I saw United do this against Arsenal as well. Only problem was the defending with Casamiro. The presence of Martinez made a huge difference

Said it early this morning when the lineup was leaked that from the lineup Ten Hag is looking to shut the midfield completely because Guardiola loves dominance in Central midfield so he trusted the fullbacks to defend the 1 on 1 situations well. And we have to give praise to Lisandro Martinez hasn't played for a while and did not look out of place even once ❤

Erik beat Pep on tactics, Pep didn’t show enough respect to the creative ability and left his defence exposed

The man got United into the Europa league and won a trophy 🏆 👏. He showed other teams how to beat City.

Man city 1st half tactic - Cross to Haaland Man city 2nd half tactic - Pass to Doku

One of Yuniteds best manager traits is beating Manchester city with fluid play and rigid defensive tactics to extend your life cycle in the job, I love my club

Martinez, Mainoo, Fernandes are the player changed the game completely. With Martinez on the back and Mainoo in the middle, the build up is far more relaxed and easy under pressure.

I think we don’t give enough credit to Amrabat, while he’s not creative with the ball at his feet, his defensive ability is quite high and we really need a Fred kind of player like that, maybe not long term but at least next season

I found it weird that City left so many gaps for united to exploit, and they did it perfectly almost every time, this was a big case of "playing their weaknesses" and it required a very well managed team, yes, I was surprised even though I'm a united supporter.

United had Licha and Varane healthy for the first time in months. That played a huge part.

Seeing Man United side so well managed and calm was surprising even for United supporters… kudos to Ten Hag the man behind the whole operation

Very good video, as always. I disagree with the manager ratings though. Tactically United were much better than City. Nullified them in the first half, and handled the pressure really well in the second half. It's not like City had a plethora of chances and missed all of them. Ten Hag deserves a higher rating than Pep in this match, even without factoring in the difference in quality between the two teams and the different circumstances of each team's season.

it’s just like liverpool did it with firmino. instead of having a striker who would get bullied anyway. beef up the numbers in midfield. there are 4 players centrally to combat foden rodri kovacic 3 city players. in terms of defending just textbook, keep it tight centrally and give up the width to them. bruno mainoo and dalot being right footed on left back were the key

Seems like Ten Hag really studied Man City vs Real Madrid. I remember Real Madrid using the same 424 shape out of possession and playing dangerous long balls vs City and succeeding. Ancelotti said that he studied Man City vs Arsenal to find City's weakness. In short, teams have figured out on how to stop Man City. Guardiola will have to come up with something else next season.

ETH should be given at least another year for him to prove his work-in-progress in his "Project". 2 years: 2 trophies in 3 finals is not a bad record. It's an obvious progress that even the blind and deaf could see and hear especially when considering the state of the team before his arrival. Also, still giving us a Europa League (even though it's not a Champion's League) opportunity is still cool.

This situation reminds me of Alex Ferguson's first few seasons in charge. 1989/90, finished 13th Everyone thought he ought to be sacked. But he won the FA Cup so was allowed to stay. 1990/91, finished 6th Won the Cup Winners' Cup & UEFA Super Cup. 1991/92, finished 2nd 1992/93 won the EPL I hope Ten Hag is allowed to stay and similar success follows. Due to the number of shots Man Utd concedes in each match, I was totally unimpressed by the way Ten Hag set up his team this season. But longevity of managers is usually the bedrock of success... like Liverpool, Man City & Arsenal. So I guess Ten Hag should get at least another season.

The key to beat Guardiola is simple... Dominate midfield, press well, play long balls, win first and second balls on both flanks... Attack through the flanks due to their inverted fullbacks ....BUT VERY VERY DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY execute... You really need quality players with good ball control, vision and ball shielding abilities and passing skills.... You need to hold a high line and you will get caught in transitions .. But that's the name of the game

Madrid did a master class on how to beat city at their own game and Ten Hag did his homework.

