[Heinz Field, Pittsburgh. Wednesday 25 July 2018. 19:25.]
The sheet went up on the tunnel wall at 25 past 7, and 30 men read it.
11 names in the first column.
Nick Pope. Aaron Wan-Bissaka. James Tarkowski. Ibrahima Konaté. Ben Chilwell. Rúben Neves. Pierre-Emile Højbjerg. James McArthur. Jarrod Bowen. Christian Benteke. James Rodríguez.
That is the Community Shield side, and every man stood in that concrete corridor knew it.
4-3-3, and it is the only shape we have got.
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg alone in front of the back 4. Rúben Neves and James McArthur either side of him and 10 yards ahead. Jarrod Bowen and James Rodríguez wide and high, Christian Benteke down the middle.
3 things, and I have said them so often since May that Bray mouths them along with me.
Everything goes through the middle third at pace, because if you play round the outside of a good side you have to be perfect 40 times and we will only be perfect 30.
