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The Structure of City's Build-Up
I think City were deliberately trying to structure build up in such a way that they'd go to the right-hand side of their right- hand side. So maybe the final third or the halfway, you start to change the angle. I think it's Robertson and Alexander Arnold. And I think that's because Liverpool are so reliant on their fullbacks in possession that they always just end up with the situational back three. That back three as well keeps being that the right side centreback goes over to cover the space behind Trent Alexander Arnold and then you've got... Van Dyke is in the middle,. But they don't play... they don't compact the space. They leave it wide