Arsenal vs Liverpool match analysis. THREAD.

The game started off in a toe-to-toe manner with Arsenal pressing Liverpool right from the start. Their pressing structure resembled a 4-2-3-1/3-4-1-2 zonal and man-to-man press against Liverpool’s 2-4-4 build-up.

When the ball was shifted to the right, Saka would press Van Dijk, with White ready to back up the press if the pass went to Tsimikas. Odegaard covered the ball-side midfielder (Thiago). While the rest of the back-line shifted across, leaving Henderson as the spare man.

@_halfspaces Don’t you think Arnold was too 1st phased to call it a 2-4-4 buildup… looks more like a 3?