How Amorim Took Down Guardiola | Tactical Analysis : Manchester City 1-2 Manchester United

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[@DCI-801]

Just like to say City looked comfortable but their keeper can’t save anything

[@highspeedrailenjoyer1045]

Id say city were very lucky with that result, Kyle walker should have had a red and there should have been an extra pen

[@ryannyeck7796]

Plus the chance missed by Bruno. Only if he had put that one in

[@lexcitly]

Just like when Hojlund wrestled Haaland to the floor without looking at the ball at all. Maybe city did deserve a red for that but 10 men behind the ball is always an option like Arsenal did.

[@oscaka0073]

@@lexcitly They were BOTH wrestling with each other , what on earth are you even talking about . Why dont you justify why Hojlund wasnt given a penalty with the Diaz tackle ???

[@lexcitly]

@oscaka0073 I don't think the attacking player wants to wrestle when they're supposed to get away from their man and score. I agree, maybe dias' tackle should've given united a penalty, but if haaland also got one then it cancels out. Point is, it wasn't a lucky result

[@Lee-d9n]

​@@lexcitlyWould that be the same Haaland, that throws his weight around every week the guys a bully and looks like the villain from Ghostbusters 2 😂

[@mfholicx]

This video primarily focused on Pep's tactics and nothing about Amorims's and at the end gave ratings. Bro see how Amorim neutralize City attackers, letting Maguire start for the first time totally neutralized Haaland, Lisandro pressing high on KDB at times and held city to 0.3 open play xG while ManU have around 1.5 But still United have a better overall xG Also Pep was a genius with the tactics he came to begin the match but Amorim had plans for it in the second half. While they were pressing 3-2 in the first half, they switched to 2-3 that totally neutralized Pep's genuis. Yeah they were lucky too...But in this match Amorim had every answer to Pep and neutralizing their tactics. Had United have better players, could be more than 2-1 and not even concede that goal tbh But United are just shit at defending set piece rn

[@netscopesystems2759]

I was going to say that too, too much minutes wasted on Pep's tactics that didn't work eventually. What about the neutralizing tactics that paid off? Bro proceeds to give ratings 😄

[@abeldre]

City gave them the result before nunez their xg was the same, u have to consider city played ucl away match city players have fatigue

[@jonathanlupalezwi5951]

​@@abeldreWhat? United played on Thursday

[@abeldre]

United played with victoria plezn at home with no traveling they also rotate, city played with same players they played against juve they only rotate 2 players foden n nunez they can't rotate on this circumstance due to injury u have to consider all this things dude

[@Lee-d9n]

​@@abeldreUnited was away

[@Millsy_]

This guy is 100% a City fan. Unable to credit United and finishes with how it was good tactics from City and United were lucky.

[@barbarian1807]

As a neutral united deserved that win,,,away from home they defended well and tactics doesn't mean just attacking..defending and neutralising opponents attackers is also tactics..if people are saying united was lucky then city goal was also luck..it was deflected cross and on this match city had 3rd lowest xg 0.94 in last three years

[@robertkivindu340]

Pep played to Amorim's trap. City's goal was via an awkward deflection which was unexpected. Otherwise utd contained City's attack. Only 2 shots made sense in terms of City's attack. Amad was Amorim's attack focal point- no surprise he was involved in both goals. Amorim outsmarted Pep. The other years City controlled all possession against utd- this one was close. Utd had better pass accuracy- these cannot be downplayed as luck but rather its been a plan.

[@aisamwale1111]

One time man You just hit the nail

[@acl9571]

Yesterday united were solid. I was really impressed. Played really good after a long long time.

[@hzq23x]

Amorim's OOP setup was great, so much better than ETH

[@IamBassics]

Do you know how many times ETH beat City?

