This game is against the home team's
Chelsea
Very unfavorable, not only a lot of injured soldiers but also injured during the game, otherwise with the poor form of the
Manchester City
Looking at it, there was actually a possibility that it could have been a tie.
(Both teams start)
Manchester City football club
In this game, Guardiola once again changed the formation, playing a 3241 special formation, while sending Walker and Cancelo, but the two are on the same right side, Cancelo became a winger, and B.Silva played in the back position, the front De Bruyne, Gündo?an, Foden, Cancelo four people in front of, want to give Haaland constant support to pass and let him break through. De Bruyne, Gündo?
This formation didn't play well throughout the first half, Cancelo did break and cross on the right side but his specialty is right back and right center.
Chelsea
Cucurella on this side of the field runs enough and keeps defending him so that he can't play and doesn't have space to control the ball, and the
Manchester City
The overall formation is set too far forward.
Chelsea
Just back up straight into a counterattack so that the space disappears and Foden doesn't have the distance he can sprint.
Chelsea
It was quite a misfortune that Sterling was injured at the start of the match and was replaced by Aubameyang, and not long after that it was Pulisic's turn to be kicked by Stones, at which point Porter had to replace him with the young Chukwuemeka.
Chelsea
The breakout power was straight down, Kovacic and Zakaria in the middle were both good, with Zakaria moving around enough to hold his position all the time, but overall
Chelsea
With less of a core to distribute the ball up front, there is no way to support the speed of the midfield counter up front, and the sides are with the
Manchester City football club
It was a stalemate and had to play counterattacks to get the frontcourt going, but the
Manchester City
The three center backs on this side of the field were in good shape and kept driving Aubameyang to the wing, while Havertz was blocked by the backs, so
Chelsea
It's all about counterattacks, but they're not easy to hit.
Manchester City football club
Exclusion Zone.
Chelsea
There were actually a couple of shots that hit the post which was a shame, but overall the offense wasn't enough to bring the
Manchester City
Push back.
At the beginning of the second half, Guardiola made a direct substitution, replacing Cancelo and Walker, who had no role to play on the right, and replacing Akanji and Rico Lewis, returning to the 4-back tactic, which only slightly restored the possession of the ball to the second half.
Chelsea
Cucurella also slipped and was unable to play on the counterattack allowing Ricolewis to press forward successfully and string together in front of the net.
Manchester City
Another big reason for the poor play is DeBruyne, who is clearly struggling, as he did in the last game, and seems to have had some form issues since returning from the WC, passing to the opposition on several occasions, and when DeBruyne is not able to act as a link up front, the amount of balls Haaland can get to the ball decreases drastically, with Gündo?an playing better, but overall the team is not as good as it should be. Gündo?an played better, but overall
Manchester City
The loss of edge destruction has resulted in the centers not having much of a chance to get the ball either.
By the 59:00 mark Guardiola continued to make substitutions, bringing on Grealish & Mahrez for Foden & B.Silva, a game in which he made substitutions much quicker than in the previous game, and the
Chelsea
Then there is a lack of defensive linemen who can be switched in on the
Manchester City football club
The breakthrough came after continued pressure.
63 minutes.
Manchester City
Taking advantage of the counterattack on
Chelsea
Gündo?an passed quickly to DeBruyne, who in turn passed directly to the left to Grealish, who was clearly out of reach of Azpilicueta, who crossed directly into the box, and Mahrez, who had just come on, rushed forward with all his strength to block Cucurella's shot from outside the box on the right side. The goal.
In reality the goal was entirely a result of substitutions, and not so much a tactical success as Grealish & Mahrez were in sort of average form, but
Chelsea
The workload of the two wingbacks is too much, Azpilicueta and Cucurella have been playing all-out defense for a long time, and as long as the backs can't get back in this counterattack, the two wingbacks won't be able to support them either.
Aubameyang was quite invisible when he came on and was eventually replaced.
Chelsea
The only substitutes were Hall, Gallagher, and Hutchinson, who came in as juniors.
Chelsea
The midfield strengthened quite a bit, but it was also clear that they couldn't run a threatening position up front, making tackles and impacts but not converting them into shots in the forward box.
Manchester City football club
The team slowly settled into a rhythm and eventually won 1-0.
Chelsea
After this victory.
Manchester City football club
The points are back up again, with table-topping
Arsenal (name)
With a gap of five points, the possibility of catching up is still present.
