Why Did Pep Guardiola Dump His Philosophy This Season?

Why Did Pep Guardiola Dump His Philosophy This Season?
If you watched Manchester City this season, you would notice that the team underwent a lot of tactical changes to achieve what they were able to achieve. For years, Guardiola was so stubborn about sticking to his football philosophy at every club he managed, but this season, he completely dumped that philosophy!
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[@giri8767]

Pep went from possession and control to just control the game. He find a way to control the game even with sharing the possession.

[@Alphoric]

And yet they still had mostly high possession matches

[@redeyexxx1841]

Well he had Xavi, Iniesta & Bosquets mid field hence controlling was a lot more easier.

[@SonOfTheSoil834]

He didn’t dump his philosophy :he was adapting to Halaand but fundamentals remained the same

[@samoeurnkaing2868]

Not in one go, no. But slowly, we've seen evolutions of his tacting growing and changing to a point where it's unrecognizable to his reign in Barcelona.

[@SonOfTheSoil834]

@@samoeurnkaing2868 that is the main problem with yo guys you think he is gonna play axact same kinda footbal like he has Xavi,Iniesta and busq..look the game he played at Bayern certainly none ever thought he could adapt into a no9 like lewa but he did ..so as to now 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@maxmaxie1328]

Pep evolve but not away from his philosophy but to become better..

[@samoeurnkaing2868]

@@SonOfTheSoil834 love how you got all of whatever the fk that is you jusy said from what I wrote. People really only understand things the way they wanted, and not necessarily what you delivered.

[@SonOfTheSoil834]

@@samoeurnkaing2868 true

[@89__tirtharajpati69]

Man City defence was top class this season. No denying about that.

[@blueshadow62]

That’s why City 🌃 won 🥇 the Treble 🏆🏆🏆 besides Haaland 50+ Goals ⚽️⚽️⚽️

[@EliasRoy]

After fixing the defence they finally won the UCL

[@rod6722]

3:05 Speaking of total football, there's a video of Cruyff where he says that, although he likes his centre-forward to drop deep in order to create a diamond in midfield, if he has a world-class striker then he's gonna play him as close as possible to the box in order to play to his strengths. That's similar to what Pep did with Haaland. Maximizing your best players' strengths is always the key.

[@muthurafahmed9752]

Pep is Cruyffs favourite student

[@jjryan1352]

Yes. When Barca players were mostly short guys they mostly dumped crossing in corner kicks and just played out.

[@ksmrnjdknfk6799]

😊

[@ksmrnjdknfk6799]

A😊😊qal Ppp ppp

[@Jonathan2342]

I don’t think he dumped his philosophy, he adjusted it to compete against modern tactics and the roster he has. Physical strong strikers are becoming more important not only to keep the ball but to also make space and shooting lanes for your midfields. They still control posession in almost every game.

[@grigoriikulikov2532]

They always were important except in Barcelona. Heskey, Crouch, Toni, Koller etc.

[@thierryhenry674]

Suarez Firmino Torres Aguero Tevez Berbatov VanPersie Sanchez Jesus Trossard Messi.

[@thuo1000]

Pep has tactically evolved because football is a sport that evolves as well. Pep has expounded on his tactics and understanding of the game since his Barcelona days. The current version of Pep Guardiola is more versatile than his earlier version at Barca. At Barca, Pep had one way of playing the game which was possession football. Now, at City, particularly this season, we have seen Pep become more dynamic. The fundamentals of Cryuff's positional play still remain the same but certain things have changed. City have won games having less possession than the opponent which was unthinkable of a Pep Guardiola team. Games against Arsenal in the Epl and Bayern in the CL, City had less possession but ended up beating both teams resoundingly. Pep has understood that possession and control are not entirely the same thing. For example, the game against Arsenal at the Etihad where City won 4-1, Arsenal had slighly more possession than City yet had less shots on target than City. So, this means that despite City having the lesser possession, they had more control of the game than Arsenal. Basically, Arsenal had more possession but less control while City had lesser possession but more control of the game. The best way to describe Pep's tactical evolution is that he has become less stubborn particularly when it comes to possession. This version of Pep is way more unpredictable and more cunning to the opponent than his earlier days as Barcelona and Bayern coach. The game against Real Madrid at the Etihad a few weeks ago in the CL semi final, City played very similar to Pep's Barcelona. But the game against Bayern in the quater finals, City looked a completely different team all together. They looked like a hybrid between Pep's possession football and prime Mourinho's counter attacking football. Pep has 2 main systems that he uses depending on the opponent he is facing. At Barca, Pep only relied on one main system.