[@Listerinepeddler]

​@@IamBassicsjust twice in 5 meetings

[@Listerinepeddler]

​@@IamBassicsjust twice in 5 meetings

[@Sound6838]

Twice and amorim has won 2 already this season​@@IamBassics

[@tommyknockers5492]

@@Sound6838 Don't think the Sporting one counts and ETH was playing them in their pomp.

[@LevinsThe]

Mazraui comes home and empty his pockets. Wallet, car keys, cash, Doku

[@Ava_Kabar]

🤣🤣🤣

[@derinadebayo332]

No way pep gets a higher tactical score than Amorim. The match was decided on moments. City scored from a botched corner routine where they got lucky with a deflected cross. Man Utd scored from two City errors. But outside of the errors, Man Utd created more chances (Bruno 1v1, Amad header, and Hojlund penalty shout) and were able to limit City's effectiveness on offense (lowest box touches of the season for City and a very low open play xg). At best, both managers deserve the same score and I can see an argument for Amorim ahead.

[@Xdx-bz1uy]

So Amorim Utd creating 3 big chances to Pep’s 0 earns him a 4.5? You’re biased

[@ayudhh07]

I think United's tactics were spot on, initially City were getting lot of ball but in that Mount injury moment, AMorim talked and tucked Amad inside rather than near touchline, I think Amorim completely knew what Pep was trying and also Amorim trusted his defence a lot to do the job for him...and for most parts of the game Amorim was trying to frustrate and tire the demotivated City players that too at home and slowly you started to feel around 60 mins that United were not going to lose the game. So it was not just 2 minutes of magic but United actually pushed and pushed for that magic moments to get created

[@thuo1000]

Pep needs to go back to his earlier system at City of using a false 9 or double false 9's. Prior to Haaland's arrival, City used to play not only entertaining football but they were very unpredictable in how they would score goals. You never knew which player would score and the midfielders at that time were regularly in the scoresheet. Ever since Pep started using the traditional striker system, City's structure changed as well. It worked great for 2 seasons but it became easier for other teams to decipher the system. You see, Haaland needs a KDB type of player to give him those pin point through balls or crosses. Without KDB, Haaland becomes highly ineffective. This is because Haaland is simply a goal scoring machine. He rarely offers any other thing unlike his predecessor, Aguero did. Aguero just like Haaland was a traditional striker. However, Pep slowly transformed Aguero to be more involved in City's game like build up play. So after a season or so, we begun seeing Aguero play in that false 9 role where he would link with City's midfield to progress play up the pitch. Aguero's movement allowed City to create numerical overloads both in the centre and in wide regions of the pitch. So opponents defensive lines were being stretched and disorganized for large times in the 90 minutes. With Haaland, Pep tried to make Haaland drop deep to link up with City's midfield but Haaland is "heavy". Due to his size, he cannot play those quick one twos and dribble in tight spaces like Aguero did. So Pep decided to use John Stones as a makeshift CM /CDM when City had possession. Since Haaland could not often drop deep to create numerical overload, Pep decided to be using one CB who pushes up as a CM to create those necessary overloads. Pep used this tactic mostly in the treble winning season. However, this system only works perfectly if you have the right player for it. John Stones is highly intelligent and thus fitted perfectly in that system. Ake and Akanji are not as good in that system as Stones. I think Pep needs to go back to his striker-less system. Haaland is a great striker no doubt but he is heavily reliant on world class services from midfielders and if the midfielders are not at their best, then Haaland becomes ineffective which means that City's main source of goals is dried up. During the Aguero days, City were never reliant in KDB. I remember in the 2018/2019 season when City won the domestic quadruple. In that season, KDB suffered a serious injury that put him out for a couple of months yet City were still destroying teams with high margin score lines. Pep needs to go back to that system. The Haaland system is obviously great when it works but catastrophic when it doesn't. In City's earlier system, even if Aguero was injured, City would still beat teams comfortably. This is because Pep had created a system where there were multiple sources of goals. With Haaland now, it seems that this is a system designed with one major source of goals and this one source of goals is heavily dependent on one key midfielder. So if that midfielder is injured, then that one source of goal is seriously affected.