Ten Hag gets a nine; perfect plan without the ball and let down by Onana's howler toward the end. Selections were perfect, subs were conservative but well timed, and the discipline of United was shockingly impressive. Pep gets a two; he got his team selection totally wrong IMO. Stones hasn't played much of late (neither has Ake for that matter) and trying to play with high and wide fullbacks played right into United's plan to funnel the ball wide around the low block. Ortega/Gvardiol's error wasn't his fault, but Kovacic never should've started. He should have stuck with the 3-2-5 or 3-1-6 shape on the ball, with Doku and Silva high and wide, Akanji and Rodri as the pivots, and Walker and Gvardiol next to Dias while Foden and KDB roamed the half spaces and overloaded the left side with Doku's directness. Side note- if that was the last we see of KDB in sky blue, it was a pretty pathetic way to go out. He was really dreadful today and I'm a little surprised that he seemed unwilling to drop deep and progress the ball up the pitch

We have Man United beating City at the finals before GTA 6. I knew overconfident is a mistake.

Watched the post game talk between Rooney, Lineker and Micah afterwards. And Micah said the same thing..... the man-marking of KdB and Foden by Amrabat and Mainoo played a huge part.

Great video. I still can’t believe ETH beat Pep. This is not a fluke, but a solid game plan by ETH and near-perfect execution by MU players. When the kick off started, I saw Rashford closed in with the other 3 to make a 4 person blockage in the midfield, I feel we have a chance. Even Bruno is very disciplined, which means not rush out every time, but stayed on our own half when not in possession. This saved stamina for MU players. And I can see real improvement in the Hold Up Play in the midfield area in own half, all the players made very little mistake, first time feeling there is chemistry between players.

I'm surprised nobody is talking about the eggs at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2">0:02</a> LMAO Could you make the videos slightly louder? But great video as always, FMS! 👏

ETH stays in my opinion. In the new season, give ETH the new players needed to intensify the positions that need to be bolstered. And allow who needs to leave to leave and be replaced like Martial etc. There is hints of progress with the Caos of finishing 8th. So let the project be monitored with ETH and assist the project. Then in the future make a decision on ETH as a manager but not now. Upgrade the players first with hungry young players.

one thing that doesn’t get talked about enough is how relentless bruno’s pressing is

This is why AWB was my MOTM. They kept going through Doku to make something happen because the middle was so congested. It was on him, all those 1v1's, to ensure that this plan worked. He was fucking amazing.

Why don’t you do the leverkusen Atlanta game

Great analysis. Keep on 👍🏼

Amrabat was amazing he's finally got his chance. Match fit you can now see why we signed him. AWB was unreal on the day he scares the life out of me every time he goes to ground to make tackles, but that's his style and it works. So I need to simmer down.

Great analysis as always! Do you observe and analyze live while the match is on or do you wait and work on the game analysis after the match ends? Thanks for your rich content!

Why United play like prime Barca when ten hag gonna get sacked😭🙏🏼

Amrabat plays like prime casemiro

great analysis as always!

this is why you need dynamic wingers who are quick and good with both feet. not wingers like antony. this is where Greenwood would have been brilliant in keeping stones back with his two footedness and finishing ability coupled with his speed and dribbling.

Amazing content 🎈👏

Great analysis. Great job

Guardiola is a league manager. His style of football is designed to be consistent and win most matches, it's like tossing a weighted coin that lands face 9 out of 10 times. That works with a league format since a team there wins by achieving the most points. However, in a cup what matters is to plan perfectly the match ahead. That's how teams like Dortmund and United can get so far in cup formats while failing to fulfill expectations in the league.

Great analysis , salut!

Wan Bissaka is the best 1v1 defender in the game.

ETH beat Gurdiola by applying more baby oil on his head to make it shine bright like a diamond. Queue the song!

If only the players had played to ETH's instructions all season, United would have been better positioned in the table. The injuries galore didn't help much either.