[@1flash3571]

He also have to deal with the players he have. Haaland isn't a dribbler. He is a positional player. He will stay around his area or the box and take an opportunistic shots. He is tall and strong which translates to very hard and fast kicks. That is hard ball to block when you are the goalie, and hard to intercept or react to for the defenders. Messi is a play maker, great assists, and he can score by himself with defenders around him. 2 different players. The coach is just adapting to the style of play these players like.

[@lordinfernape4753]

Wym bro?Guardiola still has the highest possession stats, tf u talm bout

[@thuo1000]

@@lordinfernape4753 Read my original comment and understand before replying with nonsense. It's not all games that City have the highest possession stats. The game against Bayern and Arsenal in the just concluded season are good examples. Against Bayern, City had an average of 40% possession in both legs but still won the tie. Like I said, understand my comment first 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️.

[@mhlengikunene7893]

Great analysis!

[@EliasRoy]

Nice analysis. Thank God, Pep has somewhat realised that possession doesn’t help you win games. The 3-1 defeat against Madrid showed that. City had the possession but Real won in the end

[@redditjemz]

Pep Guardiola is a smart man, and a deep connoisseur of football. He is not some fanatic of his own one trick wonder. He had Barcelona, he did Tiki Taka. He has a great all around team, with a super strong striker: he acts like the coach of the world's best striker's team.

[@pacoextreme]

and still inter manager outclassed him in the final match.

[@habijabicontentcreator]

​@@pacoextremeOutclassed how? He made stones play no8 with diamond shaped midfield in the right still false 9. It was 3-2-4-1. Just 1 striker to breach 5 defence and 4 midfielders. Are you a d***?

[@elpibedeloslirios5151]

@@pacoextreme Pretty sure he (Guardiola) won that one

[@Dshun]

​@@pacoextremeoutclass in what sense? all inter did was defend at the back and then 1-2 long ball and attack

[@pacoextreme]

@@Dshun And yet created more danger.

[@zunguhassan1609]

He just adapted to the players but the fundamentals and principles remained the same

[@Danielvenegas1997]

I dont think he changed his philosophy, to be honest I feel like they didn't use Haaland to his full potential, his stats say otherwise, but there were many times in games in which he made runs behind the defenders but no one passed the ball. Guardiola prioritizes ball control, and does not want to loose the ball. Once they adapt to Haalands runs he'll have even betters stats.

[@mydickisunbelievablysmallb8132]

I think so too

[@sw33tialucard]

The greatest coach of all time.

[@markisaac3550]

He is awesome GOAT iconic legend

[@chico1786]

Haaland is so good, that he made the best coach in the world (maybe of all time) reconsider his life choices.

[@alkadoentertainment4055]

He did change, he evolve with modern game , going direct and it also has to do with the quality of the players , they are not one barca level so they'll never play the same.

[@jal051]

Haaland is a box specialist. If you have a player like him you have to use him right. He didn't change for Ibra in Barça because there was a much better player than Ibra who would be underused with that change.

[@anubixus]

With Captain Clutch gone and Kova in the rooster. I wanna see how Pep use this team. Kova's ball carrying skills are top notch and ik Pep will use his full potential. Let's see what happens. Excited for 2023/24

[@evervega8781]

Very simple he is the best ,no matter what ,he didn't change nothing..

