Why Man United keep winning, Forest's clever tweak, Chelsea chaos and Brighton's £30m miracle... 🟢 The Score from danielstorey85
Jesse Marsch’s optimism in the face of Leeds’ defeats is one of my favourite niche pleasures in the Premier League. Marsch walked into his post-match press conference after a loss that left Leeds with two wins in their past 17 matches in all competitions and described the evening as “my side’s most complete performance since I took charge”. Love it, love it.
Rodgers’ acceptance that Leicester are in a relegation battle might also talk him into trouble. He has demonstrated that he is a fine coach before, but Rodgers hardly strikes as the perfect coach for a relegation battle. He is a builder, not a firefighter. Injuries have been an issue all season, pointing to the exertions of last season. No team can relentlessly chase high-end excellence without something giving; even Manchester City are suffering from that. More signings might have painted over those cracks and Klopp’s insistence that Liverpool can’t do so has certainly generated huge ire against FSG. For balance,, Fabio Carvalho, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Calvin Ramsay since the start of 2022.
Then they were undone by a more recently acquired bad habit. Last season, Manchester City scored the first goal in 28 of their 38 league matches. The reason they won the title was their ability to hold onto those leads: 27 wins and one draw. This season, City have dropped nine points already after scoring the first goal.
The principal reason for the improvement has been Cooper’s shift from a back three to a 4-3-3 formation. Some people think that adding an extra defender automatically makes a team more defensive or more defensively solid, but for Forest the opposite was true. With the wing-backs pushing forward and only two central midfielders , the central defenders were asked to move out to the wings to cover and none of Forest’s central defenders really had the speed to do that.
As for Gibbs-White, there was a good deal of nonsense written about his transfer fee over the summer, while Wolves fans lauded the transfer fee received because they signed Goncalo Guedes with it. Gibbs-White is a game changer in this Forest team: dropping deep, running at players, knowing when to pass and when to hold onto the ball. If he and Johnson can fire with Taiwo Awoniyi providing a physical presence when required, Forest can stay up.
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