City's 7 vs. Leeds, 6 vs. United, 6 vs. Chelsea, 6 vs. Watford. None of them were THIS one sided. Real humiliated

Manchester city are just joy to watch The art of passing individual brilliance, calmness and taking chances well The whole team is exceptional💙

Anceloti's only plan was to play a through ball to vinicus.. but Walkar was too quick to intervene

One thing this game showed is that, possession is also a form of defence. City defended by keeping the ball and preventing Madrid from threatening.

The first half of this match reminded me a lot of the Barcelona vs Madrid game back in 2010 where Barca thrashed them 5-0. That first half by City was just something else. Like I have constantly said for years now, Pep is the GOAT of managers. Tactically, the man is light years above the rest. Present and future managers will study Pep's work and use it as a blueprint. Football will remember Pep fondly. He's undeniably the GOAT.

every player in Man City team are tactically brilliant. everyone is like a chess players, and Pep is their grandmaster. their movement on and off the ball as individual and as a team is unparalleled. their opponents just shell shocked and don't know how to react.

The growth of Stones is simply amazing. And When Pep says Bernardo Silva is the best in the world at what he does ( pressing players n closing spaces with just few movements) he wasn't lying. That guy could go days just giving a 100 percent everytime. Alvarez just shows that he can literally start for most teams out there with how clinical he is and how good he is defensively too , Soo much room for growth. Then we get to Kyle walker. Vini should've watched the match ENG va FRA to know how good he is 1 v 1

We will never forget this match Manchester city came out boss

8:04 it's crazy how much space Grealish had this game against Carvajal, he could literally walk in the box with the ball

It was obvious that city were gonna dominate possession and create scoring chances but what came out as a pleasant surprise was how they completely shut down madrid. For me the clean sheet is much more rewarding than the four goals (not taking away anything from our attacking unit). #notinmylifetime 💙💙💙💙💙

I think Pep deserved a 10 for this game. Absolute masterclass.

The moment you sit back against city, you are asking for trouble, especially in the etihad. City will ruthlessly press you ,disrupting your own gameplay flow. That's why madrid never found a way to break city from containing them in their own half.

I just want to say, I told you so to everyone who doubted us. I told you all we are different gravy at the Etihad. What a performance.

This match showed that football tactics has to evolve. Pep showed the importance of changing tactics with each passing season. With all due respect to Ancelotti and Zidane, Real don't need them, they need a young coach like Naglesmann or Alonso.

How Pep Dismantled Ancelotti 💥💥 The caption says it all!

In the first leg...pep just acted that he can't compete with RMA....he saw their lackings and decided to hide those lackings for the second leg... Pep actually controlled both matches.... that's heritage❤

Did anyone Notice How Brilliant Stone was against RM and Bayern. His DM play making and Carrying the ball forward to give him space and timely pass it to his AM. Is just World Class. NO other CB cannot even dare to play at such level how stones opporate in that congested Area. DAMN! He is the reason the Mid is hard to man mark. The guy is so underrated that his name is not even mentioned by anyone even in National team Harry foolish maguire take the highlight spot and In City other take the highlight spot.

I’m happy that he learned from his past mistake against real that he subbed Mahrez for the defender but this game he subbed his player to all attacking players even already 3-0. Against Real, never stop scoring until end of the game.

It really strikes me that hardly any names are mentioned in the comments. In fact, no one stood out above the rest and no one underperformed. Compliments to the whole team

Carlo got 2/10 made me laugh🤣 Pep is genius, lets go Istanbul 💙🔥

Real Madrid has no identity. They just put in players and tell them to go and do what they know. That's why Vinicius Jr. was explaining tactics to Ancelotti after Bernardo Silva first goal.

I was expecting this analysis. Thank you FMS!! CTID!

