That's strange though because i never use the contain button and my hybrid team with Kroos has a slowish midfield. I do like to play fast counter attacking football with quick 1-2 passes to move my way out though. My BPL team has 2 workhorses in the middle tracking everywhere but we should have another game some time with you using a different team.
But in the first game thats how i felt, you pressed all my midfielders into making mistakes and stupid passes and it did take me a while to get going.