Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
The amount of pressing done by teams, has been decreasing almost across the board for a couple of seasons now. We are already past peak pressing and onto a more nuanced version.

Man City especially noticeably backed off when the covid affected season resumed, as there were a lot of fixtures in a short time. They were still pressing hard when they needed to, but being a bit more selective about when to spring the trap
Leeds obviously didn’t get the memo. Their pressing of West Ham on Sunday was some of the most persistent and aggressive pressing I’ve ever seen and it didnt tail off as the game went into the latter stages either.