How do you beat the top teams?

How do you go about beating the top teams (United, City etc) away with a smaller team.

I usually just try to hit them on the counter, it sometimes works, but sometimes I do get thrashed.

What tactics do you use?

I like to try and put them off their normal game by kicking lumps out of their key men whenever the chance arises.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't haha.

I tend to play high up the pitch, pressing a lot with an attacking mentality. Sometimes I get thrashed if they consistently get in behind and score, but I find my teams just don't cope very well if I try to sit back and soak up pressure. I'll often lose by 3 or 4 goals against the big teams if it doesn't go well, but occasionally gets the shock result. I've never won sitting back and trying to hit on the counter.

good old 4-5-1 and get stuck in.

I normally just play my normal way because if i change it il normally take a beating. Only thing id do is drop slightly deeper and set full backs to defend.

i normally use 4-2-1-3 or 4-2-3-1 in regular matches

big matches i switch to a 4-3-1-2 and play a D© in the middle of the 3 to mark the opposition AMC (a.k.a. the Real Madrid Pepe role) and get stuck in

or if the opposition doesn't play AMC i play a deep lying playmaker there and set him as my main playmaker (a.k.a. the Juve Pirlo role) and try to keep possession as much as possible