenders VanDijk, Konate, Gomez, Bradley, midfielders MacAllister, Elliott, Jones, and Luis Diaz, Jota, Darwin Núñez up front.
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Early first half
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With Salah in the African Cup of Nations, Arnold injured, and again only Gomez at left back, the situation has left
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The attack pattern was different than before, with the first half
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There was dominance in midfield, but advancing 25 yards or so upfield it felt like there were fewer attacking numbers and comparatively no threatening runs, while Bournemouth were determined to play on the counter-attack and go
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the wings, then passed to Solanke as far as he could to try to shoot, and played a simpler game, not against the
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pose a threat
first half
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The problem was the lack of central pressure and diagonal runs. In Salah's absence, the original pattern of taking the ball from the right and starting to organize didn't work, and Elliott and Jones didn't get into a good position when they countered up the pitch, and they tended to send the ball up the middle to Darwin Núñez. Aarons was dead in front of him and it was then up to Jota to make a diagonal move, which was indeed made possible by Jota's run.
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Created a lot of chances but others didn't follow through and eventually the Bournemouth defense could hold off the
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, while LuisDiaz was initially placed on the right side of the line, he quickly moved back to the more adept left side, though this allowed the
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Comparisons can't spread attackers evenly, LuisDiaz has been impacting but he's been targeted by the Bournemouth midfield, with Christie, Cook and even Kluvert guarding him and allowing him to have kicks and injuries
At the start of the second half.
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At the 48:00 mark, Jones stepped up to receive a counter-attacking high ball, made a beautiful chest stop and passed to Jota on the right side, who then passed directly into the center of the box for Darwin Núñez to follow up with a 12-yard, first-time shot.
The ball is clearly visible
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Tactical change, Jones did not retreat when the opponent attacked, but pressed forward to receive the high ball in front of the field, and Jota shifted to the right winger position, by Jones is tantamount to running into the center of the center forward position to receive the high ball attracted the center back, so that Darwin Núñez on the left side appeared to penetrate the left side of the penalty box in the center of the goal opportunities
Lastly, Darwin Núñez's shot, which he followed up at the first opportunity, stumbling a little, but the whole movement was so smooth that the goalkeeper couldn't save it, and his movement was completely different from the previous one, so it's obvious that he should have been practiced in particular.
Bournemouth came back from behind and the two teams went toe-to-toe, but as you can see.
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The ball in front of the field is actually unstable and can only be fast all the time, Elliott and Jones can't actually control the center of the field, and can only rely on Jota to go in the middle and create chances and space with his runs and deliveries
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Substituting Gakpo and Gravenberch in the 63rd minute, things got better after that, two players who can play in the middle of the field came in and started to play well together in the middle of the field.
Soon after, at 69, Darwin Núñez collided with Bournemouth's Zabarnyi on a high ball causing him to fall, Gakpo saw this and went over to receive the ball, he flicked the ball straight into the box, Jota caught up with him and fired a superb shot from 12 yards on the right hand side of the box before Mepham could stop him.
At 78:00, Gakpo took the ball in the middle of the field and played a quick pass to the left, Darwin Núñez caught up with the ball and crossed it in, no one grabbed the spot, but Bradley followed up on the right and crossed it into the penalty area, Jota took the ball 15 yards to the right and tried to take a first time shot on goal and missed, but Bournemouth had already messed up and turned around and tried to dodge the ball instead of going up to the goal, which allowed Jota to stop the ball to make the second low, flat kick. Goal
