It should be obvious when your opponent is going to attempt a 1-2...

In which case, keep control of your defender who is marking the first passer (the intended target of the return pass).

Now best is to do this as subtly as possible, in jockey, pull your defender back enough that any ball in behind you can manually track and gather, but close enough that the player might still think the pass is on and doesn't give the final receiver too much space for a pass to feet.

The only time this doesn't work for me is when game is being dumb and Özil walks through my beast of a CB etc.