@@Otto45 cr7 started out as a winger similar to roben, allowed to drift and cause problems on the wing. Haaland is a true number 9 where he is not made to dribble but to find space or make it and finish it. His play style is similar to lewy or ronaldo9, yes but not ronaldo 7.
@@fishyfish6510 that's why I think city can finally win the UCL with him They've never really had a striker as fast and clinical as him Madrid have benzema who only needs 1 shot in the semi final to score
Unreal beast Haaland almost every touch is a goal, for once there is striker generational player in the league for years to come. Julian Álvarez also is a top player with plenty to show like he did last night. This team now is a hurricane as long as Haaland Rodri and Kevin stays fit the limit is beyond the sky
@@johnnyneptune2730 i hate to agree with you as an arsenal fan, but he is so perfectly suited for the premier league and already, has not only been worked into the man city system, but is massively improving them. He is scary.
I think the first rough matches were purely players' adaptation because they are aware that Haaland has zero link-up skills in their system and he is at his best state operating freely higher, so they compensate it by going more direct and transition from build to attack extremely fast. City's changes in more recent rounds have been modified by Pep, they are much more stable and Haaland starts to show signs of synchronicity with his teammates. In the match against Crystal Palace, due to the huge gaps behind Cancelo and Walker when they tuck in, Pep had to play the "all-in or lose" , pushing his team's backline extremely high to choke them. I don't know but this is his all-in game, he must make more tweaks to avoid being penetrated through the flanks when they lose the ball.
There are always weaknesses with any formation, line up, tactics. The one weakness teams exploit against city are worth the output as they are clearly showing .
I believe they went for another CB(Akanji) to cover up their backline woes and I do believe Pep will switch to a back 3 formation which would give walker and cancelo more freedom upfront without having to worry too much about tracking back to defend, I could be wrong though, only time will tell.
@@lynoluoch1891 I think it is so if another defender gets injured we aren't finished. Laporte ain't back until the end of Spetember, Ake is still out, meaning Stones and Dias are gonna be playing loads of games. However, with Akanji, they can be rotated and rested when needed.
@@dantralius9269 Pep maybe a relentless man, he is not a fool. City's main fullbacks are Cancelo and Kyle Walker, known for their technical elegance but not their fitness levels. Using a back 3 system, either diamond midfield or with conventional types with wingbacks, is going to amplify that weakness of those two.
kindly analyze how Alvares is playing with halaad , I think he is playing in free mode as second no. 9 , or deeper than halaad, attacking midfielder and winger ,hard to track him
Wow I really thought that haaland didn’t fit the system because of his technical ability at the start of the season but this has completely changed my mind👍🏽
Man City are the most dangerous team in Europe in terms of attack now because of Haaland and Alvarez but by operating with such high line, their defence could be compromised. This won't stop them in the PL, but could be a difference maker in the CL.
The main reason for Akanji's arrival is to cover the injuries to Ake and Laporte, but I think Guardiola will be able to use a 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 formation in matches to avoid Walker's wing attack. City now have a super striker who gives them new variants, thanks to his strength, pace and dominance in the box to score. It fascinates me how Guardiola every season finds new tactics for matches. That new touch screen looks amazing for videos. Brilliant analysis as always. Keep it up mate!!!
I think one thing that I noted is that whenever teams behave as Palace and Newcastle did, Halland would be no consequential. This is because he will be unable to outplay three defenders at the center. However, the introduction of Alvares is proving to keep the defenders busier thus allowing Halland more opportunities.... It happened at Palace....
Excellent analysis, as always! Can you also analyze some of the non-big six premier league matches, or something like after tomorrow's transfer deadline, winners and losers of the league with the corresponding tactics/first 11 they play with?
Man City and Haaland is such a similar situation to that when a highly experienced sniper (Pep) gets the new, improved and highly deadly sniper rifle (Haaland) and then, leaders say -"GO KILL". I am actually looking forward to mancity matches. Good evaluation...
during nottingham forest city played with a back 3.. the tactics explained in the video exposed the defense hence the goals of palace and newcastle.. i think back 3 is the reason they bought akanji.. clean sheet is good
City's tactics against Newcastle were very risky, but it must be noted that Forest just aren't that good going forward. Let's see City against Villa. Yes, I know they're playing horribly, but Gerrard is fighting for his job.
