Jonathan WILSON
Have we reached peak pressing point?
When Spain were at their peak the fear was occasionally expressed, particularly among British critics, that if teams could retain possession so well then football was in danger of taking on the dynamic of basketball. One team would have an attack, then the other would have an attack, and so on and so on, rather than the physical and tactical midfield battles that seemed so essential to the sport.
A decade on, that seems a remarkable concern to have had.
It is true that roughly one in six Premier League games
