In the dressing room, Tomás was in his corner. Ruth's microphones were live. I did not think about them.
"The pattern worked. Benteke's chance came from exactly the position we designed. The execution will come. Keep playing the same way." I looked at Kovačić. "Mateo. What you did to Xhaka in the nineteenth minute. Do it again. Every time he presses you, turn him. He can't stop now. Use it."
Sarah stepped to the tactics board. "Arsenal are leaving space behind Monreal when he pushes up. The channel is ten yards wide. Wilf, Rúben can find you with a switch. We've done it a hundred times."
Neves nodded. Zaha cracked his knuckles.
Bray: "They've stopped marking the near post on corners. They're zonal, three on the six-yard box, but the near-post area empties when the decoy run goes. KB-29 is on. Short corner, decoy pulls, delivery to the back post."
