- Jul 21, 2009
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Poch was caught in two minds from the start. We were incredibly deep to begin, allowing the likes of Silva and KDB to carry the ball to our box uninterrupted. They hit the bar and went close with shots just outside our box.
After 10 minutes we went to the other extreme, pushing our back line almost to the half way line, which stemmed the flow momentarily until City switched on to the shift, and we were caught with a quick fire double, the first coming from a ball over the top.
Thankfully we were able to gain a footing in the game when Dele and Erik tucked in from the wings, and Dembele started to bully their CMs. He’s the anti-press. However, neither Moussa or Dier can play an incisive pass, but instead of moving Eriksen a little deeper, Poch elected Dele to do this job. He’s a wonderfully instinctive player, but he hasn’t got that sharpness with time on the ball.
Unfortunately another ricket from Lloris secured the game for City. Dembele deserves praise, as does Jan who was superb. They’re an outstanding team wounded by some horrible results recently. I still believe we’re the second best team in the league, just hope we can regain focus for next weekend
After 10 minutes we went to the other extreme, pushing our back line almost to the half way line, which stemmed the flow momentarily until City switched on to the shift, and we were caught with a quick fire double, the first coming from a ball over the top.
Thankfully we were able to gain a footing in the game when Dele and Erik tucked in from the wings, and Dembele started to bully their CMs. He’s the anti-press. However, neither Moussa or Dier can play an incisive pass, but instead of moving Eriksen a little deeper, Poch elected Dele to do this job. He’s a wonderfully instinctive player, but he hasn’t got that sharpness with time on the ball.
Unfortunately another ricket from Lloris secured the game for City. Dembele deserves praise, as does Jan who was superb. They’re an outstanding team wounded by some horrible results recently. I still believe we’re the second best team in the league, just hope we can regain focus for next weekend