LONDON -- In just the third match of the 2024-25 season, Antonee Robinson knew Premier League opposition teams were paying extra attention to him. The U.S. international was in his usual left-back spot for Fulham , looking to attack down Ipswich Town's right wing. For most of last season, if he'd managed to get the ball near the halfway line, the right winger would have left him to attack one-on-one with their right back. Not anymore.
"It's happening a lot," he tells ESPN.
At Portman Road, Ipswich effectively deployed two players to nullify Robinson's attacking threat, with Axel Tuanzebe and Chiedozie Ogbene tracking Robinson's every move over 90 minutes.