How Erik ten Hag BROKE Guardiola’s System.

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In this video, James Allcott analyses how Manchester United beat Manchester City 2-1 in the FA Cup Final 2024! How did Erik ten Hag get the better of Pep Guardiola?
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[@youknowhuwitis]

Remember when Ten Hag stated that he wanted to turn Man United into the best transitional team in the world? There you go. Today I witnessed genius transitional play.

[@KC-uw6ph]

Those precision rapid diagonal passes were a delight to watch.

[@robertnegron9706]

Yea he plays rock and roll

[@ALong-fo5so]

Not quite what he wants. He would have prefered a higher defense line but he also knew we were playing City. He will certainly rock n roll next season by getting the team to play in the opponents half.

[@aayushkarnik7166]

Ole did the same, in a much better way with a worse squad and he got hounded out of the club.

[@leecameron9226]

​@@ALong-fo5sowe'll I think he might be sacked but we need to buy good centre back cover lindelof and Maguire need to go too slow

[@wesley5900]

Divok Origi was wild

[@felixcordeaux9131]

Yh was not expecting him to come on and have the impact he did

[@sandychristie9712]

His versatility goes beyond the confines of clubs

[@joystickmedia1769]

Thought I was hearing things 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mellows23]

Came to the comments to check I wasn't going insane

[@RandomVideosFirst]

I thought that was wild 😂😂😂 but it’s forgivable he’s rush to get this video out

[@KongTheViking]

If Ten Hag is sacked there's going to be a lot of bitterness against INEOS within the fanbase

[@conorfrankland7699]

@@avgaming4093 If you think you should get rid of ETH to get McKenna you're fast passed to disability benefits

[@United_Wings]

True

[@leightonp8496]

They finished 8th

[@xrzezero]

@@avgaming4093 yeah lol

[@xrzezero]

@@leightonp8496 so did arteta for 2 seasons and without trophy

[@razielbeoulve819]

The no look pass from Bruno for the 2nd was world class

[@nathanrobertson819]

The way he was scanning for Mainoo before the ball came to him 🤤

[@CoconutJewce]

If he had good PR and was in a good team, he'd be heralded as one of the best 10s in the world. He's an incredible player but people only see the petulance. Dude is special.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

gl that goal reminded me alot of Berbatov he had a habit of just knowing where to be on the field you can see Mainoo jogging up the field he knows exactly where to be and he gets there and gets the goal

[@bhvillaman4401]

Cheers Geoff

[@bhvillaman4401]

​@@CoconutJewcereal football purists know

[@tw106]

Sir Alex went on to become a legend for Man Utd from nearly losing his job to winning the FACup… does history repeat itself?

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

i sure hope so i REALLY hope ETH gets the time he's literally winning silverware with a bare bones Operation

[@KilluaYT420]

2 trophies in 2 seasons after a 5 year drought. Ineos are shooting themselves in the foot of they sack him

[@emileshadi9328]

​@@KilluaYT420I really hope they keep him 😭🙌

[@therandomgeek85]

I have been saying this for most of the season, but, then I remember one season under SAF, we were really badly hit with injuries and played Michael Carrick in defence because we didn't have any cover, we still finished second only one point of the eventual winners Chelsea, with injuries, with a lot of key players missing, but, everyone played out of their skins that season they'd have run through a wall for that man. I don't get the same feeling with a ETH side, what a few injuries again next season and we can look forward to another 8th place finish? injuries are a part of sports It's how you and your team deal with it that matters and ETH made it his excuse for our poor showing this season. Maybe give him another season but rn I'm not 100% sure about him.

[@twm1423]

Next season sancho will return, United will lose 2 -0 to arsenal in the Cup and ETH will kick a boot at sancho's head

[@JamesLawrenceAllcott]

Did I say Divock?! 😂😂😂 Had a shocker there

[@librarygary1618]

Football without Origi is nothing 🛐

[@BrannDailorIsAwesome]

Hell of a game from Divock...

[@elias-analysis]

basically played like origi so makes sense

[@joystickmedia1769]

Not just divock… you backed it up with origi

[@kempyj98]

Same number of syllables at least

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

Eth system was so compacted city didn’t know what To do I was in disbelief

[@theflashgordon193]

That why he brought doku. Maybe gardiola will need an other player with doku profile for the next years

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@theflashgordon193 he brought him on to make awb step out to him to create space for the overlap or the ball inwards towards the box like in the first half when kovacic got thru but scuffed it Utd weren’t as compact since that sub but still held their own and awb had doku in his pocket tbf it was garnachos marking that lead to their goal

[@cesargabriellorenzo7214]

@@theflashgordon193thats why they signed savio from girona

[@DavidRegaL-lw5xz]

Everybody sits in compact against City😂

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@DavidRegaL-lw5xz nope There’s a difference between a low block and being compact but still being capable of pressing back You can’t press in a low block effectively

[@kd5973]

City don’t like it when they’re pressed. Rodri said it in an interview, he said they don’t like it when they can’t play their game and aren’t in control. If teams actually go for City and don’t show them respect, they will make silly errors.