I feel like one of the keys to city's attack was the way the handled passing, normally city utilizes quick one touch passesmoving the ball back and forth left to right etc, in this game i saw city holding onto the ball just for a few miliseconds, they knew that Madrid was trying to anticipate passing lanes and saw them trying to jump into the lanes to cut off or steal the ball for potential counter attacks. By holding onto the ball for those extra miliseconds caused Madrid players to make their moves and when city didn't pass at that moment caused Madrid players to be completely out of position to defend. This opened up huge amounts of space for city players to dribble forward with the ball exploiting the open space for those more dangerous passes into the box or on the wings. You could clearly see Benardo or Kevin running forward with the ball forcing Madrid defenders to move forward to try and stop these runs. Karim and Vinicius weren't always having the time to come back after their anticipated passing lanes couldn't be exploited. These vacuums in pitch space were the difference today for sure.

I started watching football again few months ago and Man City instantly became one of my favorite teams. Guardiola built a gem. But my favourite thing about this team is Bernardo's dog name

They werent much more dominant than last season's tie. The differences were: 1. City's personnel in rest-defence make them stronger on transitions 2. Relying on variance to save you when getting dominated by definition doesnt work most of the time. Banking on stormtrooper aim from the opponents and hitting the jackpot by scoring 3 goals from 1xg of chances isnt sustainable no matter how good your players are, and that it sometimes bounces that way for a few games in a cup run is neither unique to Real Madrid, nor is it some secret brilliant plan you have control over.

As a Barca fan I still have to show my respect to my former team coach Pep Guardiola he have the master mine to set dangerous game plan against his biggest opponents . I really like how he overpower this strong Realmadrid team so dangerously he nominated the midfield and drog out Realmadrid defense so crucial. It is a super magnificent performance they put out against Carlo Ancelotti men. This season Manchester City executed their level to be top form I give them a 100% thumps up for advancing their level against Realmadrid to go through the champions League final.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏆🥇⚽💪🌍🤯

Pep actually found another "meta" formation in football with this 3-2-4-1. He tried different combinations in the last few years when he had Cancelo and Walker as LB RB going into the center of the midfield essentially making them inverted full backs playing as defensive midfielders. I think he always loved playing with 3 at the back but never had such polyvalent players like Akanji, Ake or Stones who play as CB, CDM or LWB perfectly. But in 2023 we saw that this formation was his go to most of the time. And it really shows his vision and impact on the players. I think everyone thought that Akanji was an ok CB at BVB but for sure not an world class player, people thought that Stones will always be a bench player for Dias or Laporte and Ake was just a rotation option. Can't wait to see what he will do next. He will be if he isn't already the best manager to grace the game.

PEP IS A GENIUS

Thank you so much for your work! I have huge respect for what you do. It’s incredible how fast you upload these videos considering that it takes so much time and effort to be that precise as you are. You make things so much more understandable for people out there. Just wanted to say thank you for letting us be part of it.

Man City is unmatched in the football world right now. Vinicius has contributed the most to Real's run in the champions league, but unfortunately for them, City had the perfect counter for Vini. Walker did exceptionally well and his pace and physicality were too much for Vini to create any scoring chances. Pep learned a lot from the first leg and tweaked his tactics to perfection in order to dismantle Madrid. Overall, it was a great day in the office for City.

I think their aerial superiority in defence with Real’s long balls, winning nearly all the 50-05’s and challenges and the 1v1s on the flanks were the key. Though have to note, that Madrid were really poor on the ball yesterday.

That City in the 1st half was Crazy.

Man city's tactics are so clear yet no one can stop them

Pep makes players fulfill there full potential. That’s the difference

Vini jr. to Ancelotti : will you do some besides of lifting that eyebrow 🤣😂🤣😂

Bro i was literally waiting for you to upload this

I feel you, at half time I knew Ancelotti must have realized how far off his team and tactics were against Pep's lineup

I remember in you first video u tried to show how much Ancelotti dominated Pep well in this video seems like Pep also schooled you in his school of thought😂

Pep Guardiola is a mastermind. He completely destroyed Madrid. They had no chance, they were all over the place. As a City fan I enjoyed seeing them crumble especially after what they did to us last season.

