His team looks decent and I personally would have been more careful if I was up against him. 3* players are sometimes better than 5* players so you can really say you are the better team.

4-3W-1-2 is actually very hard to beat if you get your orders wrong. I know, because I have used 4-3W-1-2 to win the league once. A lot of ppl think it is weak in the middle, but all you need is one good MC & AMC to make it work. And what do you know, his MC got an 8 match rating!

So yeah...your orders were wrong, he wasn't even playing defensive counter IMO, because if he was he would have lost. He was probably set to Normal or Attacking and he simply ran your midfield. You're actually quite lucky it was a draw not a loss.

What I can tell you, if you are planning to play 4-4-2, you need better wingers and MCs. They may be 5* but I think they are duds.