it's quite funny how Pep actually looked to overwhelm Zinchenko's side by playing Walker as more of a traditional overlapping full back JUST AS TIFO PREDICTED!!

Pep Guardiola has truly evolved as a Manager. He has become less rigid (with possession) and more flexible over time. Back when he was at Barca and Bayern, some people criticized Pep of being one-dimensional, always priortizing possession but at City, we have seen and are seeing something different and out of the norm of what we would expect from Pep. Now, the opposition can have more possession than City and yet City will beat them effortlessly. As an opponent, it's scary to see this version of Pep.

Man pep is crazy! He made the world use inverted full backs and taught teams how to press high, but they can't use it against himself cuz this man knows exactly how to counter things that he invented himself!

Pep has changed how City play against all big teams this season. Against Bayern he used the wingers to do the job and protected the Center. Away he let them have the ball wide and kept his defense solid. If you look at them defensively, having 3 natural Center backs who are all good on the ball plus Ederson makes them have 11 vs 10 on the ball players. Arteta mentioned this in the interview and tried to stop Ederson from playing hence why they had 2 pressers between Ederson and his 2 Center backs. The trick today was use Haaland as a false 9 so Kevin can run in behind Holding. Arteta wanted to cut supply to Erling so Pep knew that and made Erling the supply himself😂😂😂😂😂 Freaking mental lad! Overall, what a game by City! I was cheering at every small detail on that game. Also, Kevin ran circles around Partey. He moved from the left 8 role to right then central and wide….10/10 come on City🎉❤

This season at home across all comps: City 6-3 United; City 2-1 Dortmund; City 4-0 Chelsea; City 2-0 Chelsea; City 4-1 Liverpool; City 3-2 Liverpool; City 4-2 Tottenham; City 1-0 Arsenal; City 4-1 Arsenal; City 2-0 Newcastle; City 7-0 Leipzig; City 3-0 Bayern.

We live in an era of Pep Guardiola's football....That's my joy.

Haaland and KDB changed roles 😆

It's funny how I expected Grealish and Silva to dominate more but all of a sudden City pivoted to the middle which was a suprise 😂. Kudos to the tactician

We need a video on the evolution of debruyne. This man has played so many roles for city it’s crazy

Pep is the Messi, Maradona of managers. I watched sir Alex reign too, but Pep is a phenomenon.

Pep reinvented city tactics it's unbelievable to see him dropping his former principles and philosophy and trying something new he's turning haaland into a beast 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

If you didn't already know this, Pep is a damn GENIUS

Pep really is the THANOS of football - De Zerbi's , José , Carlos Tactics mixed in one match ... Genuis

I don’t know but if u noticed the way Haaland and de bruyne played reminded me of the same counter attack that led to their goal against Bayern

City is playing decent counterattacking football now. A very good way to prepare for an UCL win 😂

De Zerbi’s tricks introduce confidence, even arrogance to the build up play. Just hold up the ball against the press is risky enough 😂

Akanji is a good surprise, against Liverpool i thought he was a little bit off the pace when comparing with the rest of defense, the guy is stopping everyone.

Pep is scarier than Undertaker. and i love him so much

Impeccable performance by Man City

Thanks for the analysis. In the other words, Pep used Roberto De Zerbi's baiting tactics, but instead of playing thru the line via his 2 pivots, he preferred Harland's and Kevin's strength upfront to exploit the space at the back, consistent with Spalletti's fashion at Napoli. This completely deny Arsenal's ability to regain the ball in the central part of the pitch as they normally do. L Spalletti once said, there is no formation in modern football, its about spotting the space and exploiting it.

Always heard of a defender pocketing a striker, but never heard of a striker pocketing the entire defense of the opposition team. Haaland is pure brilliance.

Building up in a 2-4-4 has been made famous by De Zerbi. I guess Pep takes notes too. It’s pretty hard to mark or press high up.

Pep using roberto de zerbi brighton's build up tactics

Pep is a genius. The brilliant tactical tweaks he deployed caught Arteta totally unaware. KDB played like the striker while Halaand played like a hybrid between an attacking midfielder and a false 9, which meant that Arsenal's CDM and CB's were being dragged constantly out of position by Halaand's movement of the ball. Pep is truly a GOAT and king of Mastermind. There's levels to this 👏

Pep uses and knows Arsenal's tactics, hence knows how to counter Arteta and Arsenal's tactics. This is why Arsenal has lost to City 3 times this season. What Pep did was to pin down Saka and Martinelli, then used Grealish to pin down Ben White so he doesn't overlapp to create a 2 vs 1 with Saka against Akanji. Also this stretched the Arsenal defence, leaving them open in the middle. Then he used Haaland to play target man rather than trying to run in-behind. As Haaland plays a target man, it gives KDB the chance and space to run in-behind. He also didn't go gong-ho pressing the Arsenal back line like he would normally do, he would press in the midfield instead, this would force the Arsenal center backs to be tempted to carry the ball into the midfield leaving spaces behind for the likes of KDB to exploit. It was a trap. Also when City were in possession, they were calm, not rushing, just taking their time to pick out killer passes. It was just a Pep masterclass, any other manager with this City team last night wouldn't have beaten Arsenal this much.