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

it's amazing how many teams have not figured it out you need to get up in their face and press them DO NOT SIT BACK AND LET THEM HAVE THE SPACE

[@yllihasanbelli2265]

@@kurtpunchesthings2411exactly, city isn’t a full 11 of Messi’s and Ronaldo’s, most of them are system players. Just press until they make mistakes

[@robertnegron9706]

I agree teams seem to be in awe of them instead

[@nicholaskrit17]

Rodri & Bernardo Silva r the most annoying city players because they think there’s only one style of football… Passing it 1000 times a game and walk the ball into the net 😂

[@beefwittedgenius8275]

Arsenal tried to press them last season. Got destroyed by long outballs to Haaland

[@UNCONFORMEDCF]

This is such an obvious way to beat pep’s team but no one ever does it. Genius actually

[@faudjama6956]

3 teams have done this to them this season

[@user-rh1iv7yp2c]

Didn't City have 1 shot on target against Arsenal the whole season?

[@denzelzuofa3066]

Arsenal and Real Madrid also did this bro 😂

[@Coronel-z1d]

Real did it to them in the 2nd game lol

[@t8kabr8km85]

Everyone knew Peps kryptonite is Mourinho and his style of football... this has been known for years just not every team is good enough to sit that deep and pull off wins.

[@nameanteater4772]

Divock Origi really made a difference when he came on

[@nightraveler]

He did , but mainly because man U players were tired to chase him in last 20 min when he got in. Yet the goal he scored was 99% blocked any other tuesday and it was a lucky one

[@yontig]

Who is origi

[@1NFY27]

Ouch ​@@yontig

[@onwukatochukwu3406]

Origi?

[@1NFY27]

@@onwukatochukwu3406 10:55

[@aystefan]

Varane and Martinez have seen some poor results, but the general level of our performance increases significantly when those two play together. It’s night and day. Sad to see Varane go but incredible send off for him

[@wilseph1]

Love that the English media has shut up about Maguire now.

[@vipersorc]

​@@wilseph1tbf, he was awful for a time, nobody can deny it, as much as I don't like the targeted attacks. He has improved massively, still unlikely to fit in to the high line style he wants to play as he is just too slow

[@gmae5342]

I’m not a United fan, but I’ve always thought they should sack ten hag. This final made me rethink that though. This is basically ten hags first game with an almost fully fit squad and he managed to beat city convincingly. Sure, they were awful in the league, but so was arteta when he first took control of Arsenal. Give ten hag at least another season and then if he doesn’t get Europe again then sack him. Even if they did sack him, who would replace him? There isn’t many good options right now

[@markwalker4005]

Exactly

[@chrisjerry9700]

Thank you..

[@k1ll3rr21]

Nah why care about next season he already got Europa slot this season so 2 season 2 cup UCL slot and UEL slot already big

[@SteTrax]

...convincingly 🤣🤣🤣If being a goal-post strike away from going into extra time is 'convincing,' I've got tons of 'genuine' Rolex watches to sell you. 🙄

[@gmae5342]

@@SteTrax city had no big chances the whole game. The only goal they scored was because of an onana mistake. There was no point where it looked like city would win

[@Hyde_Hill]

More wins then Klop and Guardiola in first 50 games. 2 trophies. Facing shit ton of injuries, left over garbage from the Glazers. Sancho + Ronaldo + Antony + Greenwood non sense. Stick with him.

[@leightonp8496]

8th place, Utds worst ever PL finish.

[@Mopark25]

​@@leightonp8496do you know how to read?

[@markdelbrooke-jones9947]

Rashford meltdown too

[@Rachl1284]

@BIazywooooooah banana’s a weird nickname

[@daveysgb]

And that's without mentioning the state of the questions he's faced from reporters over the last few months!

[@BMJYDK]

I'm in agreement about Amrabat, he got some horrendous balls pinged at him and he managed to control and distribute well and did some fantastic disruptive work against city's playmakers. I remember hearing/seeing someone talk about the ball in behind when Leicester went on their terrific title run and Vardy murdering defenders with pace and I feel the ball in behind tactic is often dismissed in modern football and incorrectly diagnosed as being boring/route one football and is tarred with the English managers who've used it in the past with big target men (even Mourinho used it with Drogba) and ETH has absolutely done Guardiola with it today. anytime City lose its a victory for football, not because I'm a hater but because of the 115 charges.

[@ash.burnham]

Ten Hag and the players were collectively top class. Ten Hag won the tactical battle, and the players won every on-field battle. Totally unprecedented performance that nobody expected. Both the manager and the players deserve all the respect in the world for what they did. For future managers trying to beat Man City, just watch this game back, the blueprint of how to beat City is right there.

[@Angelol_G]

I think INEOS really believed Utd wouldn’t win this final and now they’ve really made a fool of themselves

[@lancerevo9747]

Now they risk tremendous backlash if they go ahead to sack Erik. He really complicated it for them.