The work you do on here is inspiring

Tag was brilliant, Pep was very poor and ungracious in defeat- United needed this win, they had a right players in the right positions. Now all we need is for City to face the FA charges and draw a line under years of alleged financial issues, and if that means a 1000point deduction, removal of all titles for the period covered by the charges and a hefty £fine, so be it.

he deserves to stay...imagine 2 seasons 3 final and won 2 with all the challenges and lets not forget that he beat liverpool in the quarter.....the team should provide him with players he requested then we will be winning the league

Great analysis.

Personally, ETH should be backed and given another year.

Great vidoe as always..More analysis around are more on how disappointed man city were than how great Man United were...The United manager have been criticized such that this performance just cant help.

What a cool analysis. I am a novice here. Its fascinating to see, because its a head game until you unsettle the confidence of your opposition. Then, seize a counter attack chance. Brilliant tactical play and your brief shots of players in position prove what you are saying. An other psychological factor for me was the massive amount of praise heaped upon all of the usual suspects at City for beaking records in the EPL. How does a team NOT get slightly overconfident when they are as brilliant as they are, at a time like this. Complacency and overconfidence led to delayed observation and resolute action. When DID respond, we saw exactly how they dominated and scored. Thankfully Sir Ten Hag plan was indeed perfection. Note his team selection too. Seasoned professionals. Especially at the back. Wonderful stuff! #KeepTenHag!!(obviously).

I think everybody in Utd camp truly shown up in this game and yes Ten Hag deserve at least another year with backing from proper structures and more positive environment

Let the man cook !!!! He is on to something He made mistakes but he is still learning And we need to admit the team he got was a mess Last time they won the premier league was 2013 And with ten hage the will have it again 2 cup in two years dos not seem that bad Just let the man cook !!

Great analysis as always. Can you also do the europa league final. I would like to see what really went wrong for Leverkusen

Hey could you please make one on Leverkusen vs Atlanta final Your videos help alot thanks 🙌🏻

ETH in. Give him time and the right quality players

Great chanell bro

Yes, Erik ten Hag should remain the coach next season and beyond

I love this channel ❤

first, I like this backgrounf music, then, good analysis, we also need to know what united did with the ball,,, attacking

Thank you for that

Well played

Could u give the full tactical analysis for the atalanta leverkusen game and explain atalantas pressing game

Ten hag proved that if he was given more time he could have turned tables

This is like margic.. kudos to managers 👏 👌

Yes we want him next season with some perfectly fitting new players

My friend disagreed but I said Doku is unlocking the defence. AWB is a great 1v1 defender but is a bit slow and reserved and Doku was taking advantage of that pushing AWB to make the first move or concede more ground into the box, this happened a few more times. But as you said, it was what Doku afforded the other players to do, gave them an in to the defence, less reliant on an overload. I knew City had a goal in them but if they didn't get it by the 75th min I had a great feeling United could keep this lead, assuming heads didn't drop. The goal that went in actually was very weak from United's GK, sadly but they kept composure. But my ass could shape diamonds by the end.

What app does he use for the tactics viewer?

Balderdash. He said go out, guys. Play ball and score goals. Storm them. Keep your heads. I'm proud of y'all. Was nice knowing you guys.

Terrific analysis. I’d like to add a really simple point to all of this. United seemed to ‘want’ it more! It felt like City were going through the motions at times.

Ten Hag saw weaknesses in Pep's micro-tactics and devise a plan to combat that. Which is why it was all look so easy. Ten Hag's one of the beautiful game master tactician and a genius. All he lacks of was players to execute his plans. On the Final he got his 1st choice CB pairing that done so well last season back and the team deliver the trophy. The problem is clearly not the manager. He definitely got my vote: Ten Hag IN.

Yes...Ten Hag should be given charge next year too. This season was a catastrophic season plagued by injuries...