Pep adopted this 3-2-4-1 and has been on an unbeaten run since and as he fine tunes this style of play unleashing a fearsome front 5, it will be a while for other teams to catch up

This match was a beautiful tactical masterclass by Pep. The first leg showed how dangerous Camavinga could be for Madrid. Pep knew that Camavinga is a natural CM and not a LB, and he exploited that. City bullied Camavinga for the whole match.

Johan must be happy in heaven's to see how much far pep has come it would be astounding if Xavi can meet the standards of these absolute legends as a coach for the legacy 💙❤️

The Real midfield (Modric, Kroos, Valverde) was absent, just like the first half in Madrid. But now ManCity took their chances finally. Over 2 matches it should have been 8-2. Ancelloti could not correct it. Time for a complete new midfield in Rea

Excellent analysis man, kudos!!

Have been waiting for the video ❤

Been waiting for this

Perhaps the most important take away for real is how exposed their core of aging players: modric, kroos, and benzema. They were also off the ball 3/4 of the time, and the few touches benzema got were exceedingly sloppy. End of an era for sure, but with city’s pace, it’s time to start players like asensio and tchouameni. I love modric but I think his time has come

IMO there's not so much 'wrong' with Madrid in this match. They're just overrated. Their form had been shocking in La Liga and the reason they won last year just because Benzema and Courtois was like super clutch. The media hyped Real so much as 'England Killers' without taking context that the team they face like Liverpool and Chelsea were bad this year that even mid table teams could beat them quite easily and they actually lost in chances created in every single one of them last year. The narrative was this is a close match or something, while the reality City is just far too good for them and it shows when Benzema, Rodrygo, or Valverde couldn't score outbox bangers, they're Real-ly screwed. I admit i even was taken by the hype that i predicted it would be 50-50 chance. It seems i was wrong. 😅😅😅. I'm an Inter fan and i hope we will win this year. I think we only have like 25% chance to win and given our form, it could be 30-35%. Anyways if City win, it'll be alright as well.

been waiting for this.

The tactic was simple: Overload the last third of the oppo in the middle, two wingers playing wide and quick switch from attack ti defense by two main midfielders. Simple. The fact that technically City had one defender but everytime they lost possession Walker would quickly move back together with stones and Rodry means that City are hard to score against .

RM should've looked into low block tactics. Study what Brighton does. Pep hates to play against team like these. Being able to start attack from deep within is really valuable against high pressing teams.

mancity is an example for clubs that had the oil money but created class and charisma and promising future .

Firstly Real Madrid were outplayed and outsmarted by pep's tactical genius and thinking. Valverde, Kroos, Modric and Benzema were too slow for the interchanging in the Middlefield, upfront and in the half spaces...

Kroos and Modric in two games against City 2023 was really hard to watch

Great insight!

Love the new format

Respect should also be given to the fans that turned up at the Etihad and made the atmosphere electric for the whole 90 minutes. Say what you want, THIS for me was the main difference last night

I'm not a city fan but I love watching them play ... they deserve the league and champions league, they are the most prepared team for both

I loved this video. Thank you very much

Thank you for this. Big lessons in how to slice defences.

I was expecting City to go through by pure guess, but man, I wasn't expecting them to do what they did to Madrid yesterday. It was for sure one the most dominating performances I've witnessed with my own eyes in this sport, such an amazing tactical domination by the blues.

Ahh i love this match it's saved in my library as one of the top class matches of the decade everything was world class from hybrid pressing,versatility,role switching,pass accuracy,perfect block,prefect 1v1 outclassed by every aspect of the game pep keep proceeding our expectations 🔥🔥🔥

great analysis bro

Great video! Perfectly explained things I noticed. It's now clearer why Rodri had the ball and one or two passes pinched from him a few times in the opening first half. City adjusted quickly though. I can't speak highly of Pep enough. My all time favorite manager! Hopefully he and the team get the much deserved win in the final.

