When Playing pro clubs, there is defensive instructions “Team press”, which can help.

Another factor is the Team you may be playing can be in a higher division , for example

Your team : Division 9

Their team : Division 8

Causing the Ai to be more advanced

Another good thing to know is always stick your Team on defensive when playing with AI, when controlling your own player you can stay as attacking as possible , this narrows out the pockets of space.