What's Gone Wrong Tactically At Manchester City? | Pep Guardiola 2019/20 |

Manchester City have slipped behind Liverpool, after 2 record-breaking seasons. But what has gone wrong tactically? Let's take a look.
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[@FootballMadeSimple]

What other tactical changes did you notice?

[@tafazulali8746]

Fighting with each other eg:(when Aguero was substituted with Jesus )there was some scene of Aguero and Pep Guardiola ...... Because someone says that #(unity is also important for a better result)in team work..

[@agastyatripathy8143]

Can you make a video about tactics of a world cup winning team like France 2018 or Germany 2014

[@Algerzill]

Sterling does struggle playing on the right wing

[@AnubhaV5085]

I feel like if they can find one suitable partner for Laporte in CD then 90% problems will be solved. Because Laporte can push forward and that will give the mid-filed more options to spread out. We saw how presence of Laporte make a big difference in the first half against Madrid. Both Otamendi and Stones are very horrible defenders (mostly lack of intelligence). They can give away the ball or foul someone in very dangerous areas. Also they are more traditional defender in compare to Pep's style. If Pep can manage to get Umtiti from barca, that will be great.

[@kevin-pu2lx]

They were shaken on the counter attack by Manchester United and wolves

[@harrymcmullen2227]

"This is then exacerbated by Otamendi, who in one versus one dives into tackles and hopes for the best" low key one of the funniest football observations of the season, savage

[@anirs8198]

This channel is too underrated

[@pedroleon4421]

Exactlyyy

[@CelticFan-tv5kt]

I agree

[@ryantinal1157]

One day it will big, and you will be proud to said this

[@laurent4819]

like and share bro let’s get him up 🤞🏾

[@yunusaharuna7139]

Bcos he says liverpool are lucky

[@junchengli7426]

“Otamendi dives into tackle and hopes for the best... “😂

[@CommonSapien00]

Legendary defender😎

[@alandobb950]

so does fernadhino

[@kingdaniel1956]

So funny 😂😂 the way he says it

[@rowanhulst7474]

Diving in and insallah

[@Abz_0305]

Rowan Hulst wallah true 😂

[@qrda3315]

Everything goes wrong when Laporte pick up Injury.

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

and Kompany left. Leaving huge hole in the defense. they need to get an experience CB with a strong presence of a leader like Kompany. Koulibaly or Chiellini could be an option, each for different reason.

[@erickkaranja1029]

They have tosign a strong CB so as to have a relationship with Laporte.They should look for Koulibaly,Skiriar Milan,Ruben Dias.

[@Ddogmadman]

It would be the same if van dijk got injured

[@Ddogmadman]

@@erickkaranja1029 and I think skiriar would fit nice

[@horatiohornblower741]

Does that make them a 1 man team? Liverpool have had multiple injuries to stars and not lost without the stars

[@THENAGES]

Grammar check Laport: meaning Solid Laportless: meaning not solid

[@fernandopizarrovillagarcia6992]

Fun fact: Laport allowed first 2 Spurs's goals in the UCL match of 4-3 last season.

[@taiteakopyte1286]

Whah he meant was "Laporte-less", not "laportless" 🤦

[@tacituskilgore6252]

@@fernandopizarrovillagarcia6992 every defender has bad games, van dijk played in the 3-0 loss too Watford and in the 3-2 loss to Atletico madrid

[@Agent.K.]

Fernando Pizarro Villagarcía The 2 games against spuds were his only bad games last season. Talk about bad luck!

[@keithdalitso5175]

People who play PES2020 or football manager will appreciate this channel the most .. even just a football fan it gives you so much tactical awareness as you watch matches

[@naufalhusain1571]

Agree

[@jpman3963]

Fm will appreciate the most

[@brinydemon0321]

False Fullbacks tactic 🔥

[@coachtechnique]

I know, Im a head coach here in Australia and i find good things to learn from this channel to use in my sessions.

[@coachtechnique]

@@brinydemon0321 tried that with the u 14 today... i almost lost my job lol

[@Dhruv-fu2os]

Once Laporte comes back and they sign another cb to pair him, city will be just fine

[@lefleurdps7336]

Yep, losing your main CB is not great

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Who do you think they should sign?

