- Jul 7, 2007
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Because we were on the attack and gave the ball away in midfield.
At the end of the day this is how we play, high risk/high reward, we play on the front foot and IMO it's better to play like that to keep teams at the other end of the pitch, it's just unfortunate that in this circumstance that one of our best players gave the ball away unexpectedly and another one of our best players had a rush of blood.
I just find there needs to be a better balance sometimes though. We did the same at home to Liverpool in which they broke away and all of a sudden they were charging at just two of our centre backs. Trippier on the right you can more so understand because he gets assists and creates chances, but the pay off for Davies on the other side isn't necessarily great. I know it's from a build up aspect as well as chance creation, but we would have been like that had it been 15 minutes to go or 3 minutes to go and that's an unnecessary risk in my opinion.
I agree in that it's a generally better approach, but I think you need to know how to tighten up and stay compact also, especially in the Champions League. I don't see why we can't develop more than one style or setup for certain situations.