I remember when Pep played Philip Lahm In holding midfielder, Mascherano in Centreback, Cesc as False 9 and all went well, that made me think that PEP is a GENIUS COACH.. Im a united die hard fans but its hard to not say Pep is a pure genius!

5-0 Liverpool, 6-0 Watford. System is working a treat

A very well done analysis as always

Been waiting ages for city content.... thanks

Holyfuck Guardiola tactics become harder everytime he switch club, i mean for FM players. His Barcelona is the most easiest to replicate but i make it with highpressing Klopp style to make sure my club wont get his failer on his late barca days. On Munich, His style of 4-1-4-1 is quite medium lvl of tryhard. Bcs they play semi-direct but possession style based football which means they strong quick one-two passes on the midfield and fast directy with through ball or kinda when they drift the ball wide (robben & ribbery and obviously Coman). BUT THIS! GOD, playing with 2 IWB (inverted wing back) is hardly enough to notice wide gap on your wide areas. This is why they get rid all of their "old school" fullback, bcs they're not comfortable enough to play narrowly in midfield except kolarov. Thank you sir for uploading such as quality content and keep your old guy to 'voicing' this haha XD note: u should notice that Guardiola loves to play a halfback so thats one of the reason Yaya Toure never make it to him

Very informative, definitely will return to watch more of your vids

Because Guardiola thinks he's playing fifa career mode.

please never stop making these vids thx in advance best football channel on yt

Because they had four fullbacks all over the age of thirty that needed replacing. Simple.

Very nice video bro but I want to suggest something maybe you could also tell us the weaknesses of each tactic you guys analyze I think it would help balance things out.

I just came from the analysis of Valverde’s Barca. Two videos into this channel and I’m loving it! Quality stuff here.

Good video man Keep it up.

Thanks for the free lesson,m growing thanks to you,Jah Bless!!

Good video. I'm a Barcelona and City fan. I just want to point the fact that his "vision" of the game is not achievable for all the teams. He needs great players who know how to play in differents parts of the pitch. Basically great players

great fball channel, simply awesome, keep it up guys

Given Guardiola's penchant for players that are able to play in a variety of roles; I wonder a lesser (but still effective) version of his tactics could work in the lower leagues with a collection of 'utility' players and one or two specialists (a dedicated defender and striker for example).

How about you do a video about the time I revolutionised world football by implementing a 334 system at Ajax, making numerous champions league final appearances and producing some of the world's best talent? Or am I just confusing Football Manager with real life again?

Lovin all your videos maaan

I hope this will work. I can see that they are still adapting, but I have to say that playing Agüero as a false 9 like in the last 16-17 season matches and 4-3-3 with Sterling, Agüero and Sané up front, would be better.

Great channel - even more excited to see City content. But my goodness, does One Football sponsor every football channel on youtube? haha

Excellent explanation, thanks

This comment may get lost in the shuffle, but I've been bringing these tactics videos and they are simply fantastic! Detailed but easy to follow. Please keep them coming!

well explained... excellent

Interesting how when the fullbacks tuck in it creates that 2-3-5 formation that teams used to play in the 30s and early 50s.

Great analysis. Can you do one about Real Madrid's midfield, especially the roles of Asensio and Isco?

Bro you’re a genius. Brilliant video

Very insightful! Thank you.

Awesome analysis

Such a good contet! Cheers

no one overlaps better in world football than benjamin mendy and marcelo to be fair, from first to last minute, world class

The music you guys use is mint

Why did Man City spend so much on full backs! To be top of the Premiership on the 17/12/17! Only 12 goals conceded in 18 games, and 56 scored.

This guys voice is the ultimate ASMR

Simple. A lot of them aged and departed the club.

uMAXit Football good work, but maybe you should consider using Xs and Os. or at least fill the circles with red or black. White Os vs White Os is not easy to follow

After watching this you can see why City concede so many goals and why Burnley etc nearly beat them with the park the bus strategy and counter attacks. Think he needs to change the formation as it will only get easier for teams to get around this style.

Pep guardiola's Barcelona - tactics explained.... or Arsenal's Invincible Tactics explained.... or Galactico tactcics explained or Clas of 92 tactics explained ... any of these 4 would be fantastic

This style is extremely vulnerable to counter attacks and not sure about the defensive shape. Even in the past, this style has suffered greatly while facing teams who were good on the break. Overloads are good, but defensive shape is the flaw.

very good explanation ,it is enough slow to listen nd understand carefully nd easily , although it will be more suitable if it may available in hindi language.

It's May 2019 - the note of caution at the end of the video seems inappropriate now.

guardiola expert on made tactical strategy, but he can't made some good relatives with his players. But Zidane vice versa, he can motivated players to the top performs

Pep is undoubtedly one of best managers in world

Great video, this is one of my favorite series on youtube, but being nit-picky I disagree with how it was written for one main reason. Since the video introduces the concept of inverted fullbacks first, it leads the viewer to believe that this is Pep's primary system that he uses, whereas he abandoned the inverted fullback project in the middle of last season. Everything describing the system is spot-on, Pep using his fullbacks as extra midfielders to create overloads and get KDB the ball in the space between the opposition lines, etc., but do you think that maybe Pep utilized this system due to the limited athleticism of his fullbacks last year? When Sagna tucked in next to Fernandinho early last season, it almost reminded me of how Lahm was played as a midfielder in Pep's Bayern. Moving on from that, the second model you showed definitely more accurately portrays the system he's been implementing in 17/18, with the athletic fullbacks with strong crossing skills (Walker and Mendy) hugging touch while his wing players operate more as inside forwards in the half spaces. This has definitely contributed to Sterling's form this season I believe. Finally, how do you guys feel about Pep's 3-back/5-back system he experimented with during preseason? Wing backs pressing high as soon as the ball is played to a winger as to force a touch backward, extra CB used as cover for WB that can step without compromising defensive integrity in the centre, etc. Very tactically demanding system that you could tell the defense was struggling with in their heads trying to keep where they were supposed to be straight and when to press or not. I admired the system, but it definitely wasn't ready for PL use yet. Keep up the incredible work!