[@bocchi2729]

Use eric gracia instead

[@Dhruv-fu2os]

@@FootballMadeSimple I think upmecanao or skrinar would be perfect. Along with them they would have Garcia and stones as the backups

[@orgabrahmabasumatary1061]

@@FootballMadeSimple Ruben Dias would be a great choice for them

[@anirs8198]

Make a video on The importance of Busquets for Barcelona He never gets the credit he deserves

[@crystallan21]

true

[@shrawonshrestha6461]

absolutely agreed!

[@Tacticalviews]

True

[@lefleurdps7336]

He does get the credit, every media says Busquet is a top midfielder and will be remember as one of the best

[@skyfire299]

@@lefleurdps7336 now. But back then almost no one recognised him, except for famous coaches and stuff

[@rishabh3150]

That's why I sometimes hate teams with a fixed system.. one or two players gone and the entire team suffers... this is where Mourinho and Fergie were kings as they could adapt their playing styles according to the opposition or the players available.. and this is one of the primary reasons that players like Lampard, Rooney, Carrick, Essien, Etto (who played under either of the two) were all so flexible in their prime years...

[@lefleurdps7336]

Well, It's hard to have a good defence with Fernandinho and Otamendi, it causes KDB and Rodri to care too much about helping behind and Silva at this age would only be good to playmakes from behind. That's also why inverted wingbacks are great but Mendy is just bad to play this kind of role but yeah I agree, at the end of the day, Guardiola is going to play the Guardiola way, he lives and die by the possession / high press style.

[@rishabh3150]

Yup.. that's the point.. if he doesn't get players according to his style.. he underperforms miserably... take for eg.. the 16/17 season..

[@mariohh2647]

How many premiers mourinho won with Man U🤷🏽‍♂️???

[@notidle5038]

@@rishabh3150 Well I mean go ask him if he would still win the prem if two of his most important first team regulars suffer and not to mention other short term injury plagues man city had : de bruyne aguero mendy walker canclleo both silvas sterling john stones. When your whole team is going on and off injuries how do you hope to make a flexible play style.

[@dikoenatsolo5561]

Exactly!!!

[@Initials_]

We really need to get rid of Otamendi, every time I see him in 1v1's I get nervous!

[@bornemanns]

I don't understand how or why he plays more than 30 matches per year and still he is out of form, slow, and lost his mind so quick in some situations. Russia 2018, Argentina vs Croatia, Otamendi goes and hit the ball so hard on porpuse that hits a Croatian player in the face WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND. And he says that wants to come to River Plate, no thanks

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

I see Otamendi on the highlight reel all the time...jumping desperately only to get burned before the opposition scores.

[@ahnaflfc369]

No

[@ahnaflfc369]

Otamendijk

[@jvontecreese8364]

We need to get rid of mendy I would put Stevie wonder on my left back and he would have better defending and communicating skills ........smh mendy is poop

[@michaelrobinson2687]

It's funny, how Man City's situation then mirrors Liverpool's situation now. Both were League Champions defending a title. Both lost 2 centre halves they relied on. Laporte and Kompany for Man City, Van Dijk and Gomez for Liverpool. As a result, both had to move a Defensive Midfielder (Fernandinho/Fabinho) into the Centre Half position to pair up with a third choice Centre Half (Otamendi/Matip). It makes me wonder whether a comparison of the two would be interesting when the season ends given the similarities between 19/20 Man City and 20/21 Liverpool.

[@alangeorge5592]

"Chelsea tactics under Claudio Ranieri from 2000 to 2004"

[@chaitanyamehta9051]

Pls do a tactical analysis on Thomas Müller 5th time

[@davygc4948]

Monaco in 2017 (win the title and semi final in Ucl) Versus Monaco in 2019 (17 in ligue 1).

