Friday, January 04, 2019

How to Beat Manchester City

Right, nobody listens to me, an ignorant colonist, I understand (you fucking brain dead limeys), so here: The Guardian okay? The fucking Guardian, your own Guardian.

Again, City looked uncomfortable when pressed hard, their pass completion rate was down to 80.8% against a season average of 88.7%. This has become a recurring theme of late. Southampton unnerved City in a similar way last weekend. In slightly different ways, Leicester and Crystal Palace had shown City can be got at. It is a risk: play aggressively against them and you might end up being thrashed as City exploit the space that will inevitably be left behind the midfield (just as Sané’s winner came from a rapid transition) but there is a vulnerability there that can be exploited.
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Again the lesson is clear for teams playing City: if they are prepared to risk humiliation, pushing a forward high against Fernandinho disrupts City’s rhythm.

Okay? This isn’t New World Genius—or arrogance—you’re just stupid.