Taking Advantage of Superiorities
Last weekend, Manchester United hosted Arsenal in a Premier League match, which ultimately ended in Arsenal winning 0-1. I found the game to be extremely interesting from a tactical perspective, and especially in the first half. In particular, I was most intrigued by Arsenal's aggressive high pressing in a 1-3-4-3 (1-3-4-1-2) structure against United's 1-4-3-1-2 (1-2-4-2-2) structure in the build up. The first half ended 0-0, however, United's best chance to score came at 20:
