Manchester United really didn t lose the chain in this Manchester City derby

Even if you are an old fan, you probably have never seen such a Manchester derby.

Before this game, Manchester United scored 4 points in three rounds of games and Manchester City scored 3 points in three rounds of games. The two giants met in the lower half so gorgeously, and then they were injured several more on the international match day, focusing on one side that caused trouble.

So, the Manchester City Derby became a special form of a soft persimmon derby. In this case, Guardiola made a significant adjustment to Manchester City's starting lineup.

One of them, the most stable Gwadior and Dias finally formed a central defender partner, replacing Stones + Husanov in the last game. Xiao Hu was placed in the right back position. He had speed and body to fight against him, and could suppress the lively and active Duogu.

Secondly, B seat replaces Bob as the right winger, but he will often support the midfield construction and create the advantage of the midfield.

Third, Foden and Doku stood on the left together, plus the left back O'Reilly, and the three players formed a tactical strong side.

It can be said that Guardiola's starting lineup is quite design-like. After all, 25% of his home defeats in the Premier League (4/16) are thanks to Manchester United. This obviously left-leaning tactic has achieved several results at the beginning:

For example, in the 17th second, Haaland entered the penalty area and completed a small-angle attack.

For example, in the 6th minute, Baindir forced him to play with fire in the penalty area. He had to use two consecutive tackles to kill both his opponent and his opponent to eliminate the danger.

However, Manchester United obviously started with high pressure mode, with both side midfielders and two wingbacks supporting the midfield. In the 12th minute, Rodri made a mistake in the midfield. Unfortunately, before shooting, Diallo comprehensively considered the gravitational slingshot effect, Archimedes' principle, Kepler's law, and time expansion phenomenon, and finally chose to clear the ball with an inverted gold hook without anyone defending.

It's a pity that Manchester United's high-pressure situation only lasted for 10 minutes, because it was too physically exhausting to always use the wings to support the middle... Then, the team soon showed up again.

There are always fans asking, what is Amorin’s tactical problem?

Answer: This tactic will exhaust the midfielder.

Yes, although Amorin's lineup is called 3-4-3, it is essentially a 3-4-2-1, and then switches to 3-2-5 when attacking. However, the problem is that Amorin's two side and front midfielders are basically arranged with pure attackers, so once the wing cannot support the midfield, the result of this formation is 2-for-3 in the midfield.

So, if you want to play this tactic well, the midfield must be equipped with the core power donkey of Kante + Kesedo, but Manchester United only has B Fee + Ugat. When they were trapped in a bucket, there were only two ways for Manchester United to transfer the ball forward.

A. The person who uses the advantage of the number of people on the side to pull up the space and then gives the ball to the open space is probably very ancient.

B. A long pass from the backcourt directly connects to the frontcourt, allowing Mbeumo to handle everything with his personal ability.

In short, Amorin's tactic is that everyone can pull the width apart and then give the ball to James singles... This kind of football Tyron Lu behavior is not as reliable as spending two dollars to play a double-color ball.

Moreover, once the attack cannot gain momentum, this style of play will break down your formation, and Manchester City can gain space from both the middle and the wing.

10 minutes after the opening game, Manchester City began to pass the midfield happily, but it was not a big monster because both B and Reindes were both in a standby state. However, he blocked the middle lane, but could not hold Duoku. In the 18th minute, Doku suddenly entered the cross from the right rib... When Fuden headed the ball to the top, there was no one in two meters.

In fact, Manchester City's main offensive in the first half were the same as Manchester United: when the midfielder lost his position, the left-back grabbed the defense, and then the ball was passed behind Manchester United's sideline center back.

In the second half, Manchester United's seven inches were pinched again. In the 51st minute, O'Reilly broke through the wing, and B Fei was too far from the back line. Yoro came up to defend Duku in close combat, and the ball was immediately given to Haaland. It was too late to start again...

To put it bluntly, the three central defenders are definitely not a system that you can play with just a slap in your head.

Let me put it this way, in my limited career, there are three invincible three central defenders: Brazil's Edmilson, Lucio, and Junior in the 2002 World Cup; Juventus' Bonucci, Barzali, and Chiellini in the 2013-2017; Chelsea's Gary Cahill, David Luis, and Azpilicueta in the 2016-17 season.

is so difficult to get together because the third central defender has high requirements for the individual quality of the players and the operation interface is extremely unfriendly. First of all, the three central defenders are usually the configuration of the goal-taking central defender + the top-snatch central defender + the squat pit central defender. You must have three types of players. Secondly, there must be a tacit understanding between the three central defenders to play the game together for a long time, and the temporary straw team will definitely not work.

Once the cooperation is not tacit enough, the left central defender will leave and the central defender will not make up for the rest of the house, which will cause the opponent to steal the house. It feels like a left-handed man entering the subway...Drip, swipe the card, and the person next to him will pass by, I will not pass by.

In fact, Reindes has been hanging up in this game, and it is difficult for Rodri to make up for two wingers, and both of Manchester City's full-backs in this game are guest appearances, so when they are behind two goals, Manchester United can completely change to four defenders, and two sets of players on the wing are passing in turn, with Sheshko and Zilkze in the middle to hit the header.

However, everyone knows that Amorin relies on formulas to solve problems, so he has never studied the way of playing other than the three central defenders.

The problem is that Manchester United's offense has never improved, but the midfield line, which has been 2-on-3, is increasingly unable to hold on. After 60 minutes, Manchester United's midfield barrier was already extremely thin, and the two sideline and central defenders could only take turns to grab it.. Then Haaland was surprised to find... Alas? Why am I no longer guarded?

So, Haaland started playing like this.

Or, play like this.

If Reindes hadn't had a bad appetite, Manchester City would have led by 4 goals long ago. When Guardiola saw that the situation was good, he replaced Rodri and Doku with Nick Gonzalez and Savigno in the 77th minute and began to play more controlledly. At this time, Manchester United... hadn't even replaced any offensive player.

At the last moment of the game, Manchester United only gained several opportunities by replacing Manchester City's Mingjin's troops, but their attacks throughout the game were based on the personal abilities of Dogu's xjbt and Mbeumo, and these two people probably had two results after working alone.

A. James' shot was easily saved by Donnarumma. Although this guy is a mercenary, he really works when giving money.

B. Duogu was shoveled away by Xiao Hu when he dribbled the ball. After each shovel and robbed, Xiao Hu still had a innocent and innocent expression on his face. In the end, Manchester United lost to Etihad, and Manchester City scored a valuable three-pointer from their neighbors.

After this game, Manchester United set two new records.

- Under Amorin's rule, Manchester United only scored 14 points away in the Premier League. Except for the three relegated teams last season, Manchester United scored the least points away.

-Since taking over Manchester United in November 2024, Amorin has led the team to play in 31 games in the Premier League and won only 8 games, the lowest points in the same period since the first year of the Premier League.

OK, after a Manchester City derby, we can reach two conclusions.

Manchester United never loses the chain because their bikes are lost.

and, as it turns out, persimmons are still red and soft.