Great tactical analysis as always - the extra man from wide areas and the KDB dropping from the press were great moves by Pep - but more than anything City dominated because their wingers work their asses off the full length of the pitch and RM wingers did not put in the work required. Also, I was feeling soooo happy when I saw Rudiger was dropped for Militao - if Carlo just wanted to sit on the counter the rumored lineup should have been used with Carvajal-Militao-Rudiger-Alaba and keep Rodrygo on the bench, all City fans would have PSTD moment when Rodrygo came on late as super sub.

As always thanks bro

Ancelloti gets 2 only because 1 is reserved for lampard

Great analysis

How Pep Guardiola managed to destroy Real Madrid's midfield. The keys? Stone's role. And Rodri. In the defensive phase, Stones was another centre-back, forming a line of 4. But in the offensive phase, Stones was close to Rodri's position, acting as a double pivot. Thus, Rodri was released and could mobilize and have more freedom to play. In turn, when Stones went up, the City centre-backs had up to 6 options for the first pass: there was always someone free. It was a 3-6-1 in the offensive phase, which allowed City to always have superiority in midfield. Rodri was the footballer who made the most passes (113) and the one who covered the field the most (12 km). Masterclass Pep.

I was patiently waiting for this I really hope we win the UCL this time

citys off the ball movement is what makes them so good

The quality of the video today is top notch.😊

Definetly the greatest match Ive remember of a team vs Madrid in Champions league. Flawless collectively high pressing attacking and defending Pep has built a relentless team that for me was already the best since 2020 but defensively and resilience was worse and now they are ruthless 💙💙💙

I just wonder how pep got to this strategy with having no attacking full back and no pacey winger. I think in the first leg they needed 1 v 1 success in wide areas. But Bernardo and grealish couldn't deliver it and had no support from their full backs. And of course Akanji and Walker are not good moving the ball, or making runs. So I thought maybe Mahrez and Foden were going to play. But in this match Bernardo was like Leo Messi and Grealish passed madrid players often. Pep is a Genius

You don't know how long I waited for this one. W analysis bro

Been waiting 😂

Love how stones gets in plays progressive putting the press continuously to overwhelm Madrid

Ohh Carlo, Carlo...man of his own world and principles. He should have seen that coming last match. City overloaded midfield and then stretched madrid defence from side to the other. It was obvious even before the game that, Madrid had to play with 3 central defenders Alaba, Rudiger and Militao. Wingbacks Camavingwa and Carvajal. Midfield must be Tchouameni, Kross, Modric and Vini and Benzema. This might have helped them to shape in 4--4-2 as well.

Pep could just play dozens of tactics by mixing up Haaland, Grealish Foden, Silva, Mahrez, KDB, Gundogan and Alvarez, who are all brilliant all round players that could execute well. When you all are focusing Haaland, KDB scored two goals against Gunners, Gundogan two against Westham, and Silva also two goals against Real. For Inter, how to make a defence plan when you don't exactly know the ManC starting names in the coming Final ?

Been watching football for over 3 decades , have seen some insane dominance in games but I’d never witnessed anything remotely close to what city did to Real specifically in the first half….

Graelish toyed with Real for 80 minutes like they were small kids ..

You clearly see there’s always a one player overload by a city player in the midfield which always causes our three midfields to drift from their initial positions and leaving huge spaces for that on overloaded city midfielder, i just don’t understand why Ancelotti couldn’t switch to a 4-4-2 with Tchuameni playing as a pivot alongside Toni Kroos, this would’ve given Real a more solid defensive bloc, but also they could rely on quick transitions or counter attacks to exploit City’s defense, it is well possible with the likes of fast players such as Valverde playing as a RM , Vinicius, and Benzema who knows the best runs to make, even with Modric getting upfront to make the most of the counter Pep is indeed a Genius, but Ancelotti really showed dumbness today smh

