Brenden more or less saying xhaka is someone they knew they could handle.
"Our organisation could cope, Granit Xhaka coming to the side meant Dennis Praet could press him, but it was about closing the lines, concentrating and then playing through when we had the ball.
Xhaka the weak link.
posted on 25/10/20
Question is why was Xhaka practically coming to the side to play Cb
posted on 25/10/20
Xhaka is like the least of our concerns right now tbh
Rodgers is trying to paint himself as a tactical genius of some sort.
All Leicester had to do was sit deep and compact and wait for a chance to present itself. And with Mustafi on the pitch you will always get that chance. We’ve handed victories to City and Leicester, neither of which had to play well to get them
posted on 25/10/20
How many times was xhaka pressed
posted on 26/10/20
Arteta said it was hard to play against a wall of defenders and they knew how they would set up.
Had he prepared the team for that. Lesta did the same with City away.
Xhaka played in a role second half he shouldnt. Unfortunately we subbed in a CB in Mustafi who is not learning from his mistakes and Vardy was unmarked.
posted on 26/10/20
Lol, been saying this for years. My only question is why more sides dont target him more. A major factor in why Troy Deeney said we have a soft underbelly however long ago that was. Its just that hes so slow. He is physically slow and needs a second or two to think about what he is going to do at both attacking and defending, and attackers only need a split second to get an advantage. The amount of times I've seen a player stood near him run off him, leaving him in their wake, and go on to score or assist is ridiculous.
posted on 26/10/20
^ Having said that, I think he is our most improved player of the last couple of years, but still his lack of speed is too much.
posted on 27/10/20
LOL, what's this nonsense? We should have been at least 2-0 in the first half if VAR was properly used and Lacazette wasn't a useless donkey. Instead Brenda is making you believe he was a tactical genius of some sort