[@gagankompala8423]

Now that is a vedio I would LOVE to see

[@dennykrznaric6183]

I mean, its less the tactics but more the squad. Lemar, Mbappe, Bernardo, Fabinho... all of them left. Hard to remain the quality then

[@davygc4948]

@@dennykrznaric6183 yes but 17 is WTF, this year they have Ben yedder :topscorer with Mbappe in ligue 1 and have only 41 points

[@bcbitchkkv]

You are so concise and on point, with statistics for every argument you make. Great video!

[@bluewolf8085]

"The opposition always running at a Laporteless defense..."😂😁

[@TheStanFTW]

The quality of this video is insane. Every point is backed up with stats and analysed perfectly 10/10

[@nanayaa6251]

As a City fan, this is all too true...

[@twxbuilder7003]

Jordon Yearwood How is Pep a fraud have you seen what he has accomplished as a manager at his clubs?

[@chaabitahatakieddine591]

Bro it's the defence 🤔

[@zakattack7896]

“How Ranieri made Leicester title-winners”

[@bycolourshraum8107]

Tbh he didn't actually do much in the large scheme of things, players like Fuchs and Huth joined when Person was in charge and Steve Walshs scouting was the main reason we brought in players like Kante. When it came to tactics Ranieri said it himself, he kept Leicester playing the same way with hardly any changes, infact when Ranieri started to change things thats when we started to struggle. alot of Ranieri's signings were very unimpressive and wastes of money and he started playing players out of there best roles. I guess he felt teams would start to know how to beat Leicesters title winning system so he tried to change it but it just didnt work. That in mind he did win us the title and for that season he did more for us in one season then any other manager ever did and ill always love him for that, Nigel and O'Neill are other legends in my eyes as well.

[@zakattack7896]

Matthew Baum thanks for your good opinion. I didn’t realise this. But surely Ranieri did something a bit extra to make them stun the world and win the League?

[@davidadunola7867]

@@zakattack7896 "stun the premier league" not stun the world, they were rubbish in europe

[@faizmukti117]

Kante

[@wannaspritecranberry719]

In my opinion it was Nigel Persons squad. Ranieri did play a part, but not as big as most fans think

[@beznazwy2886]

One word for this analysis: WOOOOOW Also, I don't think Centerbacks are responsible for poor results. It can't all be reduced to Stones' form, Laport's injury, Fernandinho's height and Kompany's departure like TV experts and Man City supporters. 2 main reasons are: 1. Fernandinho was key, Rodri in his position doesn't play so well, doesn't belay so well, and doesn't commit tactical fouls, which were Man City's showcase. 2. The whole team doesn't press so well and doesn't return to help these poor defenders. They lose their compactness. This is the main reason for their failures. At the beginning of the season they played wonderfully, but with time they stopped putting pressure on their rivals, and all midfielders were beaten by several passes and they neglected to return to the defensive. Shift of Angelino or Mendy high on the wing ,only made it easier for opponents to counter. In practice, defensive players (2xCB, Walker, Rodri, sometimes other Leftback) were stretched. There were a lot of 1 in 1 situations in defense and free players shooting from a distance.

[@andreadg5429]

I think Pep could've changed to his Barcelona dynamics and roles more, leaving the fullbacks wider, allowing the wingers to drift in, giving the width to the fb's. Silva could play like Xavi, which would save stamina, and KDB could roam more like Iniesta. Aguero would drop less deep than Messi, but Mahrez would operate more inside than Pedro did.

[@rendaninetshisaulu669]

Yes Pep has been found out this season. City is always dangerous when isn't pressed but when pressed they feel uncomfortable. Injuries will always have an impact but the squad was built to accommodate such situations. I like your view.

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

@@rendaninetshisaulu669 Part of it is other teams are better at pressing CIty. Part of it is City is still good at playing out of the back, but Rodri/Ferna do not seem quite as fast to progress the ball as Laport/Ferna were, so they are less capable of punishing small pressing errors.

[@arnehessenbruch]

Thanks, stimulating stuff. A gut feeling about one aspect missing: The body of knowledge on how best to counter Guardiola's teams is growing all the time. It would be great to see an analysis of opposing teams adapting, thus blunting his philosophy.

