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The Guardian says Yates’s second-ball play shows an old skill still matters

Forest were 2-1 ahead inside the last 20 minutes, with City pushing for an equaliser after Rayan Cherki’s half-volley. The Guardian’s analysis looks at another part of the win: Ryan Yates’s second-ball play. The paper says Yates’s old-school attributes came to the fore, arguing that winning the second ball can often matter even more than winning the first. In a game increasingly shaped by systems and data, that familiar skill still has a place at the top level.

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