[@zainboy5857]

Because some Chelsea journalist said that Ten Hag would be sacked when if City win Chelsea gets Europa League?

[@justdavelewis]

If INEOS changes their mind based on the result of a cup final then they are indeed silly. I sincerely doubt this is the case. If they've decided he is going, then he is going. If not, he stays. The cup final wont change that I don't think, thats not how you act as a football club.

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

@@justdavelewisAlex Ferguson was due to be sacked in 1990 and winning the fa cup is what changed the boards mind and kept him

[@wilseph1]

They made a fool of themselves already with Dan Ashworth.

[@TSG-7]

Personally, I'd like to give Ten Hag another season, though the structure hasn't been visible for most of the season, I think if we had another season with no injuries to key players, we could get back to the united of early last year when we were playing some good football.

[@raimarulightning]

I've said to fruends that if we replace him with Poch, I'd be happy, and if we kept him, I'd be okay with it. Would like to see what happens with a full summer to get competent recruitment to cover injuries.

[@pervenchemusic]

@@raimarulightningPoch? are you serious? We’d be in a relegation battle with him

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

Ppl have been saying eth has had no system all year but this not allowing the ball being sprayed thru the middle has been attempted by him since he came to utd it’s only in this game and Liverpool both games this season it’s worked Those saying he has no system don’t watch football intelligently Keep crying all you rival fans😂😂😂😂

[@brunoactis1104]

I mean if this literally only worked twice, maybe it's not great. Or maybe it only works on strong possession based teams, so he should've tried other strategies.

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@brunoactis1104no he only attempts it against city and Liverpool idiot😂😂 the reason why smaller teams beat us is because we try to keep the ball and lose it because the players aren’t technical enough 0ball knowledge

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@brunoactis1104he’s tried multiple different tactics are you dumb or do you not watch man utd but still have an opinion cuz your salty?

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@brunoactis1104 your dumb he only uses that tactic vs Liverpool & city He’s tried many different tactics stop chatting shite and watch man utd before you give a salty opinion

[@zephiel1932]

It didn't even work against Liverpool though, they were super wasteful in front of goal half the front line could of had hattricks by half time.

[@mohiburrehmangaming14]

I still can't believe how we won against the Juggernaut and Treble Winners of last season Ten Hag deserves credit he outplayed Pep tactically it's been a long time since we've won a final against a team this good what a performance, Garnacho and Mainoo were so good and i can't tell how well Licha played yesterday he handled Haaland really well proof that height doesn't matter to become a good CB he's our warrior Manchester will always be Red!

[@tehonlyFreeman]

Hardly remember foden even on the ball

[@ryandixon1507]

And when we did see him, he was on the floor crying for freekicks

[@stanisawgogulski6381]

I remember his new hairstyle tho 🤠

[@kevinsantospro]

I kept saying this on various forums foden is shit when not being gifted..they told me "seek help".. I'll tell em seek this match lol.

[@stanisawgogulski6381]

@@kevinsantospro nah bro, u trippin. He is world class, this season especially

[@stanisawgogulski6381]

@@kevinsantospro (seek help)

[@ElliotGallagher4321]

Couldn’t believe it when I saw Klopp running on the field to hug Alisson, proves Divock Origis impact was huge!

[@BL_E_man]

The whole season has been building up to this….the core players that ETH trusts and are capable played they have been practicing following instructions discipline, it was obvious that the plans were not surviving contact most of this season…but the manager persisted and the players kept on going…like a talented player/ a team is nothing if they cannot follow managers tactics…

[@PoliAstroN]

Ten Hag deserves so much credit here. No one saw this coming. Unbelievable If he gets sacked now it will be more stupid than Pochettino’s sacking.

[@PromiseEarth-k6d]

POCH deserves it mate lol

[@thomastruong8382]

Especially to replace TH with the untried McKenna as rumour has it

[@yeanahh]

I always liked AWB, he's got a specific skillset that I don't think suits possession-based football. But for games like yesterday, you couldn't ask for a better full back

[@Kosgrim]

Ambrabat's backpassing was on point this game, not only the first goal but all of it.

[@subhanqureshi4273]

What we did so well is playing from the back. We absolutely destroyed city's press with top quality passing and counter attacks. That is why you need your first choice centre backs. Martinez was important in ball playing. That playing wasn't possible if our centre backs were injured. That is why ten hag deserves more time. No manager will do well with so many injuries.

[@tickersr8239]

I think you have to look at our manager history the past 10 years and do something different. He has won us trophies. He has had the worst injury record in the premier league to deal with. He has brought through two very important players in Garnacho and Mainoo. The biggest criticism is honestly the signings and the direction they go with them, something INEOS themselves can address and should be focused on more than sacking Ten Hag.

[@sureduck]

ETH dropped Antony for the game though. You need more than 11 players and he knows it.