I just have to say, I've been following this channel since its first videos. The quality, content, and improvement I see in every video has made me fall in love with football even more as I can better understand what I'm watching. Thank you for making the beautiful game simple.
This is your best video yet, amazing work. This duration is perfect for you to explain everything in detail, it is fantastic to see how much you have grown your community and improved as an analyst. Now it's time to do a Tchoameni tactics video (he also heavily alters the way his team plays). Keep it up!!
Would you make another video of pep's tactic transformations since Barcelona and Bayern Munich? It also would be great to compare individual players between those (haaland vs lewandowski, bernardo vs messi)
Peps all about drawing players in to furthermore create play in the pocket of space left behind, he uses the cf in multiple ways like involving the two tens in the half spaces with his hold up play etc.
I think you should do a "how Alvarez changed City's tactics" because I feel that's the biggest change I've seen from the previous season to this one, the use of two central strikers. The most effective one too I might add. City has been absolutely devastating with both Haaland and Alvarez upfront, and not so much with only Haaland.
Well its easy, you can see that alvarez doesn't play as haaland, he plays as a midfielder to annoy the 2 CB's and create space for wingers like the match vs barcelona you can see that alvarez wasn't the threat
The only way to counter Peps teams is to play fearless and go at their defense head-on especially on the break when they have few players defending because of their players playing very high up the field, a similar tactic Newcastle or Real Madrid used on them. This causes them to panic aand force them to start dropping back. But if your club just sits and defends deep in their own half then this gives City the advantage with 1v1 overloads in the flanks, and midfield.
Haaland is just ridiculous. He has got everything, and is the clinical finisher City have missed in the past couple of seasons, and look a real scary team this season.
Great video! From a lot of analysts I know you are the best one. Maybe you should make more videos about matches i.e. in Premier League matches. Moreover, the situation about Chelsea is very interesting. This year in champions League there will be awesome matches even in the group stage. Please make some videos if there is a tactically interesting match e.g. Bayern - Barcelona. Keep going!
Is there any way that you could do an analysis of City vs Forest. It was interesting how Alvarez and Haaland worked together in almost a strike partnership
It would interesting to make your formation maybe on how you would defeat this city side. I'm thinking to play kinda attacking football to have very fast attacking trio like MSN. Sit back absorb pressures and catch then on the break because they are pushing numbers forward.
So much of pple who thinks they knows about tactics saying he only have a few touches in some games. But as a central forward he's job is to get defender on him and make space for others.
Alvarez, Foden and Haaland are just 22 yo... let that sink for a moment! I think we are watching the birth of the best attacking trio in history, better than Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney, Benzema, Suarez, Bale, Messi, Neymar trios of the last decade. With Haaland as the pivot, Alvarez and Foden have a huuuge room to growth!
nah its his speed and strength combo, i never even seen that fast and that strong player in a long long time ago, maybe closest was adriano, or prime ibra, insane how no one can push him off
Debatable. He has world class positioning and smarts too. He has never had problems playing for either dominant sides or countering because he has both speed and positioning. Maybe it's more immediately impressive to see him in space, like when he scored against West Ham, but that doesn't mean it's his only strength. Tap ins take skill too. Or luck I guess. But when it happens every week you know it's not luck with him. He reads the play better than everyone else, and that's why he's always in the right spot.
I think he has assembled a team before he had only individual players and maybe learnt something from pep as well but yes it would be good to know of his tactics not just the wins/form we have witnessed .
Transforming? Maybe. For the better? That's up for debate and will be decided later on. Haaland is a fun player to watch, but people need to realize that City have always been a goalscoring machine. The main difference now is that one player is scoring most of the goals. I think Alvarez could get 15 league goals if he plays enough, but no one else will reach double figures. That's usually how it works with dominant scoring types.
CITY, CITY, The best team in north west and all the world ! (1958 movie theme tune of "The Vikings" sung loudly by the City faithfull in 1976 at Norwhich away after the movies premier tv debut) 😝😄😛🤣💙👍CTID.
