Eddie Howe revealed Newcastle United took just two days to practice their new three-at-back system as they beat Arsenal 2-0 to reach the Carabao Cup final
on Wednesday. The Magpies switched to a three-man centre-back system with Kieran Trippier and Lewis Hall at wing-back, with Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon scoring in the first and second half. “
We only started working on the tactical aspect on Monday, which was a very quick period of time,” Howe said after the win at St James’ Park which sent them to Wembley with a 4-0 aggregate win.
“We change things up depending on the opponent and playing in the Champions League last year helped us get used to it in two days. ” And felt today we needed tall players, particularly without Joao, so we needed Dan Burn, Fabian Schar and Sven Botman. “
And we needed strength at the back, we wanted to press the opposition centre-backs. To do that we had to use the right players in the right areas. “We had to work on set pieces as well because the opposition were very dangerous. The lads deserve credit, สมัครสมาชิก UFABET วันนี้ รับเครดิตฟรีทุกวัน they executed the instructions perfectly. Fabian Schar had to run a lot to take care of that area. “
We had Fabian marking Rice, whether it was dropping deep, out wide or through the middle, he had to run all over the pitch but he’s a great athlete and can do that. “
Overall it was a great night. We had a difficult game but tactically we were very good. We wanted to be aggressive, which sometimes doesn’t work but today we did that. There were times when we had to drop back and take the pressure, but we were always in the game.”