Another game, another goalless first half. After a frustrating opening 45 minutes where we failed to make the breakthrough, Unai Emery brought on Matteo Guendouzi for Alex Iwobi and changed our system. But what was our head coach's thinking behind these moves? This is what he told the media in his post-match press conference: on what he said at half-time… We spoke about these things. It was very difficult to find a goal or break through their lines defensively. Their transition was a very good transition. We didn’t want to concede another goal because it makes it more difficult, but our idea changed a little bit because we spoke at half-time. We needed to take more risks in the match....
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