How Nico O'Reilly helped break Arsenal's press – and their hearts

Three seasons ago, having experienced varying levels of success in trying to convert full-backs into midfielders or midfielders into full-backs, Pep Guardiola finally had the opportunity to bring through a player specifically for that role.Rico Lewis was neither one thing nor the other; he didn’t consider it out of his comfort zone to play as Guardiola wanted, because Lewis was developed specifically to play in that ‘half-back’ role.Advertisement