[@abdihassan2426]

even in 2020-21 season pep used a false 9 because agree hardly got any game time

[@chorakdoon6658]

Possession was not his goal and his philosophy it was the right way with the players that he got. Plus while I do think Haaland was very long awaited addition to man city, it is kevin de bruyne that is truly essential in man city's simpler but deadly attack because his cross speed and accuracy is absolutely unreplaceable.

[@C33Fernandez]

Yes, exactly, people still don't understand him or what "philosophy" is. He has said himself in interviews that his philosophy is to enable the right solutions for the right problems in the right places at the right times. The tactics help achieve and organise that. Keeping the ball was favoured when players could not complete a goal-scoring chance with every pass, or convert that chance with every shot. With his players now, the direct passes are more likely to create goals and win games, and so he decides to play this way. That is according to a philosophy.

[@redeyexxx1841]

​@@C33FernandezAnd he has to make his tactics according to the players as well. With Xavi, Iniesta, Bosquets being in midfielders it was very easily to play control and possession.

[@mariojimenez6118]

GOAT; (great video!)

[@nathanlieberman5968]

Like Bruce Lee says flow like water adapt,Pep is very dynamic

[@opfarhanyt3900]

Love the videos bro ❤

[@jankilly3516]

If you look at Bayren last year and earlier, they KILLED tiki-taka, because their speed and fast Ball Movement means more "open" shots on goal. Most teams learned Mourhino's pack-the-box tactic to blunt tiki. Haaland was lethal at Dortmund bc he got the ball frequently and in open field. Pep changed to accommodate the skills of this player (look at Lewy at Barca - the slow buildup blunts his runs). If you watch Barca's Messi days, 30% of goals were from counters, long thru passes, long shots. A smart coach exploits what is given him. And like the video says, Defense really matters against great teams.

[@thipemothoni4697]

The philosophy never changed.

[@shah1668]

great video. Pep always a trend setter. his experimenting trait will ensure his football style evolving. everyone else has to keep up.

[@davetv4705]

He is truly the GOAT in the business! I count myself blessed to be a City fan during his era.

[@ratedopossum4307]

sure you felt blessed to be a Chelsea fan in Mourinho's era and a United fan in Ferguson's era

[@CypherSteve]

@@ratedopossum4307

[@technaboy7900]

​@@ratedopossum4307 dumb answer

[@jbart4183]

Tiki-taka was only possible and will work on iniesta, xavi, busquets and messi. Mid fielders that can work with short passes, de bruyne is never that mid fielder, neither are the rest of the midfielders in city.

[@1flash3571]

Yep. They are great at handling the ball and dribbling, especially Messi. The coach just adjusted to the type of players he has and the tactics of the today's league. It is same for American football. Coaches adapt to the style of game style and tactics the opponents use eventually. Some coaches adapt to it better than the others. That is why there are different quality of coaches in any sports.

[@DiogoGaming2]

Man you need to watch some football if you think man city play a different type of game then Barcelona

[@antiwokehuman]

Even if you had all those players, they'd still lose because the tactic is outdated

[@doomedtolove9214]

Silva, Alvarez and Mahrez are the playmaker through short passing and dribbling and gundogan a little bit, Grealish not a good dribble

[@redeyexxx1841]

​@@doomedtolove9214They're not even close to quality displayed by Xavi, Iniesta, Bosquets, Messi in mid field

[@hyper_ae]

Nice video, I found it interesting to hear your opinion.

[@Darwinnunez.co.darwinnunez]

Hasn’t even finished

[@hyper_ae]

@@Darwinnunez.co.darwinnunez i know but from what i've heard

[@ezygoeasy7485]

No way did he dump his philosophy. The foundation of his team is always present with his triangles, overloading centre mids in the midfield. He barely play wingers anymore for his important games this season. John stones is a revelation this season though

[@Mjamsher]

he was more direct than he used to. More like zidane as a manager

[@89__tirtharajpati69]

But seriously though 17/18 18/19 Man City were more delight to watch.

