The real mystery is why in the big important games vs real and united they almost didnt shoot outside the box?? especially in the bunker way those teams played...
Gvardiol and Foden actually scored from outside the box against Madrid in the first leg and Foden scored from outside the box against United at home. So I guess you were talking about the second leg against Madrid and the FA cup final.
In the madrid game second leg they did an excellent job in closing down the shooting range and spotting the main danger (KDB, Foden, Gvardiol, Rodri), these players were closed down before they could pull any sort of trigger.
In the FA cup final they packed the middle very well as we didn't have enough wide threat in the first half. Doku came on and changed the game but it was too little too late.
In both these games our ball progression was not quick enough so we gave the opponents too much time to settle.
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