this match
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Hosting the Red Devils
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Lined up in 433 with defenders Saliba, Gabriel, BenWhite, Zinchenko, midfielders Rice, Havertz, Ødegaard, and Martinelli, Saka, Nketiah up front.
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Instead, they played a 4231 with defenders Lisandro Martinez, Lindelof, Wan-Bissaka, Dalot, Casemiro and Eriksen at the back, attacking midfielder Beefeater, Rashford and Antony on the wings, and Martial at the front.
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After the start of the game.
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I'm going to be in total control of the ball.
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Very defensive.
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existing
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It's a good way to top them off.
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the weaknesses of the
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The defense is now weaker on both wings, favoring the Gunners' two wingers' breakout power in the
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Sort of top of the line, so
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From the very beginning, they were very passive, and the two defenders on the wings were completely afraid and unable to go forward, and the whole defense had to be on the defensive.
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The two backs are also for defense
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attack and stayed completely in the defensive position, with Casemiro and Eriksen splitting the defensive work between the two of them, with Casemiro keeping an eye on the right side and Eriksen just keeping an eye on the left side, looking to see which side of the ball the possession was on and leaning over completely, while the Gunners kept the pressure on the
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, so it quickly led to
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The four men on the defense and the two men in the back can't get involved in the offense.
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's attack quickly broke down and all they could do was pass the ball long upfield, and they kept passing to Antony early in the first half, but the
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In fact, Antony was already prepared for the fact that when he took the ball upfield, he was bound to be attacked by a two-man defense.
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Routes upfield were cut off by the Gunners' defense and basically no attack was made
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A great chance came on 12 minutes when Martinelli crossed from the left.
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The defense missed the ball and it fell right in front of Havertz, but the ball came out of nowhere and Havertz wasn't ready for it, which resulted in him stopping the ball and kicking it out of the air when he was about to shoot.
As the game progressed, it was clear that Martinelli was in great shape, Wan-Bissaka could barely guard him, Wan-Bissaka was guarding him for the whole game, but Martinelli was still able to get the ball up, Wan-Bissaka at least had the ability to block Martinelli from breaking through.
And we can see at the same time that
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Why do they keep playing Havertz in the midfield, it looks like Arteta doesn't want to play the midfield up front that he did last season to become the center of the ball distribution up front because there is no more Xhaka, Arteta doesn't seem to have any intention of letting Rice take over Xhaka's job, but instead he tries to convert into a 4231 in the attacking midfield during the game, Havertz is exactly that: an attacking midfielder who is tall at 193 and fast enough to get into the box and shoot quickly in order to solve the problem. At 193, he's also quick and can get into the box and shoot quickly to tackle the
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Lack of scorers in the box is a problem, but Havertz hasn't hit his stride yet, only stealing in the midfield, and still not getting forward enough times and wide enough
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With full suppression, the unexpected happened in the 26th minute, when the
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We're under siege.
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The result was that Eriksen first cleared the ball in the box, and then took the time to rush forward and break the ball again.
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Rashford took the ball to the midfield line and played a diagonal pass to Rashford. He moved across the box, causing Ben White to make a mistake with Saliba and blocking the goalkeeper's view, and Rashford shot from 14 yards on the left side of the field into the far corner of the net.
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With just this one shot on target so far, and arguably even just this one strike into the box, to score, Rashford's good form was evident, but
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I was happy for a minute, and then I got knocked back.
At 27 minutes.
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After the kickoff, Nketiah pulled out of the box to help organize, he passed the ball to Martinelli coming in from the left, and then Martinelli took advantage of the timing difference to pass to the center of the field in a triple-team zone, leaving Ødegaard completely unmarked in the 14-yard box to fire in a shot.
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It's easy to break.
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The defense, due to the
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Let the two backs go to the two sides in support, so when the
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Entering from the left when Casemiro had already left the central zone in order to assist in defense, Eriksen ran back slightly deeper on this play and there was no one to help him cover, so in a split second
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Space appeared in front of the penalty area to allow
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Caught, can't really blame Eriksen entirely, he's made a good call on the goal earlier and he didn't run quite as much as he should have, but to keep moving like that and with the backs being shifted out of the way there's always going to be a bit of a mistake
