‘Man City got lucky!’ Did Fulham show that City are vulnerable? :eyes: | ESPN FC
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
- ESPN FC’s Julien Laurens is joined by Don Hutchison as they react to some of the biggest talking points from around Europe as Fulham scare Manchester City at home and Bukayo Saka puts on another stand out performance for Arsenal.
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City normally plays fantastic football, and people always expect City to beat their opponents by a bigger margin of goals.
I think this all falls to Pep's feet. Why? He has now 2x chosen control over creativity by going with Grealish and Silva. Problem is, we lost a good amount of control with both players and so we gave up creativity but got nothing in return just like the NU game. Pep needs to scrap that idea. Play 1 of them along with another winger who has pace and creativity on either side.
Another issue seems to be that the midfield is dropping the proverbial ball in transition or during turnovers. They simply don't have the legs to get back quick enough when playing so high up the pitch which means, in Pep's 3-1-6, whomever is the DM, is completely isolated to cover the entire midfield. Even when this happened with Rodri, he couldnt do it (think of the Chelsea games last season for example) and for Pep to assume that Kova can is simply ridiculous. Maybe prime Ferna or Kante could've done it, but no one that we have currently, including Rodri can do that over the long term.
Lastly, I think it might be a good idea if Pep went back to what worked so well in the Treble season: flat back 4 vs great teams and inverting Stones with lesser ones. Maybe see if Gvardiol can do that inverting role once Ake is back which could make us a little stronger at the back regardless of the midfield setup. Still, things must change bc having only 4 clean sheets in the last 17 games is a major problem if we have any thoughts of winning trophies this season.
Nice vintage ABN Amro shirt :) So many "bad" memories. Arne!
City always look vulnerable start of the season, they will get into their run after feb when others start dropping pts, its going to be 5 in a row
Not happening without Rodri
@@youdontneedtoknow7027 Everything happening with Pep Guardiola, he has ample of time to set a system without Rodri, had his injury come of in next half of season then it would have been tough
How did this man include Dembele in the discussion of best RW 😂😂? What type of delusion is this haha
Every pundits says the same thing, but teams fold once they are trying to play open game not parking buses like Arsenal’s last visits to ETIHAD…
Jesus…yeah they were soooooo “brave” by playing with 5 in the back.
Ah yes, I never get tired of the pundits saying how City have been "found out". Hopefully the rest of the annual tradition continues: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Its only Fulham they cant expose anything. Its a very small club
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The downfall is coming Pep leaving, walker too old.. KDB old.. Gundogan 34.. Those play huge part in City we saw what happened when KDB got injured
And yet they're in second place with the last 2 players of the year who are both under 25... weird
@@christopherwilliams2351they've got no chance this season. Arsenal will comfortably get 94-99 points while city will never get above 90 points