![]() ![]() Starting XI’s, but Potter changed this quite a bit SoccerwayĪston Villa went for a relatively traditional 4-3-3, but their back line and midfield were very compact out of possession. Because of that experimentation, the left side and indeed both of our double pivot midfielders were finding more success in transitioning the ball forward in the first half. Sterling’s runs were coming centrally in the buildup, it destroyed the potential width we would otherwise have had down that flank, and it cause confusion in the roles required from the other central players. His tendency to drift centrally from those wider positions early on in the buildup is not like James, who can get central, but tends to arrive in a timely manner from a wide run. The decision to start Raheem Sterling as a right wingback seems acceptable in concept - like Reece James, he can carry the ball well, can pick a cross, and likes to begin his attacks from wide positions. Unfortunately, when your best player is your keeper, there will be plenty of talking points about how and why things looked wrong for large swaths of the first half. Three points were secured and a clean sheet was preserved, quite literally saved, by a reinvigorated Kepa Arrizabalaga. ![]() ![]() It wasn’t pretty, it required rotations and adjustments numerous times, and it still never became truly convincingly dominant football despite more possession - fortunately none of that matters. ![]()
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