[@davidmuoka3328]

Good video... Thanks footballmadesimple

[@demetrysillas1459]

This video is soo detailed and precise 🙌🙌

[@outcastroo1042]

*City in a hard situation that could result in a goal* Fernandinho: So anyway, I started fouling.

[@TheAzooz9512]

Really amazing analysis. As a City fan, I only thought that missing Laporte and Sane affected us this season, but your analysis runs way deeper than that. Thanks man.

[@arunesh1921]

Man i never understood tactics so easier than yours. You explain it really well.

[@atulbhalerao684]

By far the best analysis I found on this channel since I'm following it.

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[@dikoenatsolo5561]

This was an absolutely fantastic video!!!!

[@MorrisseyMuse]

Amazing video! very informative and highlights out problems this season brilliantly thanks. Although I would argue that Sané wasn't the same player by end of last season and was being replaced before his injury arguably

[@halbraumlibero8002]

Once again a great video. You're getting better and better

[@levindonga8302]

"...dives into tackles and hopes for the best."😅

[@nonameno4199]

Bro I'm a Man City fan and the way you explained it all this is unbelievable🔥🔥

[@WorchihanZingkhai]

Lots of good information! Thanks guys :)

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Amazing content. So glad to have subscribed today...

[@jt32]

Great video. I still can’t believe that they didn’t sign anyone to replace Kompany

[@bazil5250]

Great job. no youtuber does it better. thanks

[@ptrim1902]

A really excellent analysis. A lot of work to produce this high quality of analysis. Well appreciated.

[@at1f_s]

Really loved this video mate and it's very clear why we've underperformed this year however we still got 2 major trophies to play for(FA CUP & Champions League).

[@danishraza8925]

Beautiful work mate

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[@zakaria497]

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[@seamustheterrible3978]

Thanks for your videos. Always good analysis. I feel that City has been the victim of bad luck involving injuries. Pep deserves more credit than he’s getting. He kept City at a very high level all season despite the injuries. The man is a genius.

[@HIM-lk6of]

This is pretty comprehensive! Not replacing Kompany was always a big gamble then it went from bad to worse. The loss of Sane had more impact than I thought. Pep of course would want to address those issues; is if they have options in-house to promote or are able to purchase with FFP on them... plus there is the issue of the transfer ban to consider would they be able to attract top quality options if the ban is upheld?

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Masterpiece and a great analysis .

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[@danieldoyle6681]

Just want to pay you a compliment and say you know your shit man. Wow. I love how you make your points and then can back these up with related statistics. It would be very easy to discuss without evidence or present the evidence without proper explanation but you combine both well

[@markpibworth2604]

Great analysis!

[@javicito7]

u don't know how glad I was when u made this video I was waiting so much for that answer

[@RickyCruz1301]

Great video, got me ready and hyped up to watch city tomorrow, subscribed

[@stevenmacdonald9619]

