Oliver Glasner's side won this game with an excellent display of midfield pressing and transition football. Aston Villa had the majority of possession, but Palace's 5-2-3 defensive scheme gave little ...

Unai Emery's Aston Villa team found a way to break through Newcastle's midfield pressing through their positional structure in this game and were rewarded with three points. The first half ended level...

After undoing the Lyon defensive scheme in the first half, Manchester United seemed to be in full control of this game. However, a Lyon resurgence stunned Old Trafford despite the away side being down...

Olympique Lyonnais showed a fluid possession game here and a defensive scheme that allowed them to restrict United's attacks. However, they still needed a last-minute goal from Rayan Cherki to end thi...

Former Manchester United man Anthony Elanga scored the decisive goal early on here with a superb counter-attacking solo effort. Forest defended astutely, although United created chances with their wid...

Nottingham Forest started this game with a plan of midfield domination and were able to achieve this for a while. As the game went on though, Brighton took more possession, and the Forest attacking th...

Germany dominated the first half of this game with their aggressive pressing and their ability to exploit the space between Italy’s defense and midfield, earning them a three-goal lead at half-t...

Italy enjoyed a good start with Sandro Tonali’s early goal, and defended diligently in their 5-3-2 shape in the first half. Julian Nagelsmann’s half-time changes made an impact though, and...

Newcastle United ended their seventy-year trophy drought with a gameplan based around strong coverage of the midfield in their 4-5-1 shape against the ball, plus a targeted set-piece strategy that ult...

A hattrick from Bruno Fernandes takes the headlines, but United’s overall performance was also impressive here. Energetic pressing helped Amorim’s side gain the initiative. In possession United’s off-...