[@Vibhuti_NarayanMishra]

​@@89__tirtharajpati69people were asking him to prove with trophies he just chose to do that

[@malwre6959]

0:45 blud was thinking too hard

[@FellTheSky]

I disagree, you adapt the strategy to the players you have available. Also the "tiki taka" was a big myth. The biggest and most important part of that football was possession and pression on turnovers.

[@leemc5646]

Isn't the philosophy Possession positioning & pressing

[@Culereterno1899]

Tiki taka is called for small intricate one touch passes That's what it is 🥴 Obviously isn't the philosophy it's the more beautiful part of the philosophy

[@octaviovillarreal4922]

How is it a myth?

[@rod6722]

Yeah, Pep himself said he hates the term "tiki-taka". Because it implies passing for the sake of it. While his tactics are all about passing for the purpose of progressing the ball and ultimately scoring goals.

[@caralho5237]

Barça's tiki taka cannot be replicated by any team either. They had short, nimble players, the best midfield trio of all time and messi, alongaide other greats. Man city doesn't have that midfield quality. What they do have is de bruyne who is a through ball genius along haaland who's a box monster. So no point in keeping the passes short

[@carlosenriqueulloa]

Tactics follow weapons. You have a weapon like Haland, you adjust your tactics.

[@slydoesnotknow393]

I feel like Pep will change next season l, I think he was just exploiting the momentum and shock that Haaland had with city

[@gosheniitechniqueltd3776]

I disagree with your premise of Pep’s philosophy. Pep has not embraced a new philosophy. His philosophy remains the same and he communicates it clearly to players. That’s why he excels. What he has done this term in the premiership - and has done everywhere throughout his career - is play to the strength of the players available to him. In FCB, Tiki Taka was unavoidable. The same worked for him in Bayern except that recognized he had a very good focal point in Lewandoski and do not need to play with a False 9. This term in City, he brought a machine in the Focal Point, Harland, who obviously cannot play the pass and move game because he loves to hang around the box. Would have been a waste to compl him play as a false 9, so he finds a way to incorporate him into hIs philosophy through lobbed balls and fast breaks and it worked perfectly. That does not mean he has abandoned his philosophy. He continues to innovate and evolve!

[@a-manthegeneral]

People here claiming Pep didn’t dump his ideas and the “fundamentals” remained the same, which is is misleading to me. The only thing that has remained is aversion to counter attacks. He did this before by having control in midfield, this season he did it by having 5 defensive units who can win 1 vs 1 situations.

[@chinaman1]

One thing i will say though, teams are better off taking pot shots at goal this season against City. Than trying to work their way into the box. Because there's just no way they will get past the defence. At least taking long shots from outside the box will increase their odds with shots on target.

[@anthonymwanje8398]

Indeed he is a brilliant manager and he deserves RESPECT

[@wandel51]

It is impossible to play like Barcelona if you don't have Daniel, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi and Busquets.

[@benarthurhuzz4664]

Yea when I watched the final, I knew city is nowhere near prime Barca... To play like Barca he's needed 6 midfielders to control the tempo 😂

[@reknakcf585]

This is why Pep is the best🔥 he isn’t obsessed with his Phylosophy but when he has a different squad he just creates another tactic

[@JubaidRahman]

Pep is a legend but would like to see how he can manage a team to success that has a limited budget or is a mid table team. The only challenge left with Pep to do it. Jose and Klopp have achieved success even with limited budget or average teams.

[@sarthakgautam4352]

Well you can't disagree that he's the best

[@tuhinkumarkole]

@harveywhite8060 I doubt after he won 2 trebles But even if that is thew case still then I'm pretty sure he will retire as better than anyone else from past

[@Whatyulookinat]

@@tuhinkumarkole Jose and Alex won it too?

[@aaquibtayyabi]

@@Whatyulookinat they did but pep did it twice with two different teams

[@Whatyulookinat]

@@aaquibtayyabi he did with the best Barca squad ever , compare it to Jose.