[@void0350]

Congrats to Ten Hag i didnt think he had it in him but this is a very unique playstyle and it worked. He saved his career with this performance.

[@PTG44]

I thought a mistake Manchester City made was not committing enough players in the wide areas. The narrow shape was good but they were vulnerable to the ball down the line and at instances in the final 5-6 minutes when City did commit players in the wide spaces a lot more especially down the left Wan Bissaka, Amrabat and Garnacho were pulled our of shape giving space for the center half's to progress further up the pitch and to give Rodri more impact on the game. More of those overlapping runs from Bernardo Silva or Gavrdiol would have been helpful

[@MrJeffHead]

Not how they play though and he's too stubborn to change

[@punctualwizard]

It’s a catch 22. United wanted city to play through Gvardiol, and if city commits more wide then they are even more open to the counter

[@caoshuan748]

Gavrdiol is a left center back playing left back. The teethlessness allowed united to stick to the narrow formation and contain the major threats from De Bryune and Co.

[@MrJeffHead]

@@caoshuan748 Walker is also a very defensive full back. They basically play with 4 centre backs.

[@PTG44]

@caoshuan748 You don't get my point if they had Foden receiving the ball wide left in the first half and Gvardiol was on the overlap. It would have made Manchester United commit players out wide and open up space on the centre where Rodri can slot in to receive the ball or make a quick switch over to the other wing. In the second half, Pep did do that but Doku was the lone man receiving the ball out wide and if they had a midfielder or a defender making overlapping runs it would have opened up space in the centre of the pitch where a Foden or De Bryune could have had more time on the ball to do something rather than swarmed by 2-3 red shirts everytime.

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Tactically it was fantastic the whole first half city seemed clueless how to break them down while looking vulnerable to be hit on the counter attack and even in the second half their only attacking plan for the most part was giving the ball to Doku. They were restricted to actually just passing the ball about and not having space to move in to and if it wasn't for Onana's tiny mistake it would have been perfect. Not many people will give Ten Hag credit for it as they only think good tactics involve holding onto the ball and passing it around and many were more interested in trying to get him fired after than actually praising him.

[@Iron-Bridge]

The spirit of Divock Origi still haunting Cup finals 🤣

[@1995pearson]

The tactics from United were spot on. Verane and Martinez were solid all game. It’s a shame varane is at the end of his career and Martinez is injury prone. AWB I personally am not the biggest fan of, however, he was fantastic today. Didn’t give Doku a chance one on one. I actually think AWB is an average/poor attacking defender, but his tacking and marking is second to none. He is almost a TAA in reverse. Mainoo and Garnacho showing why we have hope at United, the youth is of the highest quality. Rashford in the first 45 played well too. Fernandes is the engine in the squad. Honestly, ever player put in a 8/9/10 performance to me. UTFR

[@AJD_77]

martinez is not injury prone. he had a long-term injury which he recovered from around the middle of the season however he was very unlucky that vladimir coufal decided to sit on his knee and aggrevate said injury (in other case an impact injury). a summer of rest will allow martinez to return to his form from the 22/23 season.

[@99treb9]

As a United Fan when they showed the Second goal replay I was amazed how both Kovacic and Foden just let Bruno run through the middle of the park un-marked. Ten Hag Master Class.

[@United_Wings]

Ten Hag Masterclass ❤

[@Mr.Monta77]

First time this season he had a plan. ETH out.

[@liverbot4854]

@@Mr.Monta77 He had a plan against Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea too.

[@Mr.Monta77]

@@liverbot4854 But didnt get two lucky goals.

[@United_Wings]

@@Mr.Monta77 lucky???? United had more shots on target than City

[@Mr.Monta77]

@@United_Wings The goals themselves, especially the first was very lucky. And I guess you didnt see Haaland’s shot? City dominated second half and we got lucky but defended well. For the FIRST time this season. TenHag changed his incredibly naive football strategy for once, and we had a proper defensive strategy. Could hardly believe it was a TenHag game. Hopefully he will be soon replaced.

[@redbaron2455]

I'm a united fan, ive been Moyes/lvg/jose/ole out but not ETH out like alot of us united fans we see something in this manager. I think having a solid back four will be key to success. We have not had martinez or verane (our first choice CBS) all season.

[@gdoldays9964]

I think Ten Hag massively overachieved with the players he had. He somehow manages to win the FA Cup with a tactical masterclass. I'd give him a ten year contract, just so United can continue this rebuilding process under him.

[@RandomVideosFirst]

We need to talk about Rashford cross field cross, I remember seeing something similar he did in an fa cup game against liverpool to Greenwood, simply sublime

[@juniordavidd1]

hes a good player 41ga, 36ga 2szns ago, 34ga the szn before. he will have a long summer to reflect not getting in euros squad, he will be back

[@fakethiscrap2083]

​@@juniordavidd1nahh he needs to be sold. Can't have these inconsistent players on high wages.

