Exactly. It's Chelsea who are the big, clear front runners. The W over City this weekend has affirmed that It's actually impressive what Conte has done with that squad who where were they where this time last season under 'the whinging one' without making many signings, bar Kante (who admittedly does make a massive difference), as well. He's a good manager He's found a way to get (strong) results out of that set of players and a way to play them that is effective and also brought morale back to most of them who were dejected figures all last season
Guys klopp called it post game. players stopped playing. Henderson failed to put a foot in after being booked. Origi wasn't seen since he scored. he barely did a thing after Mane wasn't really injured but he came off. Firmino looked tired or weak or just out the following it after 70mins. We didn't have players moving nor did we show sense and sit in.
Yet there's huge things to exploit in them. Wide forwards would tsar them up. However it A) allows hazard to not track.... B) puts players close to coastal cos he's not the pace to play on his own like last year showed C) puts 4 in middle so matic looks far better player So all in all. Yeah right now they look great. front 3 excellent, midfield excellent. but nobody has hurt that back 3 yet.
You are going to canter it. arsenal ain't going to be close and city have not found their way yet. too much change there.
And so was watching the Blueshites leaving Woodison with fifteen minutes left, unsure whether they were happy or sad.
But he wouldn't, have you not seen Alonso and Moses tracking back? Even if he did, Matic would drop in to cover for him. They are playing the system right not just messing with it like LvG did at United.
Depends where they are when they lose the ball. If they get caught high up the pitch it only requires a team that can hit teams on the break quickly like Liverpool to take advantage of that.
So where will your full backs be when you are attacking? (Chelsea break quite fast too you know). I did edit to say Matic would drop back and cover for him as well though.
Is it relevant where our full backs will be? You just need to watch the City game to see how many times City got in behind on the Alonso/Cahill left hand side of Chelsea's defence. De Bruyne should've scored the 1v1 and the tap in, both of which came from that side.
It's very relevant if Hazard, Willian and or Pedro are getting in behind them on the break, you will have 2 CHs back, Chelsea will have 3 (plus Matic)
