You should start with narrow diamond or 3-5-2 flat instead of 4-1-4-1...it's not good counter for 4-4-2 classic
I've been doing great with 4-1-4-1 vs 4-4-2... Plus thats my best team in the starting 11, im scared to bench some of them.. :/ I was thinking to use same 4-4-2 as him, but he has the better team so that's out.