As a City fan I was geared to take apart any weak observations or misplaced punditry. There will be none of that, because you're spot on. There are 3 things I would like to add as factors, all of which have been negatives, even in those two brilliant seasons we had, and this one isn't written off yet, with one trophy already won and more still in offer. The transfer policy at MCFC is a shambles given the age of key players. (You already mentioned Kompany) but it's more important that just what he gave as a player. Club captain, an incredible motivator verbally, but as a leader by example, there's few that could better him. In Vincent's incredible decade, I lose y count of vital games he changed in ways you only expect forward players to do. Whether it was scoring with his head at a vital time from a set play, an all or nothing list ditch tackle or block, calming things down at times to maintain tactical discipline or who will ever forget his response to thousands of City fans, when they collectively shouted DON'T SHOOT a split second before that shot, that ripped into Leicester City's goal, and essentially won us the Premier League by the end of it. It has to be added that he did ALL this in his City career, whilst suffering endless injuries throughout that time, but still can't back a better player. As many a Sean Bean Meme would say.... One does not simply expect to replace Vincent Kompany, but it didn't even seem like the club were trying to. The second and third parts are almost connected. Gabriel Jesus may well still turn out to be an amazing player, but whatever he strengths are, being a natural striker in not one of them. Of course he has he great moments, but game at game he seems built to play into Pep's managerial long career of disrespecting the position of striker. The natural striker like Aguero needs not look up sometimes between receiving the ball and it being in the back of the net. Even at silly angles sometimes. He instinctively knows where the goal is, where you get the sense that when Gabriel gets the ball in the box, he's looking to jink and move by dribbling. He doesn't have that sudden two touches impact. Deadly strikers take one touch to control the ball into them, and/or get it straight out of their feet to create a shooting angle, and then fire onto target, and often past the keeper. Sergio Aguero has been my hero at City, and as a striker he is feared and respected by any defender, except David Luiz (Sideshow Bob) who prefers assault to skill when playing against the master. Despite his goal scoring being ALL the records at City, it must wonder anyone who's watched him play, just how many goals he could have scored, if he didn't seem to be our injured at least twice a season. He doesn't have that explosive pace to go past defenders into the box anymore, but then opposition defences tend to overload the middle, so he doesn't get much space in many games. He came back from the shut down looking heavy, slow, unfit and prone simply any knock or significant contact seemingly leading to instant injury. If Gabby Jesus had the danger or natural instinct of Kun, then I'd still be saying where was another striker this season? We are left with just one far too often and that still guarantee, Pep doing the thing I have always most disliked about his tactics, the False 9 position. I can't remember a time ever in history, where not playing a striker from the beginning was an all out success. Then I remembered where he started it... Barcelona. Uhhhh hello, any team that contains a certain Mr. Lionel Messi can afford to miss a striker. When City's level is Aguero, putting him in that position (which was the tension between Pep and Sergio from day one) you're telling a player that his ability to glance up and have a Goalkeeper be picking to ball out of his net in s second, that that's all rubbish now. So he ends up with his back to goal trying to lay off or create in front of himself. With those sudden items turns surely being a factor to every niggling injury. Here's the shocker though... Despite Sergio Aguero having another season to go, I'd either consider no further decline in performance, or the almost guaranteed injury lay off or two next season as is the norm. Or we play on, in which case we must still have a player growing into the team and being ready after next summer. Like Vincent Kompany's, one does not simply find a new Sergio Aguero, although I had high hopes for João Felix after he lit up Portugal domestically and internationally. Him choosing Atletico Madrid made absolutely no sense to me judging by the fact that just about every to club wanted to bid on him. It's the vagueness in our so called '5yrs ahead in our transfer strategy that winds me up. As well as UEFA being their normal brick wall to City, I have to say I think the expenditure we are talking about for finding a new spine to our squad that's now overdue by at least one season, is being ploughed into the furnace of a money burning pit called the CFG. MCFC responded and started winning things not long after our owners can't came to City, but if you look at the cash today must go through clubs like Melbourne, New York etc, their return has been awful. Does this deplete our war chest? It better not this summer, because we in deep kaka if we don't get a new and dominant strategy with SOME SECRECY for a change. Every time United throw a silly bid at s player that just doesn't seem to fit them, I know instantly they're doing it to bump up the price on that player, and make it an expensive time for City. if a player like Jadon Sancho went to the swamp I think I'd be done with football. City have never stood in Jadon's way or slagged him. He wanted away because he couldn't just walk into the first team when he wanted to, so City let him go. If he signed for United what an a-hole that would make him. Just like last summer. It will be any transfer business which will the key factor in how we compete next season.

[@niallfoley6711]

Cancelo playing as insole role to Delph with his coming infield and acting as an inverted lb is very underrated

[@thoithoinganbakshetrimayum1635]

Man u r truely underrated. U deserve a million subs. The analysis was great and impressive.

[@nik0096]

One of the best tactical explanations I have seen for a while...

[@PJ-hk4bi]

Short answer: they had no defenders.

[@Abel-ci6uz]

Pretty much 😂

[@hossamamin671]

I love your content man

[@bonganisaidi9885]

Fantastic Analysis!

[@adhamsalem8752]

Awesome Analysis Guys!

[@43topspin]

Awesome explanation! Wonder why they didn’t try to play Mahrez on the left and leave sterling on the right so they could keep that winger width then play a CM like Bernardo at LB to invert.