[@TheDGBgamers]

I wouldn't give Pep that high of a score. The only reason he went with the setup he did was because United's team leaked the day before.

[@mikeb7379]

You watching a different game from me? Amat's header, nearly a goal. Fernández should have been a goal? A pen and a brilliantly taken goal from Manu set against a goal from a corner and one scuffed shot from Foden for City, as far as I can remember? So who were the better team/tactics? Pep and City according to you? Well, you/they still got the wrong result anyway.

[@TinasheNyamuzuwe]

*Fernandes

[@Official_nwa_eze]

You should have named the Video Pep Guardiola Derby Tactics because you never talked about Manchester United in possession and out of possession tactics....... Not encouraging at all.

[@user-Marrk]

lol or "How Amorim took down Guardiola... he didn't, Guardiola took down himself"

[@nirvaya9610]

Bringing in Antony in right flank to allow Diallo to go more central or even upto left flank to press was brillant tactical sub creating 2 goals .

[@lexcitly]

Antony the goat

[@farisiskndr02]

What can I say? It's always Mr. Aura himself (Antony the GOAT)

[@lyndaek99]

I don't get why pep has a higher rating while losing and not creating much. He gets credit for "almost" winning on 0.3 xg and amorin less for "actually" winning.

[@ThomasSpitzer1]

Because this guy jerks of to pep

[@JusticeKumi-dh4hj]

Pep was trying to use 3-2-4-1 to do attacking but defensive was quite easy to break in.

[@aungmonthet9897]

I agree it was effective in attacking but so much defensive insecurities in defending especially counter attack.

[@ndinyelumikechukwumichael5184]

You only talked about pep tactics. What of Amorin tactics?

[@mosevankibz3524]

He likes Pep so much..🤷🏽‍♂️🥴

[@lexcitly]

He did talk about Amorim. He took advantage of city's midfielders covering to switch the play into open space.

[@ndinyelumikechukwumichael5184]

I suggest he make two videos (1) Pep tactics Part2 Amorin tactics. To balance the analysis.

[@MachinegumKelly]

@lexcitly ...to full backs who can't play high up the field... Amorim didn't do anything really, it was all Diallo show, a lucky win.😅

[@oddman2435]

So many pep fanboys coping in the comments because they are accustomed to tacticos sucking pep off lol.

[@user4d677]

This is heavily biased. No mention of how good United were in the press and how well they kept the ball against City’s press. Simply dismissing them as errors is lazy

[@philipankrah1377]

U dwelt on Pep's tactics and how united took advantage of "lapses". What of United's set-up... in possession and out of possession. To me the video was one sided.

[@MrSymanPT]

cant really give a better score to guardiola when he has way better team, playing at home, starts winning and still united dominates completly the second half with a few ( not a lot) chances while city had 0 chances all game.

[@Nihilism420]

for my perspective Amorim let ball to Doku and trust Maz to 1v1 him, this is key role Amorim to contain Doku for whole game, when Doku out, Amorim instantly change Maz to Antony and right side become alive again.

[@tsaageotrimm]

Stay humble eh

[@ZixPlays]

4 IN ROW EH

[@hrudheyashibu1557]

Amorim 4.5 😂 what match were you seeing yesterday,i mean how dumb people can become nowadays 😂

[@Kilonz0]

He is dumb because you have a different opinion😂

[@user-Marrk]

@@Kilonz0 No, he is dumb because the stats show Man Utd had a much bigger say in the result than what he claims. People are mocking this video and I can see why. If you can't then get your special needs carer to explain it to you.

[@jeffreyroy3405]

​@Kilonz0 Amorim got the win and way higher xg away from home and almost equal possession why should he not get a higher rating?

[@Bonko78]

I like this analysis. It's not just explaining what we see in the game, what good and bad things that the formations and tactics create, but also what would have happened if the formations had been different. That's really in-depth! Thank you!

