Man City are restoring their status

BACK WITH ANOTHER STYLE

Liverpool and Arsenal have been two constant topics since the beginning of the Premier League season, but at this moment, the most notable team must be Manchester City (Man City). They have just consolidated their second place and shortened the gap with the leading team Arsenal to 4 points. More importantly, Man City did so by beating Liverpool 3-0 in round 11, thereby confirming a related issue: Liverpool no longer has any hope of competing for the top spot. The championship race has now taken shape, with only Arsenal and Man City remaining significant. With a gap of only 4 points, the rankings can change in the near future.

The new feature of Man City this season is the very diverse change in tactics. Previously, tactics used to be a big weakness, because the coaching philosophy of Pep Guardiola made the team never flexible in tactics. This season, Pep seems to have become a different character. Man City keeps the ball less, passes long more, and is ready to "park the bus" when needed. Coordinating passes or developing the ball from the back are concepts that have entered the memory, although Man City at this time is not without the ability to play that style of football.

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In recent important matches of Man City, Coach Guardiola's tactical imprint is quite clear, and more notably, it is not the same. Man City always won convincingly in those matches: 3-0 against MU, 3-0 against Liverpool, 3-1 against Bournemouth (when Bournemouth was the second team in the group)... In the Champions League, Man City is in the undefeated group, currently ranked 4th despite having a rather heavy schedule (facing Napoli, Monaco, Villarreal, Borussia Dortmund in the first 4 matches). This detail is also very different from last season, when Guardiola's team only played the play-off after the group stage, and was eliminated from the knock-out stage.

THE FORGOTTEN R ODRI STORY

Last season, everyone thought Man City was devastated because they couldn't fill the void left by Rodri, when he was injured and had to take a long break... Before Rodri was Kevin De Bruyne. Guardiola's system-oriented style of play can easily collapse when an important link is missing. That is the source of the big changes at Man City now. Current characteristics: Man City does not limit itself to any style of play, nor does it depend on any star.

When it comes to Man City, we have to talk about Erling Haaland. But even though Haaland scored the first goal, he was not the best player in the recent 3-0 win over Liverpool. From the simple feelings of TV viewers to the high-level analysis of experts, everyone absolutely agreed that Jeremy Doku was the best player. Before that, there was a time when Man City's star was Nico O'Reilly, and another time it was Tijjani Reijnders. Phil Foden also made a successful comeback, after a period of losing form.

It was also said that Rayan Cherki was the most important star at Man City this season, when he assisted 2 goals for Haaland in the win over Bournemouth. On the one hand, it was both understanding and understanding, but also creativity and a very special ability, in the moments when Cherki made a pass, immediately opening up scoring opportunities for Haaland. On the other hand, Cherki needed Haaland up front, just as Haaland needed Cherki behind. But then, Cherki just sat on the bench and Haaland still scored in the win over Dortmund right after. And just when the commentators questioned Cherki's ability based on the fact that he was not a starter in that match, Cherki came on the field and sealed the 4-1 win for Man City!

Just like that, Man City quietly regained their position, and it seemed like everyone had completely forgotten that midfield leader Rodri was still absent due to injury. Will Man City be even stronger when Rodri returns?

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