This makes a lot of sense. I did not think haaland would be a perfect signing because i did not see the need for fast transition striker that he is in the first place. In my mind city was always a team that overloads the box with a lot of possesion and short range combinations. I see now that that my perception was far too one dimensional. His abilitys free up room for his teammates who can then create even better chances.a
It's not an accident that you see Haaland at his best whenever his team goes a goal up. This tends to draw teams out and there's more space for him to use. Villa did great/were lucky when it came to this. They didn't panic and lose their structure, yet were able to peg back before Haaland could do a number on them like he did Palace.
You saw what ASM did because walker was always having to chase him from behind in midfield . With Akanji he will be the recovery pace needed to stop a winger like ASM before he gets his head up and starts dribbling
He is exactly what City needed - a clinical striker. After Agüero left, their decisiveness was lost. Even against Madrid, aside from schoolboy mistakes in defending, they created so many chances which they failed to convert (Foden, Mahrez especially). Replacing Agüero with Gabriel Jesus was the biggest downgrade. Good to see Pep learning from his mistake (blunder, actually).
Yeah it would be a lot of red tapes to go through in order to get that done, plus he may get a strike on his account. Simply put, its gonna be him risking too much for RUclips to potentially hit his income
Honestly its an incredible tactics but then its costing city at some point. Man city has now become a one man scoring team. And once haaland doesn't score its all done for city coz everyone in the team looks for where haaland is which is costly at some point. Last season city had almost everyone in the team scoring goals which was profitable for them. Man city needs to improve on that.
How many does he score end of the seaon?
40 I predict
He's from a farmer's league people said, so how can he top his farmer's league results in the strongest European league? 🤣🤣
43
35 just in PL
32
I haven't watched his last games but the thing that amazes me is the fact that despite touching very few balls his presence affects the matches.
Haaland only needs 2 touches at most to get a lethal shot at goal
That's the mark of a natural born goalscorer..
Reminds me of Van Basten, Lewandowski & CR7.
@@Otto45 Yes, but nobody was like him at his age
@@Otto45 cr7 started out as a winger similar to roben, allowed to drift and cause problems on the wing. Haaland is a true number 9 where he is not made to dribble but to find space or make it and finish it. His play style is similar to lewy or ronaldo9, yes but not ronaldo 7.
@@fishyfish6510 that's why I think city can finally win the UCL with him
They've never really had a striker as fast and clinical as him
Madrid have benzema who only needs 1 shot in the semi final to score
Unreal beast Haaland almost every touch is a goal, for once there is striker generational player in the league for years to come. Julian Álvarez also is a top player with plenty to show like he did last night. This team now is a hurricane as long as Haaland Rodri and Kevin stays fit the limit is beyond the sky
perfect timing after a 6_0 win
And a Haaland hatrick.........
True😭😭
Alvares double
If haaland stays in the prem, he will become the best ever to grace the prem
@@johnnyneptune2730 i hate to agree with you as an arsenal fan, but he is so perfectly suited for the premier league and already, has not only been worked into the man city system, but is massively improving them. He is scary.
The Robot just scored another Hattrick 🤖💙
I think the first rough matches were purely players' adaptation because they are aware that Haaland has zero link-up skills in their system and he is at his best state operating freely higher, so they compensate it by going more direct and transition from build to attack extremely fast. City's changes in more recent rounds have been modified by Pep, they are much more stable and Haaland starts to show signs of synchronicity with his teammates. In the match against Crystal Palace, due to the huge gaps behind Cancelo and Walker when they tuck in, Pep had to play the "all-in or lose" , pushing his team's backline extremely high to choke them. I don't know but this is his all-in game, he must make more tweaks to avoid being penetrated through the flanks when they lose the ball.
kloop or tuchel can have a 1-5-4 to counter pep's 5-3-2
There are always weaknesses with any formation, line up, tactics. The one weakness teams exploit against city are worth the output as they are clearly showing .
I believe they went for another CB(Akanji) to cover up their backline woes and I do believe Pep will switch to a back 3 formation which would give walker and cancelo more freedom upfront without having to worry too much about tracking back to defend, I could be wrong though, only time will tell.
@@lynoluoch1891 I think it is so if another defender gets injured we aren't finished. Laporte ain't back until the end of Spetember, Ake is still out, meaning Stones and Dias are gonna be playing loads of games. However, with Akanji, they can be rotated and rested when needed.