[@abcdefghijlkmn1794]

It feels like amorim should have a higher rating since city has a better squad

[@serpico3w767]

Top notch quality video. Please keep the tactical board animation as it is right now, it's very nice.

[@user-ul5mk2qz1x]

I won’t lie Pep is good.He learnt from the first loss against Amorim that’s why he made Gvardiol tuck in to free up Nunes.Amorim was just better on the day

[@j7sportvideo24]

United was very disciplined and patient. Something Amorim implemented. In a game like this, that's very important considering United were the underdogs.

[@ayyub823]

Only 2 minutes spent talking about Utd even though they much better than city through out the game 😂

[@ademolatanigbola5800]

Who cares whether Nunes made a terrible back pass or Ederson came off his line too early - players create these moments and this is part of the game.

[@lexcitly]

It's part of the game but has nothing to do with the tactical setup.

[@norman5340]

This is the 4th analysis I saw of the tactics, none of them are remotely similar to the other.... What a load of BS, not necessarily just this one, all.. if Pep or Rubin saw these "technical analysis", they may wonder WTF are you guys talking about?

[@youwhat5058]

Man City didn't do much all game I cannot remember them having a proper chance, Man Utd kept them silent and could have scored more with Bruno missing the chip shot and the penalty Rasmus should have got.

[@AdiNikiVem]

Amorim earns a 4.5? Wow, have to disagree with that. He setup United perfectly, they had almost 50% possession, created more from open play, pounced on City’s mistakes, made the right calls to close the game out as well.

[@El..._]

Pep's tactics are on point but the team needs it's confidence back🎉

[@alexallardyce7362]

No, are the worst tactics

[@BUKOLAEGUNJOBI]

I have been waiting since for this video, thanks fms❤❤

[@OPC249]

Pep only has tatic discipline. His team has no social and emotional discipline. A great example was demonstrated when Kyle Walker did his best Raheem Sterling impression on Højlund, which granted him a gracious yellow card, offset the morale of his City teammates, and sparked passion for United to score a double within the last 5 minutes of the game.

[@nkosinathindlovu9322]

United will get there. If Amorim can do this w/o preseason. Imagine what he can do with preseason and clearing out the deadwood. Clear message was sent yesterday that those who don’t perform to the highest standards have no place. Amorim is no doubt a talented tactician and his methods are practical, even his training. Everyone was blown away by how well he the first training went. Clear identity from the get go. Compare that to ten Hag, no matter how good he was, he just can’t get his methods across. He also had favouritism. And that was the downfall. When you protect snakes, they will eventually bite you. It’s in their nature. Future looks very bright

[@beatsbyblake9441]

He didn't take down City, a mistake from Nunez was the cause of all this, city had the game for 80 mins

[@meshackmihayo7480]

Game had nothing to do with tactics. Man City stay focused, they easily win 1-0 or 2-0. A lack of concentration lead to the back pass that resulted in a penalty and the long ball from Lisandro Martinez between center backs.

[@clintonosagie172]

Been waiting for your video all day 🎉🎉🎉

[@hungotuan4431]

AMAD, AMAD, AMAD

[@ABiggles]

You missed Anthony coming on. Not a massive contribution but the threat of just using an attack minded WB was enough to pin a tiring City back meaning that when they made a mistake it was in the City half.

