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The game was overshadowed by a controversial offside call that
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Took a big loss, but
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It's also true that you can't hit form yourself, being
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A solid defense that almost screwed up to the point of not being able to play good offense also contributed to the defeat.
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Playing a solid defense, Antony didn't even play for that reason, instead placing B. Fernandes on the right, leaving Martial with Rashford up front, and giving the middle to the trio of Eriksen, Casemiro, and Fred to hold on to.
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Instead, they set up Foden and Mahrez in the frontcourt and an all-star lineup in the backcourt.
After the game.
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Just give the ball directly to the
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, fully guarding their attack before hitting back, now that Rashford is in pretty good shape and really fast, this is something that can threaten the
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Backfield.
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Heavily fortified in the midfield with the intention of paralyzing the
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The possession of the ball, while
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In fact the form was poor and the midfield largely failed to play aggressively.
Focusing on the two wings.
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Both of their wingbacks were guarding well, with Malacia on the left practically glued to Mahrez, rendering him completely incapable of breaking through, while Wan-Bisaka on the right never left his defensive position, giving Foden no room to charge.
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The wings of the team were arguably in trouble from the start, and have been unable to disrupt the
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Edge defense.
The middle part of the field can clearly see that DeBruyne's form has picked up, but his mobility still hasn't returned, and his runs appear to be fewer, while the
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The midfield as a whole didn't work well together, and the two wingers weren't in the best of shape either, which kept their routes to the sides after advancing through the center of the field being met with a lot of frustration.
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The back of the net intercepted, actually passed to the side of the attack is not good, and the middle side of the pass error is quite a lot, the first half in this kind of depletion has not been able to open up the situation.
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The backline played well after that, especially Akanji and Cqancelo, with Akanji deflecting a number of shots.
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Trying to make quick passes to play counterattacking offense, and Cancelo had attempts to keep going up for passes, only to have his teammates in front of him in poor shape, along with the
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There was pace on a couple of counterattacks later, and there was a drop off in the number of times Cancelo came forward later.
After the start of the second half.
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Intending to play a stronger counter-attack, Antony was substituted and Martial removed, but Antony came on and didn't perform, and the
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After a 10-minute stalemate, Guardiola was quick to replace the ineffective Foden with Grealish, a substitution that had an immediate effect, as Grealish continued to move around with the ball, failing to create chances but forcing
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Fouls were committed in the center and back of the field, creating
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of pressure and the defense is starting to fall apart.
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In the 60th minute, Mahrez received the ball on the right and crossed it directly to DeBruyne, who took the ball from the back of the half-space and went straight into the box, while Walker drove the defense in front of him. Grealish jumped straight up and scored before Wan-Bisaka could get up in time.
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Taking that shot would control the tempo and get the game over with, but
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They started a counterattack, then replaced Eriksen with Garnacho, who came on sharper and drove Walker down the left side of the field, forcing him out of position.
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Also looking to pick up a second safety, and
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Already ramping up the counter-attacks, B.Fernandes created a number of attacking chances by laying off directly to Garnacho in the middle of the park, and Rashford began to add pressure as well.
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The most controversial play came at 78 when Casemiro picked up the ball in the middle of the field and passed it straight forward, at this point Rashford was clearly in an offside position, he was already offside when the ball was passed but he knew it so he didn't touch it but ran with it.
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The players also thought he was offside so he didn't clear the ball at full stretch, Rashford followed the ball all the way to the top of the box before B.Fernandes came in from the back and went straight through on goal.
The referee eventually made a ruling that the ball was not offside and the ball was counted in, it is true that Rashford knew he was offside so he didn't touch the ball, but the route of the pass and the position he was in at the start was offside and should have been considered to be involved in the attack, but the referee didn't find it that way, it was a controversial call indeed.
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After being tied up unexpectedly, there was not enough time for them to quickly counterattack and take the lead again, but they didn't realize that their backcourt couldn't actually withstand it at that moment.
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The speed of the ball was so great that at 82 B. Fernandes was able to split straight to the left on a counterattack with a kick from the center line, and Garnacho took the ball and burst through
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Simply unguarded down the right, Walker was simply out of position at this point, Garnacho was dueling with Ake in the box, his first cross was blocked by Akanji but he was back again to pull a step back and cross again, that's when Akanji relaxed to allow Rashford right in the middle of the park to shovel in an unimpeded shot from six yards in front of the goal.
