And the female pundit got it dead correct in one sentence. Villa midfield not giving any cover whatsoever to the defence.
She's right, we have been conceding far too many shots against us in recent weeks.
It's not about a lack of cover, it's that the lack of pressing higher up the pitch means teams can play it around with too much time to pick gaps. Add to that us trying to not have too many players behind the bal land it's a perfect storm for them to boss us. It's been the same problem for a few games and it's why Barkley has been the target of a lot of complaints, if he's going to stay up the pitch then he needs to scare teams into keeping players deep to cover him and he's just not doing it.
All that said, great goal, where was Barkley though?
