Interesting, so as you saw it Cucurella was playing as the 3rd CB with Dunk and Veltman, Lamptey and March wingbacks, what was Moder doing then, he played as wide as I've seen him, Trossard more of a no.10. I must confess I saw an outright 4-4-1-1 however I've been wrong before!
At first I was at bit perplexed why neither Watkins or Ings were down the middle, they spent most of their time down the sides, Courtinho actually played as a 10. so they effectively had no centre forwards despite 2 actual centre forwards on the field. Dunk and Veltman therefore had no actual...
I'm with you HK, wasn't a complete blood bath against Villa, we did have our moments that should have triggered some momentum, however despite not having a raft of chances themselves, and less possession, I was left with the impression that both Burnley and Villa had control of the game. Yes we...
SG absolutely spot on, but not limited to Gerrard, Dyche saw the weakness the week before. If Gerrard and Villa watched the Burnley game, which I imagine they did, the Burnley goals were almost direct templates of Villa's goals.
Villa's first wasn't just a poor clearance, we'd been sucked...