after the fall of the berlin wall no family d.w. . would football be without people like him robert love and dusty is the bundles leaders best striker he put a white 13 goals in his 1st 9 matches. to myself is in good spirits

and defensive also sees good points the back line not just increasingly expensive defenders like drunken sailor ensure the man cities of the world rarely give up goals because attack wins games defense wins times according to one alex ferguson at least i'm going to take a look at the steps to find out where the ferguson's words of wisdom really do ring true so what would football be without breaking strike this park goes defenders and everything in between we've got it all featured a really long way to most people without kickoffs. probably haven't dusty's in unstoppable form even compared to his impeccable usual level coming into this weekend he's played 14 games in all competitions finding the net in all but one of them 19 goals in total 13 of which came in the opening 9 bundle. much today that's

a record breaking stuff. he's mr reliable. we're looking at his incredible luck tell you about goal by goal starting with much day 7 at home against hoffenheim. track just. this one is classic leventhal ski emain time space between himself and his mock out looking on the edge of the bumps his opponent can either cover here in the on the space goal side of the situation live on exploits to steal him behind and score. next up a trip to our book and he's at it again. chip stocks or. each of the start of this season he's the one just league's most prolific known german marksman with $215.00 goals he's won the top scorers canon 4 times plus those

legendary 90 minutes against the book 5 gold bull record smash the. problem i know. that i'm just. saying. just because. impressive numbers but they're just icing on the cake 11 jobs he says it's all about the team. so they see i've always wanted to win with a team that most of them the best way i can help us do that is by scoring goals. and i will play with the team have to be functioning as a whole through from back to front and also it makes winning easier for everyone. given by and struggled to find those late wins in october but they finally managed it on monday 9 to one against live with the obligatory contribution from 11 dusky.

go. back to the start of the season school musical going to. look at that. one for the archives another outright record for the project just published from. the news this i wasn't sure if that was the new record but didn't dwell on it too long so if you can get distracted during the game from the spirit something special for sure for that might be worth much as most is that we got the 3 points was in the us i was just going to take them to them after the goal was preceded by a foot balance when you're on a roll these things can happen. the albums are sometimes i play one sue with a teammate sometimes with an opponent i just have to try every option this time i had a bit of luck got the ball back and made the most of the opportunity and. on targets up to 9 straight much days not to mention goals in europe and the cup the records

continue to tumble now there's the looming possibility of attacking one that stood so long it's become legend said by gad move that way back in 19717240 goals in a single blues latest season. 9 goals into that campaign debt bomb but had a grand total of 3 to his $911.00 dubs he has seen already possibly putting him on course for a final tally closer to 50 the stuff of football fantasy we've seen in the scoring form of his life private live on top ski go grab an extraordinary. play to simply unstoppable but he's not the league's only legendary foreign striker cloudier pizarro has been one of our play bridge that you. can get one. goal behind a failed. i think you can pick when to. call in.

terms of the body and i think that it's about you know something before during. and we. were primarily on the money up it all with the good of all it was only better than this. and i thought that but i didn't know to call for you at all the end of. the peruvian prince is the oldest goalscoring in the builders league but his time here is drawing to a close pitch so we'll hang up his boots at season's end after 20 years in the bundesliga. it i'm not but i'm going to be going where you want no no no no go. you know if you get that meal on your butt oh no good thing we saw it here on our way so there you go but i always thought i know you by coming but i know her. history is

unbelievable he did sort of right. when he looked at the german in 2000 know. the stories and more success. when he won just about everything. he was so much when she 13 triple winning same thing you think it's. not change plans for the future soon see. sidelines. no no go or no yellow look on but it's our enemies our release that we are going to put a capercaillie in your city will enter in our mean things so you didn't get out of i get out of him with them but i left them with the sorry rally their pain in the lorry to make it an ever more chore much of the above what i thought yes without looking your meat out of the

a simple issue bizarre light for one of the best at what. i read a lot of those little. more there are our own money in things and gas and a nest we also in food. didn't system we have b.c. i'll be when the lord is complaining. in full but at those images of us and you prove to us or we will be in it until we know no simply apparently you know think you're going to go i hardly up in a nice way to owning that i'll come up with ok you got a point there we're going to almost 50 to one but i don't have the number and we. can all say don't and in all of these are this our money to go is important on the economics and one of the 2 thing in buying time being you know monday morning one doctor with the name of number one out of a feeling he. he's already signed in the book in 1999 it's hard to imagine the lake without him. there will be bizarro sized hole in

our hearts next season when he's gone. the stunt they know they set up it will. go through what it will be. yeah. you know what i mean. the moment. sure scoring goals is important but isn't it better to prevent we break down the age old debate of attack this is defense. it's the oldest debate in football the 2 ends of the pitch attack versus defense but which is more important when it comes to the big links the great alex ferguson once said that attack wins you games the defense wins you titles and it's not just

