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Originally Posted by t3hbandit
I'd quite like to see us see deep and counter but LVG doesn't change his style of play ever so I fully expect us to press aggressively and try to dominate possession.
iirc last season we played largely on the counter vs all the big teams (not going to say I'm sure though, I just seem to recall this). Don't think there is much evidence that he is
that inflexible considering that Arsenal are better than us with respect to playing the ball and surely he knows this (disregarding the fact that we are playing away from home).
In any case, Arsenal are simply a better side than us when it comes to possession and passing so regardless of what we try to do early on I think us having to defend deep and break is going to happen eventually. I just hope we don't concede until this happens though, if you are right.
I am not as down on LvG as a couple of Utd fans seem to be but if he tries to play the way we have been (away) against an Arsenal side that are going to torment us on the break, I will be disappointed.