Pep has gone full circle. Revolutionised tactical passing play, but now playing something not all that dissimilar to 90’s 442 with a big target man linking play with a smaller player running off him

I think a lot of it came from a lack of experience from the defenders. They weren’t prepared for it, but come on, both of the defenders kept gravitating towards one player. No one was looking to read and intercept the play by covering the pass to the runner. They didn’t even have to do any fancy chips, just simple ground passes. This makes me appreciate players who actually have good game sense even more.

Everyone watching could see the butning desire in kdb this game. It doesnt matter if you dont play big roles in other games, its the big games that defines a world class player.

I was most surprised at Akanji, exceeded expectations playing RB😮.

De zerbi is changing the game in the premier league ,kudos to city

Tifo is really goat in predicting the game,they predicted walker gonna come which will be tactically a tweak in their game to give problems for arsenal.good analysis fms.pep really got inspired from roberto de zerbi tactics.

Pep had several tricks up his sleeve, didn't he? The stars were just not aligned for his former student though

I love your analysis as it’s how I explained it to my girlfriend as the game played out. You’ve made me look like a tactical master as well as one happy Manc.

Pep is simply the best manager of all time. And yes I've seen Alex manage ManUtd too. But Pep is far better than Alex. Barca, Bayern, City he has literally transformed every club suiting to the needs and abilities of the players. Amazing.

The high press that's not tight enough opened up space for City. On the other hand, low tight press with strong pack in the middle would force City to go wide and use either a long ball in or 1-on-1 dribbling which would help Arsenal's backs to interrupt the flow and reduce a long run. To create a second, a third or a fourth ball in a tight space would put Arsenal in a 50-50 chance to play the ball against City's front.

City are on another level. I hope they win the PL, FA Cup, and CL.

A coach like guardiola cannot be measured or criticized for the games he wins or looses that's football for you...you can beat Madrid today 4-0 and lose to Luton town 1-0 next day... his ability lies in the fact that not only does he reinvent his ideas and approach season in season out.. he reinvents the players themselves to fit into those new ideas and his ability to make them seamlessly transition is what makes him light years ahead of his contemporaries a true genuius...who can never get enough

Wow.. brilliantly done.. I watched the game and can see your analysis make sense to me. Awesome work!

Versatility of Pep ❤

Pep as a new way to pin down wingers and fullbacks overlapping You can barely see any winger performing excellently against pep side Hes a genius

Unreal how Pep changes in every big game leaving a massive uncertainty in the way they ll play and the formation Absolutely crucial Kevin de Bruyne the best player of the league and best midfielder itw by far 💙

Pep is unbelievable. People often accuse him of ”overthinking” (Well he certainly does but not in a bad way) but it’s so hard to beat a team as good as city when you never know how they will play. I support Arsenal and as painful it was to watch my own team falter I kind of began admiring Pep’s tactics throughout the game, probably as a way to cope with the disappointment and focus on something else 😅

John Stones has really step up from the player he used to be 🎉 congrats city

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Great analisys 🫡

De Zerbi: "stop copying me". Guardiola: "stop copying me". De Zerbi: "Guardiola is a stupid head" Guardiola: "De Zerbi is a stupid head" De Zerbi: "arghhhh...."

Thanks! I really enjoyed your analysis.

This showed Pep's tactical flexibility and Arteta's inflexibility

Great peace of content bro!

Great Job

This Shows money cant buy you success. It comes from pure ability and management

That was great analysis thanks but can you analysis de Zerbi tactics because they say mancity tactics was kind of the same as de zerbi’s tactics tonight .

Can someone explain how Man City's press was so effective upfront that Arsenal looked like they didn't have enough time to move the ball around. What did they do better?

Very useful & enjoyable game analysis

Pep is so special....he experiment new tactics in football....truly a genius manager🔥

coach tactical made huge difference compare most EPL coach use same tactical with winning 11 team :- )

Akanji pocketed Saka all the time 😅

Mayne pep is out of the world this man make me fall in love with his coaching philosophy and everything about him is so amazing, there’s no way a real football insider would the sir Alex is better than this man

What kind of computer program do you use when showing the teams shape when you are not using game tape? 5:05

This is a good tactical analysis.....I actually noticed Rodri received ball under pressure...