[@juniordavidd1]

@@fakethiscrap2083 unlucky hes not getting sold

[@laoch5658]

its the only thing he did all game

[@juniordavidd1]

@@laoch5658 worlds worst analysis ok only thing haaland did was run like wtf. such shit analaysis

[@MusicSkeletonKeys]

Happy for ETH and United. Organized, motivated, and a little bit fortunate. Sounds like a proper game of futbol.

[@Chuci24]

This isn't necessarily a disagreement with you, but in what ways did you feel united were fortunate? Edit - did you mean haaland and Foden not taking their chances?

[@Mr.Monta77]

Little bit fortunate? Damn lucky more like it.

[@emilevangheem6165]

@@Chuci24 City missing chances and the first goal obviously. City before the goal were pretty mediocre but I couldn’t really see United scoring. After that first goal though United looked much better and then after the second goal they looked the best maybe all season. After half-time Pep changed some things tactically and City took control, created some chances but were a bit unfortunate until the 87th which was too late to actually make the comeback. United defended deep and well. They were hoping for a City mistake in the transitions and capitalised for the first goal then capitalised on the momentum for the second. Fair play the game plan worked but luck was involved for sure

[@stevenesbitt3528]

Nah they were very very organised and it makes you wonder what he could do with everyone fit

[@Mr.Monta77]

@@stevenesbitt3528 First time Ive seen ETH actually having a defensive strategy, instead of having other teams run right through us. And a bit lucky too. Not often City makes simple mistakes like that.

[@3082frank]

In simple terms, what i noticed...the city midfield was strangled. And United just attacked on the counter. You restrict KDB and Rodri and Foden...you are locked in. It was only when Doku came in..and they played from wide...that is when it cuased some trouble.

[@jhplayz298]

John Stones didn't come on. He started. Akanji came on

[@dinnerrollz3722]

ETH in. What a masterclass

[@Everestスノー]

ETH just proved that managers in United ain't the issue. It's the players that don't perform, criticizes the manager through socials. I say rather than sacking the manager, sell Rashford to PSG and buy some defenders and a maybe a mid-field.

[@jadel-khoury5531]

In 20 years, the only time I could say Pep was naive, is when he put his best dribbling winger against Wan-Bissaka 😅

[@tonyblakemore2355]

? That piece of Pep naivety scored City's goal. Where was Wank-Bissaka for that?

[@sainticked8156]

​@@tonyblakemore2355 did it made them win tho?

[@jadel-khoury5531]

@@tonyblakemore2355 one shot on target that came after 42 minutes of trying, and that was fumbled by Onana... and that only shot on target came only while Garnacho was marking him!

[@noori-armelboutlane6303]

still can't believe that divock origi is playing for Man City😂

[@1NFY27]

Shocking😂

[@francispjohnson]

I knew when I saw Foden’s haircut city were going to lose

[@martinlewis967]

Foden the knob🎉😂

[@Henry-to6yz]

He is an insufferable human.

[@PromiseEarth-k6d]

Why

[@francispjohnson]

@@PromiseEarth-k6d Hard to explain but it reminded me of Liverpool in 96 when they turned up to the final in white suits. You got a sense they weren’t taking the game seriously enough.

[@aaroncarroll400]

Best United game I've seen in years

[@TheYorkshireGeordie]

That's embarrassing

[@aaroncarroll400]

@@TheYorkshireGeordie apologies for being a happy united fan for once, my bad

[@Mopark25]

Liverpool game wasn't that long ago, but yeah this was probably the most controlled performance in ages.

[@CoconutJewce]

Idk, beating Liverpool in this same comp with a last second winner was pretty damn sweet, too. lol

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

If this manager gets sacked prepare to have most of next seasons games closed off because we’re coming for your necks

[@caliamr4123]

United fans have talked like this for literal decades but they’re all talk, no back bone

[@lucioledizerot196]

@@caliamr4123exactly. It's all "glazers out" until they start winning

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@caliamr4123no they haven’t man utd fans are very vocal when they want a manager gone this time is different most fans want him to stay and ppl like you want him gone I don’t blame you Pep wouldn’t win a trophies with that team

[@Urmashouldvswallowed]

@@lucioledizerot196nobody mentioned glazers out, my comment is advocating for the manager to stay which has nothing to do with the glazers are you dumb? But yes even tho we won I want those evil bastards gone still Maybe if you ac pay attention to utd fans you’ll realize this movement doesnt stop because we win games your just ignorant

[@nickchivers9029]

​@@Urmashouldvswallowed shut up dude.

[@BL_E_man]

Total football doesn’t spontaneously manifest over night

[@Andres-dh8ky]

This is exactly how Real Madrid dealt with City

[@Sledgehammer003]

he outplays pep and klopp consistently. Game we lost vs city last time, he played the same formation he ended this game with, but the team ran out of energy by the 60th min and when he made subs it fell apart. He adjusted, players had to run less, he delayed subs 15 mins, saw out the game. If you fire him , it shows that its basically Glazers 2.0 with INEOS

[@Youafool500]

Out of 10 games against Klopp and Pep, he’s managed 3 wins, that’s not outplaying them, the quarterfinal against Liverpool, Liverpools players gave that game away, they should have been out of sight by half time

[@Sledgehammer003]

@@Youafool500 Outplaying doesnt always result in winning bud. Its football, theres more to it than that !