@@dantralius9269 Pep maybe a relentless man, he is not a fool. City's main fullbacks are Cancelo and Kyle Walker, known for their technical elegance but not their fitness levels. Using a back 3 system, either diamond midfield or with conventional types with wingbacks, is going to amplify that weakness of those two.
kindly analyze how Alvares is playing with halaad , I think he is playing in free mode as second no. 9 , or deeper than halaad, attacking midfielder and winger ,hard to track him
Please also make a video about today's match. Haaland and Alvarez pairing up front.
Wow I really thought that haaland didn’t fit the system because of his technical ability at the start of the season but this has completely changed my mind👍🏽
Man City are the most dangerous team in Europe in terms of attack now because of Haaland and Alvarez but by operating with such high line, their defence could be compromised. This won't stop them in the PL, but could be a difference maker in the CL.
The main reason for Akanji's arrival is to cover the injuries to Ake and Laporte, but I think Guardiola will be able to use a 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 formation in matches to avoid Walker's wing attack.
City now have a super striker who gives them new variants, thanks to his strength, pace and dominance in the box to score.
It fascinates me how Guardiola every season finds new tactics for matches.
That new touch screen looks amazing for videos.
Brilliant analysis as always. Keep it up mate!!!
I think one thing that I noted is that whenever teams behave as Palace and Newcastle did, Halland would be no consequential. This is because he will be unable to outplay three defenders at the center. However, the introduction of Alvares is proving to keep the defenders busier thus allowing Halland more opportunities.... It happened at Palace....
Excellent analysis, as always! Can you also analyze some of the non-big six premier league matches, or something like after tomorrow's transfer deadline, winners and losers of the league with the corresponding tactics/first 11 they play with?
Man City and Haaland is such a similar situation to that when a highly experienced sniper (Pep) gets the new, improved and highly deadly sniper rifle (Haaland) and then, leaders say -"GO KILL". I am actually looking forward to mancity matches. Good evaluation...
during nottingham forest city played with a back 3.. the tactics explained in the video exposed the defense hence the goals of palace and newcastle.. i think back 3 is the reason they bought akanji.. clean sheet is good
City's tactics against Newcastle were very risky, but it must be noted that Forest just aren't that good going forward. Let's see City against Villa. Yes, I know they're playing horribly, but Gerrard is fighting for his job.
Playing 2 at the back is 1890 soccer.
I just have to say, I've been following this channel since its first videos. The quality, content, and improvement I see in every video has made me fall in love with football even more as I can better understand what I'm watching. Thank you for making the beautiful game simple.
He changed it whole another level. Bzt time to put video when he scores hat trick 😂
can make a video how messi is unleashing neymar
As a Norwegian I love the fact that you pronounce his name correctly, Håland instead of Haaaaland like most English speaking people do x)
Wonderful analysis 👌
Great tactics explained. From a football Genius and coach
It's been a while since I watch Football Made Simple. I used to struggle with the old videos. Reading and listening was not easy
For all the comments on Haaland pronunciation, it’s actually quite correctly spoken by the video-maker. (Norwegian here). Like “haw-land”
This is your best video yet, amazing work. This duration is perfect for you to explain everything in detail, it is fantastic to see how much you have grown your community and improved as an analyst.
Now it's time to do a Tchoameni tactics video (he also heavily alters the way his team plays). Keep it up!!
I love the new screen... It look so subtle and i think it gives you more control 💙
2-3-5 was the only football formation when I was a kid (the ‘ 50s)
This is why skillful and effective player's are vital for this style of football !
and haters want Pep to coach Stoke (no offence) just to prove his quality as premium manager. great football need a great technical player.
Would you make another video of pep's tactic transformations since Barcelona and Bayern Munich? It also would be great to compare individual players between those (haaland vs lewandowski, bernardo vs messi)
Peps all about drawing players in to furthermore create play in the pocket of space left behind, he uses the cf in multiple ways like involving the two tens in the half spaces with his hold up play etc.
I think you should do a "how Alvarez changed City's tactics" because I feel that's the biggest change I've seen from the previous season to this one, the use of two central strikers. The most effective one too I might add. City has been absolutely devastating with both Haaland and Alvarez upfront, and not so much with only Haaland.
