You lost 2-1 away, that's an advantage. You have 49% possession despite he has 5% advatantage of possession at home. How are you being outplayed? Just by looking at the information you provided I can tell his team has slight quality overall better than you and he's more confident than you since he's taking the attack approach. your formation is nothing wrong but gives you no advantage. You basically went for man for man in every part of the pitch. He has 5 attackers vs 5 of your defenders and you had 3 attackers vs 3 defenders. only difference is when he attacks he can dribble shoot or pass to the left and right while you run to the byline to cross or cut inside, he has more options than you. you don't need an AMC or whatever. Use your strongest quality and attack him. either use another mc to control midfield, or use 2 St to give more attack, don't believe that bs you need a DMC because he has AMC, if you follow all that basically you always on the defensive mode. sure you might worry and think you are outnumbered in defense but at the same time you outnumber him on his side of the pitch. To be safe play with 2 DMC and sacrifice either aml or amr after you score. If you follow those rules of man for man marking defense against this

St St St
AMC AMC AMC
Mc

DL. DC. Dr

My guess is you play this

Dr dc DC DL
DMC DMC DMC
Mc mc

St
Or opting for an AMC instead of mc? The ball will be down your pitch most of the time buddy