Liverpool vs Man City tactical preview
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
Manchester City
Liverpool's defence just looks so porous at the moment, and City is so good at getting runners in behind the defence. So I think to be kind of more cautious from an attacking and defensive perspective, 4-3-3 might be the way to go against Manchester City. If they lose the midfield, then we know the quality that Manchester City possess and Kevin De Bruyne in the half spaces. You mentioned Tiago and Henderson in the midfield pivot. Brilliant players, magnificent careers, but not midfield players that you associate with eating up ground, covering spaces and just providing really solid screen in front of a back four. It was almost so flat that Henderson and Tiago were sort of similarly horizontal
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