Ironically, it’s probably a large reason we underperformed for a good while, no one to score long range means other teams know we always try to walk it into the box.
Amount of long range goals City/Liverpool have scored over the seasons…
You always need the alternative. It’s the reason Pep got Ederson originally for example : if you seat deep they’ll play out from the back and play though you, if you press too high Ederson plays it behind you and you’re fucked
Ironically, it’s probably a large reason we underperformed for a good while, no one to score long range means other teams know we always try to walk it into the box.
Amount of long range goals City/Liverpool have scored over the seasons…
You always need the alternative. It’s the reason Pep got Ederson originally for example : if you seat deep they’ll play out from the back and play though you, if you press too high Ederson plays it behind you and you’re fucked