Their fighting often leaves the opponents in awe and creates high level confusion in
the opposition defensive areas causing the opposition to mistakes that their team of they themselves exploit.
but they pointed out Barca play their football in the final third of the pitch — i.e. around
the oppositions defensive area, which is quite different from what we've seen at Arsenal.
Not exact matches
The key
area should be acquiring a beast of a
Defensive Midfielder who can defend the back 4 and more importantly should look imposing on the
opposition.
When the ball is brought in waves by the midfield and defence and the attacking / wide midfielders get the ball in central
areas they look to run at the
opposition midfield and defence looking for runners behind the
defensive channels / line.
Lovren came over from the same club as Van Dijk, and he looked like a top - level defender at Southampton, but the Saints use a far less aggressive
defensive pressing style than Liverpool — one that's mainly focused on moving the
opposition into the least dangerous
areas of the pitch — so it creates layers of safety for its defenders.
In defence, Dortmund attempts to limit the playing
area that their
opposition has to play through by playing a high
defensive line, and compressing their wingers and fullbacks into central
areas.
Whilst I feel the
defensive third was the
area which needed priority in regards to bolstering this summer, I have always said that penetration and speed is something we have sorely lacked since losing the overmars / reyes / bobby / freddie types we once had out wide and attacking our
oppositions box.
However, while the Englishman stayed deeper to help build possession, he was also instructed to push forward and drive at the
opposition's
defensive block or push into more advanced
areas.