Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
That would make sense. I've never really grasped football 'strategy' as much as many others do, but what struck me throughout was how City's 'pressing' was totally ineffective. Swansea were more than capable of passing it out of defence through our pressing players, and into a vast wilderness where 2 or 3 simple passes brought them to our penalty area. We kept doing it, especially in the 1st half, and it certainly wasn't working.
Agreed, the problems come about when the space isn't condensed. It's all well and good pressing from the front, but against Swansea we need to press as a unit, the whole team, otherwise there will be space to exploit in other areas of the pitch. Swansea must've thought it was Christmas.