A lot of people say City didn't care for this trophy but if you observe Pep celebration when Palmer scored he almost break his back out of excitement. Pep wanted this title which would put him at 4 in a season and closer to his Barcelona achievement which is 6 in one year. Keep in mind he still has Club World Cup to play.

Top analysis. I think it was brilliant approach by Arsenal to keep their shape and not open spaces for City. They were patient for most part of the game and it worked.

great analysis and animation. no idea why you can't have this on TV instead of roy keane saying "he's gotta score that". akanji and walker seemed like they were not 100% sharp.

Jurrien Timber was absolutely incredible today. Quick, strong, incredible ball control and composure, the guy could easily play in midfield. Saliba also imperious as usual, pocketed haaland for the 65 minutes he was on the pitch. Thought rice actually played quite well i dont understand the flack he's getting from certain pudits, he made some fantastic recoveries and overall made us more defensively sound in transition. Overall promising signs. looking forward to the forest game on saturday now, hopefully 3 points to kick off the new premier league season, COYG.

Watching pep vs arteta is like being in a classroom😂

ødegard was a constant sourcve of trouble for city. Barring the middle was arteta´s trick. Both teams eqaully hungry. very god game. colder nerves perservered.

Both teams were defensive tanks with both goals coming from unlikely chances.

Thanks for the excellent analysis. I want to add that one other difference was a single player - Timber - who caused City so many problems down the left. Of the 34 big summer bys, so far Timber is an absolute standout.

I think with Rice instead of Xhaka the double pivot was more secure. Kovacic is still finding his feet. He has some bad habits but there’s no doubt he’s quality. Buying Gvardiol was important to make sure Grealish gets the ball optimally. Havertz needs to become more ruthless

You didn't mention Foden here, his amazing turn inside city's half and then feeding the ball upwards was the reason city got to score that goal

Pep vs Arteta is a chess match

City did care yesterday, walker celebrated like they won the world cup and pep was jumping up and down

Man I was happy all day waiting your video can't wait till the season begins to watch your match analysis video ❤🔥

Glad to see the improvement in the visuals of your videos! Congrats mate! Those in-explanation short videos are the best! And the arrows are really helpful to keep track of the video.

Arsenal 1 : 1 Man City ▪ xG: 0.69 - 0.96 ▪ xThreat: 0.99 - 1.05 ▪ Possession: 45.2% - 54.8% ▪ Field Tilt: 45.6% - 54.4% ▪ Def Action Height: 46.2 - 54.8

Great breakdown of the strategy to player strengths etc! Loved the simple 2D mappings. Thank you. Are you going to do this for all of Arsenal's games this season? That would be awesome! I can't remember last time I subscribed or commented on a video.

Two brilliant technical minds; two brilliant football managers. Geniuses in fact. 👏👏👏👏

7:07 Rice actually went to the middle of the 3 more often than going to left back. Gabriel at times was so far wide left.

Here before the change of BAttle

Top analyses as always , can u do Carlo Ancelotti Milan and Chelsea tactics

i loved how they worked as a unit arsenal very well coached team.

DK why Pep abandoned his 3-2-4-1 from last season. That system worked wonders for City. If he thought Kovacic couldn't do the Gundo role in the 3-2-4-1 he could have tried Foden in his place .

The free position role played by Bernado in the second half, you could see him with the Diaz and the next minute with the Alvarez. Any one noticed that????? . Usually Pep employs this when the opponent time has maintained formation and are pressing really good. Bernado is a good ball carrier, a dribbler and doesnt lose the ball cheaply. He can take on opponents and tend to attract them, freeing some of his teammates. I would like to see him try it with Foden.

Nice content as always

Odegard was... no words. COYG!!!

Incredible piece mate. Love coming on here to get your opinions 👍👍👍

Great video 🤙, what is the name of the program you use with the formations?👊

I like to see .... you could think about the underrated managers like roberto de zerbi ( Brighton) - he shows something different from others in this tactic

City played nice but looked to be missing something, Gundogan who has that know how to open up teams. You can't buy that experience big loss for City also Mahrez Silva leaving has left them looking a bit weaker.

8:57 nah bro that wasn’t near to being a friendly, we all know it was knives out from the get go 😆 Excellent analysis as always!

Thanks to your analysis and complementary visual aids, it becomes clear to me the impact that gvardiol with his abilities would have had on a game like this one. Your analysis also helps me understand how forward-thinking Pep’s vision of the game is.

Top top analysis my man 👊🏾

well done,can't wait to see more Arteta =)

this is a really good analysis! thanks a lot!