ETH in!!!

only Doku came to play from City, the rest weren't up to it for different reasons. fair play to utd anyways, they prepared well for this game

LOL I don't understand what's the big revelation is. Ole did this over and over and over and beat Pep 3 times. But back then nobody rates Ole so Ole haters simplified it as "hitting them on the counter". But now all of a sudden this is a big genius revelation.

The 4-2-4 tactic when United without the ball is literally the same tactic Carlo Ancelotti used in the 2nd leg against City. 4 narrowly standing players who are shadow marking the passes to the midfield. Ten Hag did a good job taking inspiration from Carlo.

Man I missed your videos!! Where have you been? Hope you're doing fine!

Doku and Amrabat both stole the show

ETH in, needs time, and a healthy squad, and a stable club structure. ETH deserves a chance for at least another year

Amazing analysis 🎉

I never once questioned ten hag tactics!! He needs the players tho

Doku had a great 2nd half and that goal. United played the best

Well explained. I think Eric Ten Hag deserves a second chance next season.

When Ten Hag was signed I said he'd need atleast 4 years. I still stand by those words.

Give Ten Hag another year to see what he can do with a fit, full strength team!

Amrabat was like lion in the midfield

Why Stone was used as the inverted right back?

Why did Pep change Akanji for Aké ? And how did the role of Gvardiol and Rodri change in the second half ? I believe you‘ve missed some key components to explain city‘s better second half.

Kovacic was playing? Haven't seen him though 😅

In the beginning of the video for a second instead of Pep's and Erik's pictures there were eggs, haha

Please 🙏 analyze Dortmund vs real Madrid next week on Saturday night match UEFA champions league final.

Waiting for leverkusen vs Atlanta tactical analysis

"You take the possession, I'll take 3 point " - JM ☠️

I think the manager ratings are off, pep had a bad team selection and they looked totally off in the first half while the 2nd half was pretty much all doku creating for city and a bad gk mistake for the goal. Sure alvarez could have done better with his finishing and ortega/gvardiol could have avoided the mistake but considering everyone thought utd would get absolutely hammered yet somehow city struggled to create and utd looked the far secure side exploiting cities weaknesses. Rashfords first touch was off all game as there were at least 2 or 3 occasions where, if he controlled the ball better, he is 1v1 with the keeper which for me kinda balances out alvarez poor finishing. For me its a 5 for pep for his horrible team selection playing exactly into utds gameplan only safed by putting on doku and him having an amazing performance. KDB was MIA, Haalands only sign of life was hitting the post and maybe 2 occasions where his hold up play put them into a decent position but he was constantly outbattled by martinez even in the air which was embarassing considering the height advantage (even mainoo battled him succesfully), Fodens only noticeable moments were the 3 times he tried to flop in the box, otherwise a total letdown considering he won player of the season. City were uncharakteristicly erratic in defense and lacked creating any clear cut chances in the first half due to their lineup and structure resulting in utd parking the bus even more in the 2nd after scoring their 2 goals.

Amrabat 🔥🔥

ETH has done well by understanding his bitter viral tactics. I think injuries and the club did not help him throughout the season. He had changed his players time to time more significant the back line. I see Ten Hag need capable players in the backline, midfield and forward but the club did not buy those players yet. He's not to be blamed for many game defeat.

Post match ETH club to take hard decisions im womdering he was talking about Greenwood back!

you should do a video on how Atalanta stopped Leverkusen

Tactical Genius

even in worst season of EPL united still lift the trophy 😗😗

ETH performed under pressure, but so did Solkjaer... once. But like in physical training or achieving goals, it's all in the day-to-day and the routine/mundane. I have no insight as to how things are running at Old Trafford, the result and show was promising, if only for the sake of continuity I'd appreciate the new Billionaire Boys' Club (the other other BBC) to extend his contract.

Atalanta vs Leverkusen analysis please

You got it wrong Walker inverted yesterday in the match 😊