How to Break a Low (5-4-1) Block with (Guardiola’s) Positional Play

“We found a lot of problems when attacking a 5-4-1 when the striker is marking our holding midfielder and 10 players are defending so deep. We are thinking about how you could attack against that system.” – Pep Guardiola when previewing the 2018/2019 EPL season. Starters for the 18/19 Season…