Was waiting for this

I missed u bro..thanks to God it's a new season once again

Good analysis

Once again...top class and in depth analysis that focuses on the intricate details of tactics👌 just a question..are you South African?

interesting analysis but didn’t take note of Arsenal’s ability to go long to Havertz who’s hold up play in the first half was tops

Nice vid!

Great analysis

Arsenal deserved to be two nill up in the first half and it was game over as it was tactical battle but again it should have been 0-0 to penalties. Foden just passed Thomas who was booked out of nothing in the first half while Rodri never got the card for his fouls through a 100 minutes 😅. When Trossard scored his deflection, All City players were in goal defending 😂. Arsenal deserved the win.

Great video

I'm impressed. Excellent analysis

I feel we were lucky but I will take it. We had a lot of unlucky times in the past.

Summary, pep was happy to try new things to actually get what arteta is driving at, both of them are great overthinkers but pep knew he has better things to look forward to rather than a community shield, what arsenal are planning for this season is huge, coming from a football analyst myself

Really appreciate video fragments

Could you please analyse our striker options and what might work against different oppositions? My intuition is that Jesus is first choice in any situation when he's fit but is that rly true? And when he is out, does havertz rly provide so much more than an in form trossard? I've sort of given up on Eddie - it feels like there's always a better option. Is that fair? Interested to hear your thoughts

I think pep should have played kdb in the first Half. And kovaic in the subs cause he really knows how to see spaces in between the match

You earned subscriber! COYG

Please tell me this tactics app used in this video!!

The much vaunted Man City tactical play was met,as so ably dissected here,by an equally effective and stifling Arsenal act that prevailed through sheer grit and execution! Witness Haaland:lonesome isolation and Rodri enforced bully lunges!

after introduction and usage of boxes last season by Di Zerbi , 4-4-2 is having something of a come back I Think

Timber's runs into the opposition box reminded me of Cancelo

Guardiola mimicking what a time to be alive

In a nutshell : Pep vs his tendency to overthink

Good analysis but a reminder saka was initially a full back a

My guy didn't do managerial tactical scores😢 . Really like them by the way

4:42 “Saka doesn’t have natural defensive instinct” as if he wasn’t playing as a left back for us in his breakout season. Yes he’s a winger but his defensive ability is still shown there!

Saka isnt so bad at defending, he used to be a LB remember

The choice to not press the keeper proved to be crucial. Turns out, marking Rodri and Kovacic out of the game was as the key to largely shutting down their chances.

Before done deal, I had said Rice is the perfect replacement of our big brother Xhaka, he is the upgrade version and he can still upgrade more. Just a little bit movement. you can see different Arsenal.

Why don't you have manager rating?

It was a great match from both teams. It felt robotic & automatic. If anyone wants a proper tactical battle, this is a go to match. The game was 50-50 in my opinion.

Well done Arteta, for matching up pep.👍👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

The analysis is good but the game was set-up to be played like a friendly. City didn't attempt to get out of first gear in the first half. Haaland wasn't on the pitch when KDB and Foden were so didn't get any service. City were happy to allow Rodri to be outnumbered in midfield and he still did well. And I'm pretty sure if he has a new idea for maneuvering the formation around to keep the play fresh, Pep wasn't going to waste it by showing it in this game. In any event we'll soon see. Arsenal are very wound up and seem ready to go so they may have a fast start. Chances are the season will catch up with them again but the squad is so large they have plenty of players to rotate - though that doesn't always work so well. City will be using more youngsters this year and it will be interesting to see how they go on.

Arsenal also went long to Havertz. He held up play at times, won his serial duels and 2nd balls which also helped arsenal progress up the pitch

My best player in the city shirt is Phil Foden..he changed the game completely

Arsenal fans who dont know about the community shield curse : ✨🤗 fans who knows : 💀

Arsenal is still not direct enough they play this kind style so that they dont have to play like previous match, direct football means straight score at instant moment and later on sit back and dictate the game by possession and passing to look more opportunities

This is very insightful. However, Pep was not beaten by Arteta's tactics. They drew the game

first time i saw a goal on extra 10th minute but added time was 8? am i missing anything?

A mad celebration of Pepe was a clear indication how badly he meant this win in his cabinet.

Man said Saka doesn't have defensive instincts

What's interesting is Haaland would mostly struggle when playing against top table oppositions or teams that sit deep. Last season in EPL, his records vs Top 6 are not very convincing.

