"The problem is not with the style we played, but the difficulty we have when the other team play the counter-attack, " added the 62-year-old.
Home teams are almost always encouraged by the supporters to take the initiative and get on the front foot, but this exposes them to the counter-attacking wing play that has served Villa so well.
The ability to play on the counter-attack played into Arsenal's hands and substitute Cesc Fabregas passed for Bendtner to cut inside and find the top corner with a precise strike before Walcott again raced clear and sidefooted past Krul for his sixth goal of the season.
For their part, Portsmouth seemed happy to play the role of counter-attackers, especially given they had LuaLua's pace to utilise.
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Lacking the calming influences of Fabregas and Robin van Persie, the hosts were forced to play largely on the counter-attack in the first half and the home supporters were soon murmuring in frustration.
However, Russia forward Andrei Arshavin settled the match on the counter-attack with five minutes to play as Arsenal clinched a seventh successive win in all competitions.
When my kids are having their weeknight supper at the counter, for example, I can play them a clip from a YouTube video on the iPad right in front of them.
To play against us they wanted to counter attack and they did some very well.
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Manchester City were really difficult to play against because they were very organised and compact waiting for the counter-attack, which they did very well.
Tensions rose on the touchline between Calderwood and Falkirk counter-part Steven Pressley after the latter tried to get the ball back in play after a stoppage.
This led Four-Kings Intel, favourites for the Counter-Strike competition, to field a team with some members that do not usually play for the professional clan.
The Algerians made their tactical intentions clear from the off, as they were happy to sit deep and play long, in-swinging balls and try to gain free-kicks in good areas, to counter the organised Egyptians.
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