Thomas Tuchel went with a slightly different structure in this game for England, moving away from the wing-oriented 4-3-3 shape into a 3-1-6 structure in possession. A key part of this was a freer rol...

England faced a well-organized 4-5-1 low block here, a trademark of Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz. The focus on wide triangles in England’s 4-3-3 system did not quite provide the creativity needed to bre...

After a first half in which England were decent, but not overly impressive, Thomas Tuchel’s adjustments helped spur a strong second half, where their defensive intensity and their usual 4-3-3 attackin...

Things seemed routine for Manchester City in the first half of this game as they created chances with their positional play system which stretched Aston Villa’s defense with width. In the second half ...

Liverpool’s possession structure looked somewhat unbalanced against Aston Villa’s compact defensive block while the home side were dangerous in attack, exploiting the space in behind Liverpool’s defen...

Mikel Arteta’s side had to be patient to find their goal here, starting with a 3-1-3-3 possession shape in the first half before switching to a rotational 4-3-3 shape in the second half. Leandro Tross...

Michael Carrick’s Manchester United side sliced through Liverpool in the first half with their transition play from a 4-4-2 low block shape. However, self-inflicted errors early in the second half gif...

Eberechi Eze’s early goal was enough to get Arsenal over the line in a challenging game against Newcastle United. The away side’s high press proved tough for Arsenal to negotiate, and Mikel Arteta’s s...

Arsenal arrived with a high pressing approach here, and Mikel Arteta attempted a solution to Manchester City’s own high press. However, City’s attacking quality proved too much, as Rayan Cherki’s and ...

Real Madrid took the lead three times in the first half of this game, determined to overcome their deficit with their counter-attacking strategy against Bayern Munich’s aggressive approach. The aggreg...