KDB made assist but miss penalty. I don't know how to feel about that

Would foden play on the left tho...?

Grealish was not a happy man yesterday. He played very wide and didn’t get much of the ball. When he did, he was closed down quickly. City weren’t a threat down their left side and attacked Timber most of the time.

Dude It's Just the extra time!

I dont agree on 5:34 if rice marked palmer and partey on kdb odegaard and havert can either pres city cb while covering their shadows or stay at city double pivot and let their cb have the ball without any progression as city strength relay in midfield or arsenal wingers could tuck in and mark city double pivot while odegaard and havert press city cb if they go to their goalie they shouldn't press him let him have the ball.

The new signings adapt to Arteta's style much faster than Pep's tiki taka style. That's old style now. That's the reason without a proper striker Arsenal almost won the league and that's also the reason why Arteta has been preparing to solidify the midfield.

Nice video, but I see this more of a positional analysis than tactical. Still interesting.

Absolute miss by Foden and last desperate shot by Trossard.😅

How come Pep didnt play Stones as a cdm?

We got Super Max Mike Artera😂

As an Arsenal fan I can tell you exactly how Arteta beat Pep in one word: Luck. 😂😂

He played Ramsdale, that's how.

the master and the apprentice

It would be great to have audio in other languages.

The introduction of Foden and De Bruyne for Haaland and Grealish, with Alvarez moving up top was the critical moment that almost won City the game today. Understood how and when to look to receive in the half spaces mesmerisingly, and played some outrageous passes. Before that, Guardiola's side had been attempting to overcommit the Arsenal press in an attempt to isolate Haaland up front but to little effect, with Saliba and Gabriel able to maintain constant pressure throughout, and with Havertz and Odegaard angling in runs to make the initial pass from Ortega or Stones risky, with an immediate regain possible or the threat of leaving the City build stranded in one half of the pitch with no switched outball available. Also worth noting the role of Havertz when Arsenal were in possession - to pin Stones in the early build before darting centrally and between the lines once the City press was engaged, and one of Timber or Partey (usually) were free to play a progressive pass centrally. Arsenal looked very dangerous in those moments, and Havertz' 2 shots on target in the first half were both real breakthroughs against a very sturdy set defence full of huge duel winning machines

Arsenal tactical strategy was spot on . Actually Guardiola choice of Kovacecic and Rodri as double. Pivots showed that he respected Arsenal technically better on the ball. This season is going to be much harder for Manchester City. ARSENAL WILL WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TROPHY because of the style of football they possess and slipt from their grasp last season.

Foden made us look dangerous, his turn on partey freed up a lot of space in the centre and it eventually led up to the goal, beautiful finish from palmer and arsenal look dangerous, this season will be beautiful 🔥🔥🔥come on city💙

".....and because Saka doesn't have natural defensive instincts..." Didn't he start out as a defender though?

Pep has lost 3 in a row 🤦‍♂️, City didn’t play with passion and they looked very tired 😓 in the 90+ minutes

Odegard finally has a trophy in his career when he get loan from real Madrid this matches has been over added additional time to 90+11 but no wonder why it has no extra time

But the reality will be seen when the season begins

Pep wants to turn Alvarez into somekind of a ‘free 8’ but that would take some time

City really miss Gundogan and De Bruyne in the First Half, Kovacic is good but still need time to be able get used to how city play, Alvarez don’t have the creativity and vision in him (still need to improve if he want to play in CM or CAM). Second Half with de Bruyne come in city play better but still they don’t have good winger like Mahrez in the Right because Silva is played deeper because Kovacic cannot fill Gundogan shoes in the Midfield. However Arteta really proof he still just started, if they stay consistent i think they have a chance to win more trophy. In the end tho Arsenal really take the winning mentality with them with the last minute goal and they prove it in the Penalty shootout.

It helps when you get 12 minutes of stoppage time lol

It was an interesting tactical battle. However at times Arsenal failed to properly play out from the back and opted for a long ball, which in many cases gave possession to City. I think for building from the back is vital and Rams should be pivotal here. He should move up the pitch to become a third centre back of sorts between Gabriel and Saliba which would then create more passing option in the wings and also overloads again City in the mid-field. That way it would be easy to clear the City press with ease and move the ball up the pitch with control either through the mid of on the wings. Secondly, his distribution must get better especially on the long balls. For example if Arsenal were pressed, Rams long ball to either the wing or a dropping centre forward in Eddie or Jesus would break the lines and Arsenal would be in on goal. So I think his long ball distribution must improve. Otherwise thanks for the great analysis.