Arteta v Bielsa. A tactical feast in the FA Cp between Arsenal and Leeds United: A tactical analysis

This is a detailed tactical analysis of how Bielsa set up his team to play Arsenal in the FA Cup. Leeds tried to play out from the back and were intelligent enough to realise when they could play and when they needed to play Long. Leeds played a man orientated press allowing Holding to bring the ball out but pressing Luiz to prevent him from playing. Arteta lined up with a 4-3-3 system in attack and a 4-4-2 system in defence whereas Bielsa lined up with a 4-3-3 / 4-1-4-1 system. We also take a look