Excellent video - Pep was flexible and problem solved Arsenal as this is the 3rd time played this season - Arteta was too idealistic in hisi approach.

What's crazy is how versatile and flexible City can play now since the World Cup it's like they can completely change playstyles effectively on the fly whether its posession based wing play down the flanks counters traditional long ball to the CF you just don't know which City yo're gonna get Arteta genuinely didn't know what to do

Pep decided to swap Haaland nd De Bruyne,Arsenal's defense got confused Haaland is playing like a Midfielder KDB as a Forward😂😂😂Erling Haaland is just proving every haters wrong now. He is doing skills as a striker.

Biggest mistake Arteta is making is not having at least three seasoned, experienced players in that team. The way they gave a lackluster Liverpool energy when they were busy diving and trying to get a Liverpool player sent off completely changed the direction of the game.

Can you send these kind of clips to David & Philipp Degen, please from FC Basel? 🤝

Leaving de Bruyne free between the lines, oof. The last guy you wanna give time and space to.

mate what is the software you are using?

Partey suffered during this game. Man couldn't keep up😂

One thing for sure...never leave KDB alone😂

Please 🙏 analyze Man united vs Tottenham Hotspur it will be this Thursday night.

Pep is Einstein of football ⚽

Did anybody observe the "Plus two, minus one" pattern of passing when city had an extra man in the midfield? I think it was a key tactic for city to beat arsenal's midfield. (+2, -1: Pass the ball to a midfielder who is two lines ahead but is marked by the opponent; Then flick it back to the pivot who was being cover shadowed by the striker/CAM who then can run into the space.)

Hey bro!! Can you get me a video on how Pep's 3-2-4-1 formation works?? Plzz

Pep is a genius

I hope Arteta watches this analysis, he should learn to be flexible. I think he reacts too late

John Stones is the unsung hero

The best managers in the word rn🥰🤩😍😊

KDB: Identifying spaces. Like thomas muller aka raumdeuter?

Have always tot Arteta to change tactics ever since we started drawing games, 4,4,2 should be solid. Up front trossard and Jesus, at the back, Gabriel and white, party and tieny at wing. Jorginho , xhaka ,martinelli and saka at the midfield.

Would love Manchester City to win the lot now. 👏

Haland and debruin play like Kane and son in this match

I honestly don't get how the majority of football fans discredit pep's tactical knowledge and simply attribute his success to money. This dude is a genius.

The Madrid game is going to be crazy

I don't want to believe all those praising Pep here are City fans or Pep fans. The man is a genius and haters are recognizing it themselves. I wish i can go to into coaching beacuse og him.

so basically pep used Jose tactics dezerbi's deep build up principles and he's next level

Pep. The man is just fantastic

'you' need players at the very top to execute such kind of tactics ; & even so it takes time for these top notch players to adopt such play : GO CITY ... !!! ( ... & even the Swiss guy , Akanji , has now learned City-football ... )

The only shape I have seen affective against City has been the 4-3-2-1 set up by Nuno Espírito Santo and the Wolves. However, with Harland and de Bruyne on fire right now…who knows what can stop them.

No matter which football club you support. You just have to admit that city are playing a beautiful football under pep. Such a tactical jenius.

Guardiola ball became de Zerbi ball

City drew in the press and the press wasn't compact enough from Arsenal leaving gaps in the midfield for Haland and Debryne to feed off. They looked to use traditional fullbacks and played Ederson as a third man defender during build up, they played a four-two-three-one in and out of possession and created most of the chances. Arsenal however could not cope with these long balls and left way to much space in the middle which is a recipe for disaster, on attack they found success with Holding driving on the ball and using combination play on the right side to break into the attacking third, they also tried to isolate Saka with Akanji by playing direct long balls to him whicu was a bad idea since in the air we all know who has the bigger advantage.

Arteta got schooled

Pep has no more only one way of playing 🔥Best Manager in the world hate it or love it.

During Arsenal vs Mancity Haaland played like inverted striker. It was obvious when Haaland provide assist to de Bruyne from mid of the pitch

Tactical Masterclass

I don't understand Guardiola, really. He's so brilliant but at the same time that brilliance has the risk to self-destruct. I would laugh if he overthinks vs. Madrid or Inter/Milan in CL after winning FA Cup and EPL. 😂😂

This man City team is the peak of peps tactical genius

Think a few prem managers actually could use this as post match analysisi

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I'm a very very happy Chelsea fan today