[@ElRifai]

I've no choice but to give you a 👍. Excellent content as always. I see a lot of comments that you deserve more subscribers. I agree 💯

[@nelsonekechukwu2640]

Great analysis, just that you missed out on Bernardo Silva playing on the wings ahead of sane in the 18/19 season, also cutting in like mahrez

[@prasannakoushik1926]

Watching the top class content on this channel ..makes me want more ..try to post more videos

[@markojenicfilm]

Amazing breakdown

[@thabisotumisang]

I really love this channel, you state nothing but facts.

[@michaelg7713]

Great stuff!!!!

[@notidle5038]

There are 3 main reasons Injuries Kompany Replacement and liverpool being lucky with injuries. Except liverpool all of the big 6 had major injury problems.

[@tevincampbell1975]

Liverpool had injury problems fabino, allison,henderson,ketia

[@notidle5038]

@@tevincampbell1975Henderson and Allison were main keita and Fabhino are more like subs but for your sake let me name man city players who had injuries : Full season - Sane, Ayemric laporte Other Injuries for short time like LFC : Mendy, De Bruyne, Aguero, Juao Cancelo, John Stones, walker, Bernardo Silva, David silva, Sterling. So you deciede which one was more significant And also all of LFC's injuries were short term.

[@emmanuelstanley9153]

Man united pogba and Rashford Tottenham Kane and son. Chelsea Rlc Abraham and rudiger pulisic and big teams have underperformed this season just like in 201718 with all teams at their best the pl cant be won with a gap and that’s just facts

[@edroshan9350]

Please do a video of Sergio Busquets of Barcelona as he's important as Messi in there. Also he played under Pep, Vilanova, Enrique, Valverde, Setien and adapted well unlike other players and doing well in the pitch. Expect a deep video on this.

[@otherstampo]

best channel in history in my opinion 🔥🔥

[@kingsleyokoli4363]

5:12.....OMG This what always happened last season........this channel is very good at tactic analysis.......i didnt even realise till now

[@mohammadhoseinmoradian8444]

Amazing job

[@defmosdef]

Preferred foot in football doesn't get the needed attention.. Sane on the left and Sterling on the right ensure that when City attack through the middke through their advanced 8's... there is optimal occupation of key spaces in the final 3rd.. Aguero central, Sane Sterling stretching the opponents laterally, then Silva and KDB attack the half spaces... with Fernandinho covering defensively.. Excellent analysis. I am even more convinced that Sane must be convinced to stay while Foden gets more game time.. Either ways left footed players have to be targeted by City in the transfer window

[@pmatusiak2000]

Great analysis. I noticed some of those things myself but not everything. It was suprising to me however that Pep didn't manage to cope and adjust sufficiently to the situation. He has an amazing squad at his disposal, but some players, like Otamendi and Stones have been underperforming terribly this season. Why, I don't know.

[@elconquistador41]

Without kompany and with the injury of laporte man city was very wick in defence

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

The number of goals scored has changed only slightly over the last three seasons. The number of goals allowed is running ballpark 50% higher than the previous two seasons. If you are on pace to allow 40 goals in the season, even a scoring machine like City are going to drop points.

[@savage239galvan3]

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[@baneledlamini7256]

I can clearly see the problem judging from yesterday's match (Chelsea v Man city). As for my analytic point of view, Pep has to convert Walker into CB with Larpote and then find a RB and permanently bring back Zinchenko for Mendy ...I think Rodri is the right man for that CDM only if Pep allows Zinchenko to squeeze not to obviously overlap. Ohhh and before I go , I think it's time to remind Sterling that there are also other players who are really committed to perform well in his position...Lately He's been missing clearly chances

[@axe8039]

@anirshrestha Very true,FMS your doing absolute class content! You're doing great job!What do you think about Arteta? MCIARS match?

[@abhishekjain6452]

Football is so delicate in terms of balance. When a key player isn't functioning well it breaks down the whole system for high pressing teams. In premier league this is more punishing where almost every team has their own Zaha ready to take advantage of lost second balls, duels or any other mistakes. Defending here is also of the highest quality that makes it more tough without the right balance.