[@Youafool500]

@@Sledgehammer003 That’s my point, City and Liverpool are both open to fast clinical counter attacks

[@Vesividad86]

Great analysis James!

[@y0Villah]

Really Great video man, really enjoyed the breakdown of this. Regarding Ten Hag, the fact that the club is broke and you have to pay him off, and pay another guy to come in, the fact that he’s won back to back trophies, the fact he’s bringing in the youth which have been absolutely superb this season, the fact that he has the balls to make these decisions and sometimes decisions which seem weird but then work, and the fact that all the replacement candidates are all worse managers (in my opinion), the injury crisis which is absolutely ridiculous and ANY manager would have struggled, if they get rid of him, then they look like a right bunch of unknowledgeable twats who don’t care what the fans think

[@tomchamberlain4329]

So glad we offloaded Origi for Doku, COYR top half next season

[@HenryToogood-bs3zl]

Might be worthy of note. The last team to outplay City and, if I remember correctly, beat them in the league was Villa. Playing a narrow 4-4-2 in defence and limiting their potent attack. Then breaking with pace and width. ETH taking a leaf out the Emery play book

[@danielm2808]

Anyone who wants Ten Haag to go has all the brain cells of those Arsenal fans that wanted Arteta out. He finished 8th twice but u could see what he was building. Ten Haag is trying to change us from a counter attack team to a team that plays football. We don’t have the players to do that and it’s gonna take time.

[@Ashes3123]

Dalot pretty much said this: "We knew if we closed the middle and allowed them to play from the outside it could get easier for us and knew the spaces were in behind them."

[@Malcolm-c7x]

My only complaint is that he should have changed his system long before the final. Everyone could see that 4231 was not working if he had switched to 442 earlier in the season we would have had more points and goals

[@benjaminnoname484]

If he had Martinez and Varane all season he would have had a lot more points

[@CubeUP049]

@@benjaminnoname484fr 😂

[@justdavelewis]

To answer your questions James: 1) Possibly, there's a chance the players have known since the Palace game that he's gone though - there weer rumours of this. I know EtH has come out and said publicly that theres been no communication, but I don't think thats true personally. If he stays, however, I do think that what he says about being told he will stay is true, BUT then it makes the speaking to other manager leaks more confusing. 2) I think he should go. Even with the injuries, the performances this season have been unacceptable. The way we have been playing is by design too and that makes it so much more unforgivable. Every single week drained more and more of my support for him until I could no longer say "I'm EtH in". He coached us to an xPoints of 15th not 16th by some metrics and that is just not on. Conceding 20-30 shots every single game is not on. TO win this game, United reverted back to the pragmatic style of last season (think the 2-1 against liverpool, and city and the 3-1 against arsenal all at home, as well as the 1-0s against southampton and i think leicester early on in the season). EtH has made it clear thats not how he wants us to play, and thats fine, I would agree. The problem is, how we've been this season is actually how he wants us to play. Now, would we be better with better and more physical players? Absolutely. The problem is, i think in the PL, we would need a team of Declan Rice equivalents in every single position to consistently do what he wants.Even then, you would have gaps in the midfield because he doesn't want to commit to a full press. I also think if united had someone as technically and physically good as Rice in every position (and tailored to that positions), you could basically play any way and win. The gaps in midfield and fullbacks not joining the press happened at Ajax too, but they could get away with it because they were just the best team in the league, and players arent anywhere near as physical in that league so it doesn't matter if those gaps exist as much as it does over here.I don't think we should judge Erik in these one off games where, if city turned up properly, United could very well have been pasted. INEOS have already made their decision. The news coming out to the public is defo not something they wanted, but I think they kept any news quiet for a long time. It was only when Brighton and Chelsea had their managers go did the news amp up, strongly hinting that INEOS want McKenna as a manager. Time will tell whether the decision is correct or not, it certainly wasn't the easy decision, but its the ballsy one and it may very well turn out to be right. Hiring someone like McKenna, if thats the choice, is smart i think. IF they see potential in him, which I think a lot of clubs do tbf, then it makes sense to get him in. It also takes some pressure off expectations to win the league straight away, that if united hired a Tuchel lets say, may be there. United may well hire tuchel, and that may be a good decision too as I think he's an unbelievable coach who is still young... This last bit of the message has gone a tad off topic but I think INEOS know what they want to do, who they want to hire and i believe they have done their homework. It will be sad to see Erik go, if it happens, but I believe that is the right decision. I'm willing to be wrong though, If INEOS back him then bring on season 3! (Just please don't make me watch a gaping hole in midfield for 60 games again...) CHeers for the video James

[@lukebucket]

I'm calling it. The divoc origi thing was intentional. He drops a big mistake into almost every video and I'm convinced it's to bait comments because it might generate engagement on the video and boost it in the algorithm. This young man knows what he's doing.

