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This crucial battle was played at a pretty fast pace, with both teams giving it their all, but the
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meet with (sth. unfortunate)
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Clamp down and lose the match.
(Both teams start)
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The formation was the same as before, except for the substitution of Kenyo Tomiyasu for Ben White and Jorginho for Thomas Partey at right back.
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Instead, a rather unusual formation was set up, and from the start of the game it could be seen that B. Silva was placed at left back, where he constantly operated on the left side of the field, while the
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It was a heavy deployment in the center, including DeBruyne, Gündo?an, Grealish, Mahrez, Rodri, and finally B.SIlva, who entered the left center.
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Fully occupied midfield position
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It doesn't look like it was expected.
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would use such extreme tactics that the center field was instantly clogged up with
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This side uses B.Silva's mobility to strengthen the defense on that side, cutting off the connection between Saka and Ødegaard, and Ake will keep popping up to disrupt it, thus completely isolating the
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The right side of the attack, Saka is having a hard time getting the ball up front
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They could barely push out to the perimeter and then play a pass in as quickly as possible, but that was clearly not a good idea for
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Not a big role, and
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And with Haaland's strength up front, he keeps pounding away.
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The defense, Haaland, was very aggressive this game, pulling to the sidelines at the start to pick up the ball and rush, obviously putting a lot of pressure on the opponent
23 minutes past the hour
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The goal kick, which was originally
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Right back Kenyo Tomiyasu tried to kick the ball back to the goalkeeper, but he couldn't control his stance well enough and the power was off, DeBruyne kept on his heels and rushed up to the 18-yard line and lifted the ball into the goal.
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Xhaka took the ball in the middle of the field and moved the ball forward to Nketah in the box and pushed the ball, which ended up on the goal line and was cleared by Ake, but the referee ruled that keeper Ederson had not touched the ball and knocked Nketiah down, and awarded a 12-yard penalty, which was calmly punished by Saka.
The two teams went into halftime in a tie situation, and the second half began
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Further, not only did he continue to destroy the center of the field
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Holding the ball and making high presses upfield as well, forcing the
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If the defenders play the ball early, the midfielders will have to pull back to receive the ball, and the midfield will soon be in a mess.
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The second half has been dominated by this kind of control.
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Haaland came close to getting 12 yards at 56 when he forced Gabriel to foul him because he was slightly offsides at first so he didn't end up with 12 yards, but
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There are significantly more opportunities than
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Having been focused on attacking the right side of the field, Xhaka hasn't been able to block with Zinchenko
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The constant influx of manpower here, Jorginho's sweep is nowhere near as wide as ThomasPartey's, and Ødegaard on the other side is even more invisible all the time.
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The third midfield is completely defeated in
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under a sea of men
At the 72:00 mark, on the right side of the field, B. Silva took the ball and suddenly passed straight to Zinchenko, Haaland was not offside and took the ball into the penalty area, he put the ball across to the center of the Gündo?an, Gündo?an then put the ball across to the left side of the rushing Grealish in the 16-yard shot in the far corner.
Kenyo Tomiyasu has been dragged back to the front of the box, it should be Ødegaard who has to follow him back.
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Trossard was replaced next and tried to rush the offense even more, but
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They're constantly harassing us with their pressures and robberies.
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Backfield out, it looks like
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The current midfield couldn't solve the problem, and finally at 82:00 Gündo?an played a pass straight upfield to DeBruyne, who raced into the box and played a resolute pass straight to the 45, which Haaland followed up with a shot from 8 yards out to make it 3-1.
On the second, Zinchenko was dragging, and on the third, again, he was slowing DeBruyne down when he allowed him to invade directly to the block.
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He's got a weakness behind him, and he's putting pressure on him to end the game.
Instead of using possession, Guardiola focused on pressing this game, utilizing the numerical density of the midfield to push DeBruyne forward and B. Silva back, completely destroying
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The three midfielders that led to the
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Barely catching the ball upfield is a very successful tactic and now
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With one game less to play against
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With 51 points, the gap between the two teams is very close.