[@tafazulali8746]

Now Sane is back with Laporte !!! So don't get upset .... Manchester City will be back with there own spirit against #Arsenal...

[@leonardoteles9236]

Hopefully not(arsenal fan here)

[@aleyzeeo-aleyzee2101]

Are you winning son?

[@mayeezy254]

@@aleyzeeo-aleyzee2101 hahaha

[@donharry20]

This is a solid breakdown! Good one!

[@FootballMadeSimple]

Appreciate it!

[@mounderm160]

Great video

[@anirs8198]

Make a video on How Diego Simeone is so good

[@v4Soccer]

1 million sub is one the way bro❤

[@badphoenix33]

Great video overall. Just wanted to point out that Sterling used to play on the left for huge parts of last season as well with Bernardo/Mahrez playing on the right, especially towards the final few months when Sane didn't play much. But at the time, it seemed to work really well. I'm not able to point out why exactly, but as far as I can tell, teams seem to double up on Sterling far more effectively this season. Also, last season, Sterling used to stay really wide and keep the width as the left back was inverted. But this season, with the left back providing the width, Sterling has to come inside towards the crowded centre more often. Any thoughts on this?

[@Spectraevil]

The channel is epic, he summed up every bits and pieces of thoughts I had in my mind so well x_x From what I think, we need to do this fast: Otamendi is not a good Center Back. We should get rid of him. Benjamin Mendy is playing really bad these days, too sloppy, makes mistake and I never see him doing something on his own , he gets cornered and then passes the ball to some other guy who is already tagged by a player of opposite team. Get a new striker to fill the void of Sane and also the aging Aguero. I just don't trust Juses to fill the part. We need leadership now that Kompany is gone. Often in matches Sterling went ahead and took penalties when De Bryune should instead as sterling misses penalties too much. Also a strong captain is very important as Kompany was Man City and Henderson is for Liverpool.

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[@nhatminhdao3212]

Damn! Amazing video

[@naziemastemmetislam687]

Laporte and koulibaly could compliment each other nicely with Laporte pushing forward and koulibaly the no nonsense hard hitting defender

[@MikePitt]

Great channel, Bro. Watched a few of your vids today. Just subbed. Could you do Real Madrid vs City UCL Quarter Final First Leg? A great performance from City and Jesus reverting to winger as he was initially at Palmeiras . Thank you!

[@neilhanstock]

It's not so much about tactics, but injuries to key players. Sane lasted less than a hal in the Community Shield, and hasn"t made it back yet. Laporte was injured in the first few weeks, and has only recently been played a little here and there. Fernandinho and Stones had injuries going in to the season forcing Rodri to jump in to the deep end, with little or no pre sesson to get used to a whole new way of playing.

[@viniciustirolli4621]

I disagree in some points but that's such a good content! Congrats mate

[@TomT459]

I noticed many teams simply use pace up front due to otamendi and fernandinhio being slow which caused them problems

[@sinalojeromekwatshangoqo9024]

Amazing analysis mnganam.

[@UMLRAI]

That Rodri analysis is spot on and also he slows down the game too often and he does not go for diagonals even easy diagonals that could end up on goals or some creative moves just square passes even when there are moves building up. On the other hand KDB have to do some extra running on field when Rodri plays on that position compared to Fernandinho. And his sensing of positional awareness on field when opposition counter attack is horrible just eases on opponent and he always let go the attacking players that aggression like Fernandinho is missing Fernandinho knows how to break down the play. But still i think Rodri can improve he is not that bad but he needs to learn and adopt quickly if he wants to win some trophies with city. CB is the big and primary issue they need to find Right Footed world class partner for Laporte. If city defensive issues are sorted out then i think there is not much to worry about other positions and their goal ratio will be sorted out

[@michlsoladoye9640]

as a city fan and football manager stan, you've got this stop on

[@titotata262]

Laporte was crucial in man city's bulid up play as well as defending , his injury led city to concede easy goals than expected as he's replaced by fernadinho who lacked defensive skills.