[@jacobthorpe4316]

This video is a brilliant breakdown of how Manchester United were able to win this game and how Ten Hag outsmarted Pep. Thanks for making it, it was a great watch especially as a Manchester United fan.

[@DYLBKR]

I have been waiting KING!

[@BL_E_man]

Last season was more like this after the Liverpool humbling…ETH abandoned his philosophy and this season was application especially for “smaller teams “ for game control and management…so he has the keeper now and most of the season only 6 players on average in their proper positions..not ideal but you get 6 players implementing it when the other 4 return the environment will be there

[@tobyhoskins2366]

Divock Origi?

[@punctualwizard]

Ten Hag deserves another season with the new proper structure around him. Tinfoil hat time: INEOS might have pulled a Coleen Rooney with all the leaks?

[@matthewbrannon2421]

Eth must stay a huge amount of injuries and a cup

[@chess10x]

@JamesLawrenceAllcott I'm glad you credited AWB for his run into the space on the second goal. He plays a major role in making a 3v3 into a 4v3 and leaving Stones with two. Kovacic was really poor here but Foden has some blame as well. He sees Bruno and is closer to him but doesn't go with him either. They don't communicate and neither covers. I also think you should be pointing out how poor Walker was on this play. He's overly concerned with Rashford and looks over his shoulder, he never considers AWB's run until it's too late. He looks up and sees 3v3 and jogs it back. When he notices AWB's run, it's too late, he tries to catch up but he should have been paying attention to that and sprinting back to at least get to a 4v3 defensive superiority. He was satisfied with even numbers and took the play off. He's culpable. He's supposed to be the captain. He's escaping blame here.

[@eigthyoung]

IM SO HAPPY IM SO HAPY IM SO HAPPY

[@MultiKris82]

Love your analysis of the game. Spot on. ETH deserves to continue next season

[@mikejunior80]

Ten Hag should stay another season.

[@astapig2331]

Ten hag got a standing ovation from pep and his side as someone had better tactics than him for a match. We can only hope it continues

[@KoreanUrDogs]

Divock Origi out of nowhere corner taken quickly!!

[@ronakagarwal9582]

Fernandes post that hand injury break has been phenomenal. That rest has done him wonders. So important that we have atleast 2 players for every position

[@AzaFootbol]

Divock origi motm for me despite city losing

[@stevendchu]

His tactics consisted of (a) getting the ball to Doku and hoping he figures something out (b) CBs trying to recreate the Kompany 2019 moment Roy Keane is gonna have a field day with another big game ghosting by Haaland. Spent most of the game just waiting for them to pass him the ball instead of trying to drop deep or make different runs to get it himself.

[@portmorebuzz4727]

We stand with ten hag ❤️

[@christian2880]

For me, two huge things happened that won us the game. 1) Citys were their most threatening when one of Foden or KDB would go to the other side to overload with the other 8 - this wasnt done enough (no it wasnt doku, hes in wan bissakas pocket). 2)Rashfords and Garnachos threat in behind made Guardiolas use of width much more precautionary, therefore nullifying their own attack (my theory as to why ten hag started marcus in the first place - he forced guardiolas hand) Also appreciation for mainoo and amrabat for making KDB and Foden out the game

[@kd5973]

When is it time to admit Walker is a terrible defender who hides his massive liabilities cause of his recovery pace.

[@muhammedgamer1896]

He is one of the reason man city conceded that rodrygo goal in the ethihad

[@CoconutJewce]

Yup, pretty much. And it's insane that he's 34 and still has that much pace. A little too insane...

[@thevoice246]

hes definitely on some form of PEDs

[@markw4613]

if Casemiro didn't track the run like Kovacic we'd be hearing about it for weeks.

[@Klyptic]

Haaland invisible once again in a big match

[@leightonp8496]

Could see it within minutes space was all out wide, Doku needed to be out there you could even make an argument for Grealish needing to play.

[@CoconutJewce]

Dude was probably still hungover. lol

[@drmichaellahai4196]

ETH is the best coach for Man utd for the next 5 season.

[@carlkirwan2900]

I speak for the majority of United fans when I say keep Ten Hag, he’s been our best manager post Fergie and has won us 2 trophies in 2 years after winning nothing for 6 years. Sacking him would be one of the worst decisions in football, we love you Erik ❤️

[@whatwhat3432523]

Lets be serious here, i am extremely happy with the win... BUT, United sat back and played no differently then Burnley would have done. And the transitions and the counter attack was incredibly slow, and it was obvious no United player knew what to do if they suddenly and unexpectedly won the ball. The first goal was a City mistake, and a screamer at that. The second goal was pretty good from Rashford and Bruno, and of course mainoo who put it in. But i felt City was completely turned off, United was tight as hell in the middle.. and City didnt cross it or put it into Haaland one time.. City was toothless until Doku came on. And from there it became dangerous. But happy with the win, but this was NOT a masterclass, like seriously.