Well its easy, you can see that alvarez doesn't play as haaland, he plays as a midfielder to annoy the 2 CB's and create space for wingers like the match vs barcelona you can see that alvarez wasn't the threat
The only way to counter Peps teams is to play fearless and go at their defense head-on especially on the break when they have few players defending because of their players playing very high up the field, a similar tactic Newcastle or Real Madrid used on them. This causes them to panic aand force them to start dropping back. But if your club just sits and defends deep in their own half then this gives City the advantage with 1v1 overloads in the flanks, and midfield.
Amazing video as always 🔥
Been waiting for this one😍
Near post runs and making your shots. MC is unstoppable.
Haaland is just ridiculous. He has got everything, and is the clinical finisher City have missed in the past couple of seasons, and look a real scary team this season.
The graphics🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Great video! From a lot of analysts I know you are the best one. Maybe you should make more videos about matches i.e. in Premier League matches. Moreover, the situation about Chelsea is very interesting. This year in champions League there will be awesome matches even in the group stage. Please make some videos if there is a tactically interesting match e.g. Bayern - Barcelona. Keep going!
Noman is also good.
@@gaurav.d1993 does Norman still produce content?
Another great tactical breakdown. Well done. Thanks.
The video I’ve been waiting for all season!!!!!! thank you FMS for this
Yeah City has made their best purchase since aguero and deBruyne , Halaand is a beast.
Decent pronunciation of Haaland 👍Ho (like in hollow) Laan (a as in again)
really happy as a mci fan
Me too bro. Me too
Great breakdown
Is there any way that you could do an analysis of City vs Forest. It was interesting how Alvarez and Haaland worked together in almost a strike partnership
Can you make a specific video on Thomas Muller off the ball Movement .
Kimich would be a great reinforciment. He could play in walker's position...
Agree?
Excellent, as always. Thank you.
Thanks for the great video!
Great analysis of the changing strategies. Thank you.
He is scary to face. That changes entire oppositions mentality and backline.
So far every team that has faced city has played a back 5 but somehow they score through it.
It would interesting to make your formation maybe on how you would defeat this city side. I'm thinking to play kinda attacking football to have very fast attacking trio like MSN. Sit back absorb pressures and catch then on the break because they are pushing numbers forward.
Been waiting for the city vid
So much of pple who thinks they knows about tactics saying he only have a few touches in some games. But as a central forward he's job is to get defender on him and make space for others.
Amazing and thorough as always. Can we assume that they transferred him to city after making these tactical adjustments on paper?
Haaland is going to be a nightmare for all the teams and he is very intimidating
Re-inverting the pyramid. Back to the 1890s
As discussed 😅.....love your videos man❤️
Great work! Now same thing with Alvarez.
And he just scored back-to-back hattricks lol. Crazy
This actually means City has become even more vulnerable to counter attacks, I can see UTD & Spurs doing serious damage with fast runs. 🔥🔥🔥
Rashford would be waiting 😆😂
This fixture in particular is going to be a Goal fest
@@bismarkkwadzo5968 waited for nothing
1 down, nothing to show
@@arthurmcdaniel3943 was definitely a goal fest
This is very similar to what he used to do at Bayern
Wonderful analysis
Alvarez, Foden and Haaland are just 22 yo... let that sink for a moment!
I think we are watching the birth of the best attacking trio in history, better than Ronaldo, Tevez, Rooney, Benzema, Suarez, Bale, Messi, Neymar trios of the last decade.
With Haaland as the pivot, Alvarez and Foden have a huuuge room to growth!
You really think any trip can improve on the MSN?
Haaland strongest attribute is still his speed. And it is a bit hard to use it in City, so slight adjustments are to be expected.
His strongest attribute is analyzing his positioning and movement...
His strongest attribute is his positioning, which is made even more useful by his strength.
nah its his speed and strength combo, i never even seen that fast and that strong player in a long long time ago, maybe closest was adriano, or prime ibra, insane how no one can push him off
@@znhait now i understand why the vikings were so notorious
Debatable. He has world class positioning and smarts too. He has never had problems playing for either dominant sides or countering because he has both speed and positioning. Maybe it's more immediately impressive to see him in space, like when he scored against West Ham, but that doesn't mean it's his only strength. Tap ins take skill too. Or luck I guess. But when it happens every week you know it's not luck with him. He reads the play better than everyone else, and that's why he's always in the right spot.
