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You could easily argue the same today. They were going to be rampant after their recent results. It's our job to match it and we didn't.Not sure it would have mattered what formation we started with against City to be honest - they were always going to be rampant after the result the week before, we just happened to be on the end of that.
There is no denying we look a lot more fluid and solid with a back 3 imo from what i have seen - Sooner Verts is back out on the field the better and Rose of course.
We've looked slightly better but it's a small sample size. I don't think it's helped that we've been very lethargic and technically poor the last few league games since changing back to 4231. Lucas beating Dier in the air and Coutinho out jumping Davies within 2 minutes of each other today summed up the intensity and desire that we've been missing since WBA and that had little to do with formation.