him off and sells tickets he parents really where. but is that really true if you want to win a league title is it more important to have a rampant at. all an impregnable defense. an unstoppable force. or an immovable object. i'm going to take a look at the stats to find out whether ferguson's words of wisdom really do ring true and ask what it means for football today where else to start the with fergie's old stomping ground the premier league. i've looked through the last 20 seconds to see if attack or defense was more important to each of the league champions the numbers may surprise the former master over the last 20 seasons the champions have been the top scorers in the division 13 times while

they've had the tight his defense in the lake on 10 occasions so the best attack has led more teams to the premier league title than the best defense has in that time and there's more i looked at the number of goals scored and conceded by ear. team in each season to give an attacking and defensive ranking for example man city scored the most goals and conceded the 2nd fewest in the premier league last season so they were 1st in attacking and 2nd in defending the results in the premier league there were 8 years where the champion's attacking ranking was better than their defensive ranking and just 4 campaigns where it was the other way around. so maybe ferguson was having a song all the time in fact if we look at his own successes it's clear that the scot really depended on his attack manchester united $1800.00 souls in the period i'm looking at all under fergie i mean it wasn't going to be david moyes was it in 6 of those 8 seasons they had the best attack while they had the best defense in

the league 4 times their attack outperformed their defense 4 times while the defensive ranking was higher just twice in fact ferguson want to have his league titles with the 5th and 6th best defense in the division we have the best attack on both occasions now that i think of it fergie did love his strikers in his time manchester united what always willing to splash out on the best attackers the likes of ruud van nistelrooy and robin van persie were crucial to their title victories and of course wayne rooney became one of the most successful premier league players of all time at old trafford. it's not just the red side of manchester where attack dominates manchester city and won 4 premier league titles and they've had the best attack in the division every single time and they also have the best defense in 2 of those seasons but is the attack that dominates but maybe this is just

a premier league thing maybe if we look abroad the trend is reversed well certainly not in spain there's one. of the sensors we. has been won by the team that scored. most goals 11 times in the last 20 seasons the team that conceded the fewest goals as prevailed 9 times the champions attacking ranking in that season has been higher than their defensive ranking 11 times and it's been the other way around just 6 times perhaps this shouldn't be too surprising in an era dominated by messi and ronaldo real madrid are the perfect example of a team that needs a good back more than a good defense they've had the most potent oftens in the league in 4 of this 6 title winning seasons in the last 20 years and their attack has had a higher ranking than their defense in 5 of those campaigns maybe that explains why florentino perez is so adamant the rails of riches be spent on forwards apart from

the obvious one they spend big on players like gareth bale and it in azhar in recent years you can add luca yo bitch. and go to their list of expensive attacking purchases although let's be honest these sightings haven't all worked out like they hoped but here's the thing about the leader and bosses dominance skews the stats somewhat voters to have won all but 4 of the last 20 spanish titles interestingly in those 4 seasons the champion has never had the best attack but has had the best defense on 3 occasions so basically if you're one of the spanish superclubs stack your attack and if not shut up shop there is one league where ferguson's line certainly is accurate though you won't be surprised to hear the defense is up on top in italy. you want to. turn blue.

dog. this is a very important thing the best defense in syria has won the title. 15 times in the last 20 years and the champions defensive ranking has been better than their attacking ranking in 10 of those 20 seasons u.v.-a the absolute kings of defending their way to the top they've won 11 titles in that time and had the best defense in the league in every single one of those seasons their attacking ranking has never outperformed their defense while the defensive ranking has been better on 6 occasions it's hardly a shock that italy is the outlying here the country's love of defensive football stretches way back to the 1960 s. went into dominating with catherine upcher a strategy focused on ultra solid defense from judgment of

a get see through franco by raese and paolo maldini georgiou killie need defenders have long been the true stars of italian football but what can we take away from these numbers of course being exceptional that either end of the pitch gives teams a huge advantage but it could have said that without spending days looking through stats what really stands out is how both attack and defense have to be functioning for most teams to win their league across the premier league syriac and the buddhist league champions almost always rank in the top 3 for both most goals scored and fewest goals conceded in 20 years across those 3 leagues they have only been 3 exceptions to that rule and one of those was went into one syria after eventis and milan were both top points over the culture police scandal original champions uva at the 2nd best attack and the best defense and just to back up that it's a matter of being good at both ends we can take

a look at the ultimate deciding factor apart from actual points goal difference over the last 20 years in england spain germany and italy $64.00 out of 80 champions have had the best goal difference in the league. makes sense right goal difference is basically a sign of how well a team is functioning in attack and defense if one is bringing down the other it will almost certainly be clear and it seems goal difference and that is the best indicator of league title success there's one other thing to consider with goal difference when after a long season the team simply can't be separated by points incredibly that's happened 5 times in the history of the bundesliga and every time it's been the defensive record that has won the champions the title in those 5 seasons the winners never out scored their direct rivals but conceded fewer goals every single time. like by and in the 992000 season leverkusen scored more goals

