Makes no sense - you can't press high and at the same time 'spring on the counter'.
A counter without any spring, perhaps?
Far better? - c'mon, you mean they actually played some football. That's basically where they should be at base level.
Arsenal were bang average in the first half and not better than anything we've played against so far.
They were there for the taking, but instead, the tactics did not work - because we conceded two goals and capitulated.
The counter approach was the right one - Silva's execution of it was poor.
Yes, you can.
Liverpool do it constantly.
A team has possession. The opposition press high, win the ball back, and then spring forward - that's a counter-attack. You don't have to sit deep to counter, or it doesn't have to be from a deep position.
We're far better as a counter-attacking side than a possession-based side atm, because we don't currently have a player in midfield who dictates the game.
We showed our quality on the counter (with the pace of Walcott, DCL and Richarlison) today, and it should have paid off, but we didn't finish the chances.
In the second half we had more of the ball but did less with it because we lack the players to play that way.
How was Silva's execution poor? We created two golden chances that we missed. Therefore, the tactics worked. The players didn't finish the chances of.
