Despite high amounts of possession, Marco Silva’s Everton still look no closer than last season to breaking down a low block. Crystal Palace kept Everton at bay with a compact 4-4-2 system, but failed to adapt their style until late in the game, thereby missing a chance to sway the result in their direction.  Tactical […]

Norwich showed some attacking promise against Liverpool with strong combination play going forward. However, through a mixture of bad fortune and bad defending, they quickly found themselves falling behind, as Liverpool were 4-0 up at half-time. Norwich were able to get a consolation goal in the second half which was nonetheless well deserved, and got […]

Sylvinho’s Lyon won their first game in Ligue 1. After Monaco were brought down to ten men, there was nothing left in the tank to stop Lyon from controlling the entire game. By no means an offensive orgy, yet Lyon showed efficiency to win the game three goals to nil.  Tactical analysis and match report […]