Other teams, as evidenced by the recently published UEFA Champions League technical report, maintain their balance either by covering their defensive line with conservative use of their full backs while playing a single holding midfielder, or by covering their offensive full backs by deploying two conservative holding midfielders.
This insight was missed last season, for example, when some compared Man City's use of two holding midfielders to Arsenal's use of one holding without noting the different using of fullbacks (Man City's were more attacking). Looking at holding midfielders in isolation, one would think that Arsenal were the more attacking side, but it's important to consider fullbacks as well. Then it becomes clear that the clubs were using the same number of attacking players in general.
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