[@999SHTg]

For me even though united looked better..city gave it away due to stupid errors it has happened a lot this season Brighton game, sporting, feynoord and yesterday

[@emchaoanh9452]

No Rodri no party. Pep was playing gamble for this hard time, sadly it just didn't work well

[@anonamouscore2393]

Pep feels like when ur risky big brain tactics fall apart on football manager Sometime a simple 4-2-3-1 is enough during these periods

[@kunfukenny139]

IRONY: Manchester city beat the only team Liverpool lost against 🔴

[@scvmmy_alex]

One thing u missed is at one point Gvardiol stopped stepping into the midfield and city went back to a back 3 in buildup (sometime in the 2nd I can't remember)

[@manassehmusonga9259]

It was a tactical match,it was a chess match

[@brianmansan]

I watched the whole game. The first goal by United was purely Nunez's mistake & nothing more. The 2nd goal was a pure brilliance of 1 United player & nothing more. This is just a game of Football. This is good for City. They have wom 4 EPL titles in a row = lack motivation. They will come back even steonger next season with hight motivation to win back the EPL title. It will be boring if a team wins the title 5 years in a row. We need variation in life 😊😊😊😊

[@abhishekdhan1003]

the tactical innovation was the introduction of Anthony 👍👍

[@nkululekogoodhope7044]

It's about time brother.... I checked your upload earlier today😅. About five hours to be exact😅.

[@duncanblade]

Doku must not have known Mazraui is also African- with big pockets to contain him

[@samk3088]

Expected goal: city 0.95, Man Utd 2.08, Shot on target: city 3, Man Utd 3, Big chance created: city 0, Man Utd 3, chances missed city 0 Man Utd 1. Aside from a goal that was a result of a deflection, How in the god green earth was pep strategy better to get a 5 star rating over Amorin? Did we watch the same game?

[@Modera658fg]

Not going to lie, if amorim put garnacho or rashford united could easily take advantage from beginning.

[@Nihilism420]

and Pep will change his tactics.

[@norman5340]

They played when United lost games. So maybe Rubin wanted players who are prepared to give their best, instead of moping around like Rashford. Too much money for people from poor backgrounds tend to produce poor results. He bought a Rolls Royce at 24(?), while crying for school lunches... That leaves a poor taste. Why didnt he set an example by adopting a school? Sadio Mane, Salah, earn high wages, do see them bling? 2000 sneakers, Italian girlfriend (who dumped him), Rolls Royce... even Messie doesn't show off as much and he earns far more. It's their talent as footballers that rewarded them, as soon as fame become more important than your job, your fame is useless. Neymar, Mbappe, are other examples...

[@utkarshkumar4764]

I think john stones would have been a better option as cb, who goes into mid and gvardiol being the lb he has shown that he has intelligence to create goals also take a step back when needed. I don't know how fit john was but in this tactic john was better option i personally feel he is intelligent player has the ability to connect attack to defense has played the cdm role like Rodri, also nunez was a bit lost at times new role for him he did try to play it to perfection but anyways one mistake to learn from and become better.

[@ozedacoca]

that's some harsh ratings for both managers

[@trolleleet]

united so bad - 2 lucky late goals saved amorim from going bald!

[@건축왕-p1h]

Hello. I'm just one of soccer fan. I want to analysis football match well but I don't know how analysis football match. Can you help me please??

[@petershombole7302]

Pep 4 stars because their build up shape was very effective yet came with risks which is normal in clubs but the reason I gave pep 4 stars because he failed to create high quality chances and If Doku was good in passing on his left foot the game could have ended 3-2

[@user-Marrk]

00:08:07 Lol, your video should have been titled "How Amorim took down Guardiola... he didn't, Guardiola took down himself"

[@lenzzx6663]

I think matheus nunes needs to be checke dfor match fixing. The first goal it was a terrible pass for a professional player and he shouldve known what to expect THEN HE TACKLES DIALLO WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE BALL. On the 2nd goal, HE LITERALLY WALKS AND STARESWHEN HE GOT THE CHANCE TO ATLEAST MAKE A SLIDE TACKLE TO TRY TO CLEAR THE BALL. Look at it again if u dont believe me

[@ko-rp7ge]

Yeah once he came on. Everything went wrong for City.

[@7resist7tyranny7]

Thought the exact same thing

[@azaanhm]

once he came on???? he was on the pitch from beginning??? Wasn't he

[@damienchazelle3309]

i think the other problem was playing nunes as a left back,shoulve switched positionswith benardo

[@benedictjajo]

Come on man, give the man his due respect. He nullified Pep's tactics and only scored because of a lucky deflection on the cross. In all honesty, Amorin nullified Peps tactics in two different games.