[@malcolmsmith4381]

Lets be honest old chap almost every goal scored in any game is the result of a mistake. How do you watch football man. Get a grip...🤣🤣

[@whatwhat3432523]

@@malcolmsmith4381 Every goal is a result of a mistake? Lol

[@angelotroseboom1186]

​@@whatwhat3432523actually it is, because if no teams made mistakes it would have ended in 8/10 times in draws. If a team scores somewhere the opponent made a mistake, no tracking back, no good defending or no positional awareness. But that's normal in football, city could have won against real madrid but they let them concede easy goals.

[@arno9233]

People talk about the importance of a fit squad without specifically mentioning Martinez. Gotta give Erik some credit for getting that player there btw. Hope ineos can setup a proper scouting and transfer dept so Erik can enjoy a well deserved summer break

[@RobGodwin-v6s]

Do you not think it was a ferguson performance today? Theres only one man in the world who could get that extra 30% from that team...Alex Ferguson

[@BOZ_11]

nah, Alex's counter attacking tactics is not a park the bus like today; basically a 4-4-2 with two DM's; wingers and strikers break

[@arno9233]

Football has tactically evolved, the game was way more open back then

[@BOZ_11]

@@arno9233 it was harder to score actually; you had to contend with slide tackles, and tackling from behind (which was legal but needed plumb execution). The top players were better than today, but the average player today is better than the average player who played before 2010

[@nyantaicuy-v8i]

the 424 formation is unreal...been playing for the last 4 weeks or so, not an attacking 4 2 4 but its working given the players that we have.

[@doenaldjonathan862]

Pep taking one for the league.

[@ian_r125]

It wasn't a league game.

[@Mopark25]

Except even rival fans are wising up to the fact that Ten Hag is the real deal, get with the times buddy 😂

[@OkaforValentine-r6l]

Bro you're the best analyst I've ever seen, others don't touch every aspect during their analysis, but you did

[@ghostpodgameing]

A Ten Hag Masterclass

[@geoffevans4908]

This was the way Spurs consistently beat Man City in London,defend deep,hit them on the break. Then Impostercoglu the clueless came along and said we are going to go Gung Ho despite the fact that he didn’t have the players to do it. Many of the Managers in the PL use tactics appropriate to the players they wish they had,not the players they’ve got. That’s why we don’t dominate European football.

[@stevenesbitt3528]

Wan bisaka was the man of the match. Doko is frightening and he handled him all game, even his goal should have been saved

[@deanrwatson]

You don't need a video on this, it ain't rocket science. The manager simply compacted the side into a solid defensive unit, with no gaping gaps between the lines, as has been the case all season, and the team injected some hard graft. Now, either the manager is so tactically inept as to not have instructed them to do this all year, or the players, only decided to put a shift in yesterday, knowing he's going to be sacked. It's amazing how motivated players become when they are looking at a transfer down the division.

[@United_Wings]

EtH IN ❤

[@ralphelhaddad823]

The Attack Momentum bar was really surprising to me. Yes City had the majority of the ball but they rarely felt like a threat offensively. United were in control of that game from the 1st minute until the last. Genius defensive and counter attacking football (maybe inspired by Ancelotti?)

[@jasonmiller6273]

David beat Goliath! 😂

[@alfronzocragimo-spicerini3828]

I’m not sure that works for a number of reasons 😭

[@CubeUP049]

@@alfronzocragimo-spicerini3828it does

[@II-hx9tw]

Antony makes a counter attack worse as he has no ability to cross the ball. Boy has no right foot. Diallo would’ve been better than Mctominay. Lucha made a huge difference in the overall team attitude.

[@tehonlyFreeman]

Was a typical Goliath v underdog, and thats football! Sometimes the underdog wins and thats why we love football! Also felt like man utd clearly wanted it, city didn't care

[@emilevangheem6165]

They definitely cared. Pep got it wrong tactically and United capitalised on City’s mistakes then defended well and got a bit lucky

[@Puppy_parade]

Great breakdown. Something that I think deserves a mention is how Pep limits City’s attack by being so risk averse. He constantly wants to use overloads to pass through the defence but against defensively solid teams that means when city do end up in dangerous areas the ball is with their centerbacks. We saw it against Real where Akanji kept ending up with the ball in the box rather than kdb or Foden. Even in this game their only goal came from Doku taking his man on and taking some risk and scoring a very non-Pep goal. I’m sure Pep will coach that out of him for next season so he can become boring just like Grealish.

[@sunguflottman9658]

To answer your question, Jim, the majority of the Man United fanbase, including me, say Ten Hag in.

[@kayayaisanta3577]

Tactics is a best way to win trophies not possession. Mourinho won so many trophies by tactics not possession. So Ten Hag is correct candidate to end trophies draught at Old Trafford. Arteta has a good possession but won nothing in the past five years