This is a game where the visiting
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Row 361 with defenders Akanji, Ake, RubenDias, backs Stones, Rodri, midfielders Mahrez, DeBruyne, Gündo?an, Grealish, striker Haaland, and Southampton in 433 with defenders Bella-Kotchap, Bednarek, Walker -Peters, Maitland-Niles, midfielders Elyounoussi, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, forward line Walcott, Alcaraz, Sulemana
(Both teams start)
After the game.
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Aggressively attacking up front, by virtue of intensive central pressing up front, relying mainly on the left side of the Grealish to try to break through from the side, the process generated a few passes, while Southampton side of the playing front of the press, but the front of the recovery very quickly, but also able to get back to the front of the penalty area of the intensive defense, but also played a few good counter-attacks
As Southampton did a good job of pressing up front.
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The ball had to be played very carefully from the back, which took up a lot of time in the first half.
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It wasn't easy to break down the SA defense until just before the end of the first half, when DeBruyne squeezed down the left for a chance, and he rushed a pass before the SA players could reach it, and at the same time Haaland sprinted through the middle past Bella-kotchap to punch his shot straight over the top from the six-yard line.
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I'm just getting a 1-0 lead.
Southampton continued to try and play a counter-attack at the start of the second half, but the
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The defense also still held up in midfield as SA pushed the midfield line forward, but was soon
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Catching a break, DeBruyne got the ball in the middle of the pitch and headed straight to the left at 57:00, where Grealish had already accelerated, taking the ball into the penalty area and firing a shot ahead of Maitland-Niles, which the keeper blocked before adding a second.
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The comeback was completely successful, taking a 2-0 lead
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Using Grealish and DeBruyne on the left to create pressure and space, the game was getting better and better, with both men able to hold the ball up and pass it around. 67 minutes in, another DeBruyne pass from the halfway line to the left side of the field was headed in by Grealish, who moved across the area and then crossed in, with Southampton not yet back in defense. Haaland was on the right hand side of the pitch and from 9 yards out he slotted the ball into the far corner of the net.
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take a 3-0 lead
Southampton took advantage of
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The defense relaxed a bit when at the 72:00 mark substitute Djenepo broke in from the left, grounded a ball into the box, and scored on a 13-yard header by substitute Mara directly in front of the goal.
Immediately though, at the 74 mark DeBruyne burst into the SA box and was fouled by Walker-Peters for a 12-yarder, and substitute Alvarez punched it in to make it 4-1.
In the time since.
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Steady control of the ball, and Southampton have no intention of continuing to be hard on the ball any more, and the last
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A 1-4 victory on the road
In this game.
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Utilizing Grealish and DeBruyne to create chances on the Southampton side of the pitch, the midfield allowed DeBruyne to move freely down both sides of the pitch, with Gündo?an controlling the middle of the pitch and Stones going forward to help out at the back, with Ake coming up to support on the ball at the right time, a tactic which has paid off nicely in recent times, and which will be used to great effect in the upcoming UEFA Champions League. Versus
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