[@badmasis]

these days Took Down Guardiola Guardiola do not need tactics

[@TreeSymphony52]

Notes. 1. This was a regular season game, not the Champions League final . There is no need for Man City to worry . 2. There is no need for a new manager . 3. Even Barcelona had struggles and below standards seasons. 4. Football fans don't want the Premier League to become the German league or French league where the same team is always winning. 5. Football Made Simple will always win the analysis trophy.

[@mecke429]

say that again without crying

[@farisiskndr02]

Struggled until they found a new manager that suited them

[@Akhilesh-p6r]

Marcus rashford isnt fast anymore, hes lazy ,and im happy that he was dropped, i dont wanna se him again in the firsst eleven , sell him

[@klasewiberg]

As always, interesting! But the music in the backgrounds is disturbing I think.

[@abeldre]

Best analysis

[@c111samakalam5]

Yesterday Man United completely pocketed haland

[@Gameflick87]

the problem is clear , haaland does not contribute . he only score goals

[@AKH7096]

How can the manager that won the game using his tactics to dismantle the other manager's tactics that lost get a lower score???

[@gvnady8380]

how to win? capitalize on opponent mistakes

[@hb3393]

Peps lost the plot, and I love to see it

[@jaydonnjuguna4780]

Do a Video on Slot tactics

[@SadjoJuniorGano]

That's cool bro ❤❤❤

[@Nihilism420]

finally i fucking wait this video

[@Stephenheaven7]

Bro only spoke about City the whole vid, probably a City fan

[@ko-rp7ge]

Subbing on Nunes was their downfall 😂

[@LeviMusiimeNturwabakye-gc2fj]

The kings have been dethrone😂😂😂

[@jayvincent4248]

y’all use the most clickbait title. city was good until the last minute. they’re just unlucky 😂

[@laughterclinic8934]

Pep knew d as lot was no threat so they defended amad

[@Haka47-hw9gw]

Let's be honest city lost because of silly mistakes In last 20 minutes they didnt play good but united couldn't score

[@abeldre]

United fan's r crying. He is talking about from tactical point of view by that matrix pep was better in that game. Why united fan's are crying i don't get it i swear😂😂

[@demonmonsterdave]

Every goal was luck. The first goal was due to a deflection. The second goal was VAR which is random. The third goal happened to go in. Tactics are irrelevant.

[@NicolasJACK-son]

If the game has ended 5 minutes earlier you would have made a video about how Pep demolished Amorim. You let the result define the tactical battle when the tactical battle should be what defines the result

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Did you watch the video?

[@jeffreyroy3405]

​@@FootballMadeSimple respectfully, your manager ratings make no sense in this instance

[@TalonDeKarrde]

[@muhammadbashir1610]

BRO IS A MAN CITY FAN

[@j7sportvideo24]

Too much on Pep, I think.

[@ObeyDee]

Pretty one sided analysis. U must like pep so much.

[@thetdproject5304]

Watched the match. It was not a tactical win by any means

[@Bra_wroboht]

Bro I'm still waiting for the 4231 video🙏🙏😭

[@ZixPlays]

what tactics? utd Parked the bus and got away with lucky goals.

[@SleekMack]

City is finished... They had nothing to offer besides gvardiol getting lucky... Gondo-Gun was shooting blanks the entire match... De Bruine was tired... Doku was their best player with Nunez... If we were more clinical and had more luck we would have beaten this overrated unsporting clowns 🙎🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

[@broca246]

This video was so one sided it was horrible tbh.

[@ifeanyindukuba]

Lol, just tell us you like pep and you don't like man united. You always give man united bad scores. Hater

[@orock-takunkongho5920]

Amorim 7 Pep 5