[@Vibhuti_NarayanMishra]

​@@WhatyulookinatHe made that squad with academy players not like he got a prepared tea...it's mourinho's problem he couldn't do same

[@whatdadogdoin7531]

City won the Prem because Liverpool, Man U, Tottenham and Chelsea all performed well below their average. Arsenal throwing away the title gave them the ultimate courage to go all in on the FA cup and UCL. This upcoming season will really test how good they are. Especially in the UCL. If you can't perform on this level on a consistent basis you are not a great team. Everyone can do better in domestic leagues and cups but to me UCL is the ultimate test

[@bench9967]

If you can win treble means you a good team. Even 3 peat Real Madrid lose domestic cups. Means they are not totally good in that season. Only good at 7-8 matches in UCL. That is why Sextuple Barcelona is considered the best in history. Because they win all titles in a season/calender year. ALL TITLES

[@olivetvelventhan1850]

He did What he needed to win

[@Jlevens]

i would love to see how a player like luuk de jong would do under pep he is kinda a mini haaland in a way so would he play him like haaland

[@BATM7N]

Best coach of the century

[@gibrielmarong782]

Oil money 😂😂😂😂😂

[@freakyholic]

@@gibrielmarong782 loser. we won treble

[@user-AA.]

Zidan did not dump his way. But I heard that the luckey Zidan was just telling Marcelo and Carfajal to cross for CR7 (he just had the dressing room and the team superstars) But Pep adjusting to the qualities of his squad his wisdom (social media reach media in a nutshell). For lots of people, it's not about underrating Pep (Despite some commetting this crime), but it's about Justice for other (wise) coaches.

[@Iamreal11xingping]

0:46 GJ fuming abt getting benched

[@gacielcaro5351]

Hear me out, since 2017, I wish Barca could adapt the arsenal style of play. Possession, press after loss of possession, dominate games , and creativity inside the box. Right now we have youth players and good finishers.

[@sagarkumarchowdhury9537]

He tweaked his philosophy to accommodate players. This helped him find answers to all sorts of problems that any team has thrown.

[@awfan221]

Johnny, Johnny Stonessss, Johnny, Johnny Stoooonessss 🎵🎼

[@lifetechniques32]

Of course he is a great coach only great coaches can win triples with 3 different teams barca bayern and now city... This man truly is a genius

[@bernhardsonn7758]

Very interesting

[@christinebell-oq3bw]

What he said about cancelo was wrong though , he plays more like a winger than midfielder

[@TeamYohane]

Tiki-Taka sometimes is useless like when you need a fast goal

[@MT7.11]

U just reavaled peps plans 😮

[@JiTiAr35]

John Stones for Ballon d'Or 😁

[@TheBestSnail7668]

Imagine if he used this tactic with Zlatan

[@davidbowie5023]

Pep stopped being obsessed with possession, when he realised possession alone couldn't help him triumph. Instead, he adapted with the rise of Haaland, and fundamentally reshaped his philosophy. Instead of possession, it is about controlling the situation. He achieved all three cups in a row for a year because he realised better control win all.

[@Ameara-Lavey]

Philosophy evolves is not dumped.

[@al42609a]

Pep = GOAT

[@aalinareef7363]

He changed football

[@farlawson1706]

He did not abandon his philosophy is still have highest Possession.

[@jordenwangdi9637]

no he didnt dump his philosophy he just tighten the defense and adapted his tactics with the resources he had, only Barca born and bred players can play the tiki taka style of play if he had to get he had to get only that sort of player he would have to dump the whole team and all the reserves as well. he had to adapt a little to what he doesn't have and get the type of players he always wanted but could not get in other teams players who respect and listen to him young one like Haaland

[@xawee7254]

Greatest (TOP LEVEL CLUB) coach of all time... national team or relegation coach im not sure if he would be the best at that..

[@MT_OH]

He did not dump his philosophy he used a natural no.9 instead of False.9

[@benojnellissery6818]

Pep got the idea from Brighton..

[@eamonreidy9534]

5 defenders and 5 attackers with no need for the traditional midfield

[@zeded509]

Why was smoke coming out of Gabriel Jesus?