Great vid

Do a analysis on why Denis Suarez not given playing time; compare him to Poulinho

Nice breakdown of city style of play

Much tougher test on Saturday. Liverpool have a shaky defence, but it will be interesting how this strategy works when Salah and Mane are given the opportunity to exploit gaps on the wings.

how about making a video on Bayern tactics 2012/13 season?

4-3-3 is more common for City with Walker able to play right back or centre back along with Kompany and Otamendi Good analysis

Pls explain bayern and barca tactics

How would Guardiola's Man City and Mouriniho's Man Utd face up against each other in a tactical warfare this season?

What about doing Michael oneills northern ireland tactics

What's the name of the background song?

Excellent , and nicely narrated too... calm clear and to the point.

Do one on Simone inzaghi and max allegri

Because he can't coach a cheaper option to be good enough. City also don't play by the rules of FFP.

Onefootballl is everywhere I love their app tho

Create overloads through fullbacks and dorminate possesion...n you ask how Guardiola wins everytime..very easy to knw if you get into details

Haha and City did win , not only the league , but the league cup as well with these new additions and tactics.

Does this tactics works against liverpool that play counterpress and fluid play? We will see this week

I think Pep plays a very dangerous game, and no wonder they concede goals that should've been sorted out without any problem by any other team this year I think the league is done city will go and win it but the main question is how they will perform against teams like Madrid, PSG, Barcelona, and Bayern. Who can not only control the ball at ease but can play counter and stretch the opposition easily while attacking the only answer is we have to wait and see what happens, btw great video.

It has worked brilliantly hasn’t it 🤩🤩🤩...

Please can someone tell me how to make a video like this? Will be appreciated.

I also notice Fernandinho pushes into the opposition box a lot when City are attacking for support. Kind of like Seydou Keita used to do for Barcelona. Am I correct about that?

Why exactly would inverted FBs clear attacking wings off defensive responsibilities..? 🤨🧐 Seems illogical to me, but maybe someone can be so kind to explain

Do a video about Tite!

Great video.

Just Best Manager Ever!

Summary- spent money on positions they were weak in. Fullbacks crucial to create space. Sees the pitch as boxes. Uses triangles to create quick passes and attack. Add more if you like.

1:44 doesn't that give an advantage to the opposition as there is huge space on the wide areas

Can you put this into perspective in FM @uMAXit Football?

i wish this was on football manager. Would be mental!

This whole BS of casuals calling guardiola a fraud because "ooh, he never makes his teams! He only inherits them!" is total BS and needs to end! After watching this i am now convinced he's a genius! 🧠🧠

Guardiola tactics is so complicated makes the players seems lost in the field sometimes I believe he just need to simplify some of his ideas to achieve

Who needs fullbacks? Four centrebacks please :)

Fast forward 2020 and they loan a good FB to learn Leipzig. He is doing wonders there and pep is having issues realizing that zenchenco and cancello aren't in their best form.

Can you give more city content

This is beautiful

Please make some bundesliga review too

I couldn't listened the word after "often keep pushing very high " pl someone tell that word .

Pep Shud take over as Spanish national coach for 2022 world cup....

How's Bielsa doing these days at Lille?

Dat background music doe

They actually worked! 5-0 against liverpool

why it's new? when we had seen it with Netherlands team on world-cup 2014

GUNDOGAN will help this team a lot

thank u

I didn't watch the latest matches of Man City. But from this explanation, actually City always use their full backs to support the midfielders in opposition's defense. Inverted wing back is not a new tactic because Pellegrini used it from 13-14 season but not in every match. Even we can see tiki taka tactic clearly, actually City in Guardiola's era is quietly different from Bayern and Barca in his era. I think Guardiola adapts English-styled crossing game. You can see how Sané and Sterling did in previous matches.

Bayern Treble season please?

This looks complex, i think the best team in the world play simple but good football, i have my doubts about this but am open minded so lets see how it goes

Please cruyff perfect football next

do a finance video of real madrid

with 2 fullbacks inside to outnumber the opponent 's midfield , what the heck is that , that is only when they play possesion football and you said with 2 fullbacks inside ,wingers dont need to defend ? another wtf , the whole wing got exposed and the one ones who defend that space is centre back ,how can they match up with the speed of other team's wingers

So far I haven't been impressed by his City team, they look very disjointed. For this first time in his career Pep will have to build his own squad, let's see how good he's actually is.

Don't let this district you from the fact that Ben afar is now a forgotten psg player.

Ez answer only needed to strengthen this area

Who’s watching this after City were beaten by Norwich?

Anddd City is on fire, breaking every record of Premier League history & on their way to break more. Pep the Genius!

The trick is to have midfielders who disguise as fullbacks...or fullbacks who can play in midfield and win the ball and keep it

Still pretty insane how much money was spent on fullbacks 😶