Manuel Pellegrini doesn’t fully understand why the Irons are playing so much better but is not ready to put all the credit on a midfield three.
Much has been made of a system which has seen Mark Noble, Declan Rice and Pedro Obiang alongside each other and many have declared that the reason we have seen a revival.
But the manager doesn’t see things in quite such simple terms and is honest enough to say: “”It’s difficult to know exactly why the team is playing well.
“I’m not a manager who gives too much importance to having two or three in the middle, but a manager who believes more in passing the ball when we have it and working well when we don’t have possession.