[@nazrulazahar1165]

He didn’t dumped his philosophy, he just brought his philosophy into English football culture and try the best way to emulate it

[@Dandan-ok9lg]

he never went unbeaten

[@jungeunbi2716]

pep wants 100% ball possesion and win the game LOL and its work 🤣 he is using 11 midfielder in his squad

[@w1nther930]

I love his 5 lane philosophy

[@scrapmason3721]

Oh he changed tactics, everybody applaud. Some coaches out there change their entire play-style on a match-to-match basis, possibly because they can't afford to buy one of the best squads in football, and they're not hailed as geniuses. I want to see Guardiola coach Westham with a mediocre budget and then I'll be impressed.

[@hahayessir400]

Pep is great. But he also has to adapt to players and the game. His players at man city are not the same as barca, they have no messi like players for false 9, barca players have no ego and plays passing a lot in the past cuz the players in barca that time were smart passers. Man city has power strikers at front with aggressive forwards. Tiki taka is not viable to man city.

[@0liver22]

GOAT manager - Pep the 🐐 forever

[@oooo1110]

He didn't it's called evolving. Still tiki taka but with pnp and direct.

[@Altropos]

I guess because he had a norwegian terminator up top.

[@fabesey2016]

Answer: he didn't. Guardiola has always been adaptable. He tweaked a couple of things, like sometimes City will sucker teams in to pressing their first phase to then quickly attack like Brighton do, but using a big number 9 isn't something that's anti-guardiola.

[@lengandsweet4008]

Why doesn’t pep play 433 anymore

[@ChildOfChrist84]

Financial fair play

[@christosnikitakis6675]

Why? Different team with different players. That's football....

[@caocaohehe]

Well, Haaland is very different from Messi.

[@santihd9911]

People have to realize its not the same players and he cant play the same like in 2009 becuase his players cant adapt perfectly to that playing style. Remember all those players from prime Barcelona were teached to play like that for years in la masia.

[@princetravis1148]

From what I watched this season, 85% of this is wrong. The only correct thing said here is "the system was restructured to fit in Haaland"

[@xenbg9271]

Jose And Pep Are The Best

[@jjryan1352]

Is Jose even better than Klopp?

[@zeded509]

It's Sir Joseph Guardiola

[@Michael.Tyle.]

Halaand can't pass the ball like Messi so that's why and he didn't drop it he was just adapting Halaand, you'll see next season.

[@happytrailsgaming]

Because it was a style of play that fit the world class, professional players he had at Barca…He’s also missing Messi who was the key to that style! It’s not rocket science and he gets way too much credit for that style of football and his teams success afterwards. When you manage the worlds wealthiest teams a toddler could win the league as the manager 😂

[@hualchr6697]

Goat Coach for sure

[@thabsor]

tiki taka doesnt work anymore, it's an old school, pep know this.

[@Prof.Maxwell]

Instead admitting that PEP is great, I'd rather cope and say he only did it because of oil money 😪!!

[@Ben_PN]

This is what living in Manchester for 6 years does to a MF.

[@MadsCat]

Imagine if he talks like that in his everyday life😂 'Can I have the delight of drinking a cup of Coffee?' 'Can you get some peanutbutter when your going to the big building that is the supermarket?' But all jokes aside, great video man, as always❤

[@emmanuelata6424]

He won everything with that

[@ArberArapi]

dumped his philosophy ????????????????????????????????????????????????? averaged 60% possesion the whole champions league please, he is just more direct now and effective instead of JUST passing

[@soul-man]

His tactics evolved lol he didn't change the core. You should watch 'football make simple' before you make this. Lol

[@yoonyulntaeny]

His philosophy is winning

[@pubgsniperlord7055]

Here the boys coming to say he didn't dump his philosophy😂😂...we know it's just a title but he himself say his side can't play that football with a pure number 9 he tried it years ago with zlatan

[@mapleknot3]

...Roberto di zerbi

[@yashrathore-bj7ep]

Pep didn't dump his philosophy. He simply just wanted to adapt to Erling Haaland and it worked.