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They were both excellent against City. It’s just a matter of how aggressive you want the left 8 to be.
The 6 is so exposed and Jorge, despite other qualities, just isn’t athletic enough to really control all that space with Rice pushing up.
Against City he played in a double pivot, Jorginho was asked to cover less ground and more just be in the right position to cover passing lanes and slowly progress the ball out against a mid block.
Yesterday, he played way further up the pitch as a L8 for most of the game, and Jorginho was asked to be a lone 6 against essentially 3 box-to-box players in Gallagher, Enzo, and Caicedo and a high press.
At this point I don’t think Jorginho can play that lone 6 role against more athletic midfields. I rarely criticize Arteta but I think he got the midfield tactics wrong yesterday. We looked much better when Havertz came on and Rice shifted to the 6.