Perfect analysis

Ancelotti picked the wrong starting XI. He picked Alaba, and Kroos signifying that he believed they could be effective in possession. He treated the home leg the same as the away leg. Big mistake. I would've elected for Valverde at RW in place of Rodrygo, Camavinga and Tchouameni in midfield alongside Modric, and a back four of Alaba, Rudiger, Militao, Carvajal. The priority should've been to suffocate, or physically overwhelm City to make them uncomfortable. City tend to overrun their opposition in the opening thirty minutes. Once the crowd were settled, and the nerves calmed, then it would be appropriate early in the second half(60th minute) to bring in the likes of Kroos, and Rodrygo to turn the tide of the fixture. Tactically, it's hard to fault Ancelotti. It's easy for us to see these tactical buildups from an online chalkboard. That being said, the minute he saw City playing with a back two of Dias and Akanji/Walker, he should've conceded them possession and dropped Benzema into the midfield to block passes to the more dangerous players. This would force Dias or Walker/Akanji to either play it long, which isn't their specialty(and even if they played a decent ball, you have to trust athleticism of Militao and Rudiger to clear the ball), or they would have to carry the ball forward. This would play into Madrid's hand. If you force Akanji or Walker to carry the ball deep into the opposition half, it takes them away from a possible counter. At that point, when say, Walker dribbles it into crossing range, I would've prioritized having Vinicius Jr stay on the halfway line to expose a direct weakness when the ball is recovered. Walker was the only player capable of flustering Vini. If he's been forced up the pitch, it negates his strengths, while forcing him to be a playmaker, which is his biggest weakness. If done successfully, this would've either provided consistent outlets when the ball was won, or force Guardiola to stay in a back three, and thus mitigate the amount of players offered in buildup play. Of course, this means allowing a player potentially free to cross the ball into the box, but you need to trust Rudiger and Militao to deal with that threat. You can't take everything away from City, so you must concede possession to the least dangerous players. There's more I could say, but this would've been my game plan for the first half. Once Madrid settled into the match, then you bring in the technical maestros against tired legs. Ancelotti's belief that his side could technically compete with City initially cost him the match. He should've elected for better legs, and more industry to fluster them, and to take the crowd out of the match.

As a madridista, good game City. Just dominant. I knew Militao was a bad choice as the starter over Rudiger. But anyway, the way better team won, good luck in the final.

real had to start with 4 midfielders imo. instead of rodrygo, ceballos or chouameni, so to have more control in the midfield, instead of fast counter attacks we could have tried slower build up

This man really did tactical analysis to this game😆

Thanks man

Just goes to show that football is not about tactics really but more about duels, if you win most of them you win the match it's as easy as that I appreciate your tactical analysis very interesting thank you

As a Madridista, I think that City deserved the win and they deserve winning the treble. As for Madrid, we need an overhaul that includes the coach as well, the man's plan throughout the last couple of seasons was get the ball to Vinicius and ... insha'Allah.

EXcellent! But I suspect I may not know enough to fully appreciate your fine analysis.😉

First to comment, peps tactics was tremendous 🔥🔥

May I ask how you get these great graphics and how you made the formation images. Any app or way of doing it aswell?

Guardiola's greatest weapon is KDB Madrid didn't prepare for this

What machine Frankie De Jong playing the John Stones row😮

Hi, which kind of program do you use to show us formations from Above? Like in football manager?

WHAT A PLEASURE TO WATCH THIS WAS : i was a huge fan of the _Barça_ team from 2009 , not only because of Messi , Xavi , Iniesta & so on , like them , no one played ever before... & somehow same now ; this _Man City_ team though is , imo , even stronger since they play faster , more accurate , & also with more "intensity" : what a pleasure it would be to see both of these giant-teams battle each other ! 😉 anyway , it was a _GRAT GAME_ from _Man City_ against an overburdened _REAL Madrid_ , very well done , _MAN CITY_ ... !

Ederson is 31 (JK)😁 I love these breakdowns. As someone who is relatively new to following football, it helps me understand tactical plays a lot better.

I feel bad for Courtois because he was amazing but his defense couldn’t help him

Walker is great on the ball! apart from that, excellent analysis