Alvarez underrated!
Not really, he has been more than praised lately.
We request an analysis of Arsenals recent from. We are interested in Arteta's tactics
I think he has assembled a team before he had only individual players and maybe learnt something from pep as well but yes it would be good to know of his tactics not just the wins/form we have witnessed .
Bro I just realized you were a black creator
Subscribed!
Your voice always sounded like a white guy, amazing accent
PEP MASTERCLASS
Could you do a video on Milan Derby, Udinese-Roma, or Serie A in general?
great vid :)
So good explained thanks
Transforming? Maybe. For the better? That's up for debate and will be decided later on. Haaland is a fun player to watch, but people need to realize that City have always been a goalscoring machine. The main difference now is that one player is scoring most of the goals. I think Alvarez could get 15 league goals if he plays enough, but no one else will reach double figures. That's usually how it works with dominant scoring types.
What a beast Holland.
CITY, CITY, The best team in north west and all the world ! (1958 movie theme tune of "The Vikings" sung loudly by the City faithfull in 1976 at Norwhich away after the movies premier tv debut) 😝😄😛🤣💙👍CTID.
Your analysis is perfect, but I'm really worried about city's back line. Surely Pep will find a solution
This makes a lot of sense. I did not think haaland would be a perfect signing because i did not see the need for fast transition striker that he is in the first place. In my mind city was always a team that overloads the box with a lot of possesion and short range combinations.
I see now that that my perception was far too one dimensional. His abilitys free up room for his teammates who can then create even better chances.a
It's not an accident that you see Haaland at his best whenever his team goes a goal up. This tends to draw teams out and there's more space for him to use. Villa did great/were lucky when it came to this. They didn't panic and lose their structure, yet were able to peg back before Haaland could do a number on them like he did Palace.
Just after another hatrick
No injuries this guy will easily score 33+ goal this season
Beautiful
The cyborg
This a a fuc**ng masterclass
Which app do u use football made Simple
Bro really scored another hattrick
KDB n bernardo love having haaland..
What's the use of the wingers during long counter attack do they just stand there?
What program are u using, for these videos?
Jeez we are in trouble 😂😂😂
where did you get the football touchscreen tv
Quality! 😁Really loving the technical interactive system you have integrated into your videos! Really easy to follow along!
Halaand is a perfect replacement for Jesus and Sterling .
@Hero yt you are talking about Alvarez's role, but Grealish can be both of them too if he is unleashed
No wonder man city has gone for Akanji. Since walker is tucking in midfield more, a pacy defender to do what walker did,
You saw what ASM did because walker was always having to chase him from behind in midfield . With Akanji he will be the recovery pace needed to stop a winger like ASM before he gets his head up and starts dribbling
he is already improving
He is exactly what City needed - a clinical striker.
After Agüero left, their decisiveness was lost.
Even against Madrid, aside from schoolboy mistakes in defending, they created so many chances which they failed to convert (Foden, Mahrez especially). Replacing Agüero with Gabriel Jesus was the biggest downgrade.
Good to see Pep learning from his mistake (blunder, actually).
With Haaland in form the only way to beat City now is to score more than them😬🤐
We bought this guy at 22 years old 😂😂😂 in his prime.
great analysis bro, idk if it would be copyright but can u show the plays u explain so we can see how it actually plays out? Sorry I'm a beginner
Yeah it would be a lot of red tapes to go through in order to get that done, plus he may get a strike on his account. Simply put, its gonna be him risking too much for RUclips to potentially hit his income
Honestly its an incredible tactics but then its costing city at some point. Man city has now become a one man scoring team. And once haaland doesn't score its all done for city coz everyone in the team looks for where haaland is which is costly at some point. Last season city had almost everyone in the team scoring goals which was profitable for them. Man city needs to improve on that.
We need more of mancity and real Madrid tactical analysis 👏
He does enough of those man city videos..he would rather analyse man City vs accrington Stanley over prime El Clasico
which software do you use?
Good vid