Our defense is sooo good... I've just realized.

It many seem like we are giving away lots of goals but last night hatewatch of Madrid darby made think we might have great defense... To begin with, we rarely get outplayed from the middle... Our middle is solid specially we defend so narrow....

Real problem seem to be the flank.... But not really... Since we play offside trap ... Run in behind is very rare ... So wingers need to receive the ball take on 1v1 against fullbacks whom are often very high up the pitch but generally great at 1v1(even balde) ... centers backs and dm fill the necessary space to stop immediate threat...

When our defense is set... Only way to score is to spam Crosses out from wide... Which is most teams end up doing because they can't do anything else... And that's fine... Specially long crosses results in ball recovery and eventual counterattack...

Highline and offside trap compresses the playable area for opposition.... Which results in passing lanes becomes restricted and better press.... Last night, atleti in low block were getting overrun in flanks specially in second half when Bellingham became target man....we are rarely overrunned from the flanks... Wingers end up crossing but not collapsing our flanks.. never ... Even those Crosses are under pressure and have less accuracy...

Iam getting jurgen klopps prime Liverpool vibes... Except we have offside trap instead of vvd named sweeper /libero.... And instead of just cf dropping to receive anyone van drop to receive the ball.... And we are more technical than physical....