Rafael Benítez put 9 men in a box at Wembley and for 63 minutes it worked.
A line of 5 across the edge of that area, a line of 4 another 4 yards in front of it, and Joselu on his own 40 yards up the pitch with one job, which was to stand near Mamadou Sakho and make him take a touch he did not want. Newcastle had 10 men inside their own half at 12 seconds and they did not come out again.
You cannot go through 9 men in a rectangle 30 yards wide. Round it is a byline with 2 men stood on it. Over it is Jamaal Lascelles and Fabian Schär, who are both 6 foot 2 and who had the whole afternoon to attack air.
Zaha beat Kenedy on 14 and DeAndre Yedlin was already stood on the grass he was running at. Same again on 22, other foot, same outcome.
Bray called routine 4 on 31. Benteke near post, Tarkowski behind him, Eze arriving at the 3 yards nobody covers. It has worked 3 times this season and it won us a match at Southampton.