than them but by and superior defense saw them play minimized the shiela. won out life so this was. a win in 2007 their goal difference was a full 19 goals worse than barcelona's and they had a worse attack and defense but they won the league thanks to a better head to head record against their old rivals so what does all that mean for modern coaches basically having the best attack is generally more likely to win you really title than having the best defense but you can't just leave the back door open the defense has to provide the platform for the starts hackett's and if it doesn't all those goals could count for nothing and i should know i'm an arsenal fan this may be why we're seeing more and more clubs spending big money on big name defenders this summer saw several clubs go big on beefing up their back lines mitzi as the lift was arguably the hot is property of the transfer window eventually

moving to new day after looking at the numbers we can see exactly why they were happy to splash the cash on another sense of back meanwhile in manchester clubs on both sides of town paid a king's ransom for defenders city handed over a huge bundle of cash to upgrade their back up right back from the new low can stay low and united even let themselves shorten it back to ensure they could revamp their defense with harry maguire and aaron one misaka then if we look to germany brian stands up more than a 100000000 euros at lucas and numbers and benjamin puff up to their squad for a long time defenders were undervalued in the transfer market but that is not happening anymore of course having the best of both worlds isn't just about who you buy it's about how you set up too although some coaches do go to extremes when it comes to tactics. most of them are trying to at least make things work both ends of

the pitch and there are 2 in particular who have found their own magic formula right now i want to take a look you're going club and pep guardiola for a moment. they're both known for their attacking football but in reality their approach is focussed just as much on defense let's start with why you don't like his man city side have torn up defenses all over england in the last couple of years but while they've broken records for the number of goals they scored they've also been phenomenal in defense but if you talk about city it's always about how good they are football players but they are brilliant organist they had the best defense in the league when i won his 1st title in england and last season they conceded just 23 goals full year the near perfect record in both attack and defense is partly down to what he owes its brilliance city and keep the ball better than pretty much every other team combined with the talent of their expensive lee assembled squad that means they create more opportunities than the rest but it also

means they seriously limit the number of chances their opponents have to score against the old advantage that you can't score if you don't have the ball is particularly true with city and this isn't a new phenomenon with the i love this boxer and by and teams have the best defense in the country in all 6 of his title winning seasons in spain and germany it's about coming up with a system that not only gets the balance right between attack and defense but actually maximize his pants and one of the owners not the only one his current nemesis you can quote has his own theory about how to get the best of both worlds and right now it's working pretty well the. central defender of the ball so if you're going to go to take this go of course. the build up would be better liverpool had the best defense in the premier league last season. and they look to be carrying out fine defensive forward through the current campaign as well again

pressing is often seen as a buccaneering attacking strategy and an absolutely does lead to some thrilling moments and plenty of goals but pressuring opponents into mistakes in their own half doesn't just help create opportunities it also keeps the ball away from your own dangerous side if the ball is in a team's defensive 3rd a lot of things can happen a deflection or a misplaced pass can lead to chaos by pressing the opposition high up the pitch you massively reduce the chances of a freak occurrence leading to gulp and if it's seen can't get out of their own half there isn't much even the best attacking players can do this is a strategy that asks a lot of the players stars like most our study on manet and reverse sophie mino can simply point to that goals and assists they have to work hard in service of the guys further back to in this set up when the other team has the ball attacking players effectively become advanced defenders again it's about maximizing ball and

of course most coaches don't have the luxury of being able to pick so many talented and athletic players the vast majority of coaches have to choose whether they'll prioritise attack or defense for those guys the numbers suggest generally that attack is a safer bet than defense when it comes to winning league titles but as a club or showing the future for the pinnacle of football is a strategy that does bug. you. the role of goalkeeper's in modern football is another great example of this but that's a story for another day. will be the best of the big 3 strapping brothers and cringeworthy howlers it's october's best on this league. barry davis you know i hate to say possible very much in my picking in the top to.

go this blast of energy target so happy i wanted to refresh my ford i'm usually just tickled so this it took a while but on match day 9 part of 0 and finally takes in victory. is so stupid 7 i think it's one of the most important games this season for us it was a momentous result in more ways than one. as most of us clean sheets to the minute fast ever in the bundesliga for a lot of these guys. offside rule so i served up memories to cherish for frank that keeper frederick brown no on much 80 kept out everything late accusing control of him. did it spot save us well again makes a save. his tonight but once again.

just about. this evening all morning was just yesterday morning when my son was born so it was. it was really emotional game for me today and i'm really happy for for the game for the for the win for the team mates and of course also for michael from the money my son he probably didn't get much sleep before the game but what it matters most that new jack was wide awake. had told him when he was safe like this when he became become father then please. go and get the next baby a horrendous. keep. the proved to be an emotional rollercoaster ride starting with the match day 7 plunging. past. one to forget and less than ideal preparation for the next game. again. but it was pretty much

the same plane flying from come back a string of slaves from the czech republic number one get the outlook in the contest and they managed to hold myself 11 points against by end all times to come back. to 6 like this some time you are down sometimes you are so it's football especially fall for the goalkeepers.

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