Now that we are firmly in the second half of the season we have reached a point where every result counts. In the last round of fixtures, we saw reigning champions Manchester City lose 2-1 at Newcastle United despite taking a first-minute lead. In the end first-place Liverpool could not take full...
This weekend, Arsenal showed why they can’t be taken seriously going into big games. On paper, Unai Emery’s plan may have seemed right but, in action, it definitely wasn’t. From the off, it seemed that Emery had conceded defeat to Manchester City. This could be seen in the shape of...
The recent FA Cup weekend fixtures played host to plenty of drama, but Burnley’s defeat to English champions Manchester City was almost a foregone conclusion. The Clarets drove down the M66 with hopes of advancing to the fifth round, but Pep Guardiola’s boys were too robust. City were 1-0 up...
During their last Premier League game against Everton, we pointed out that Pep Guardiola needed to work on the Manchester City defensive structure, as we were seeing a weaker performance in that aspect of their game lately. With the team conceding goals in their last six games. On Saturday, we...
Saturday evening's match between Chelsea and Man City saw several different interesting tactical battles. Unusually both sides decided to play without a recognised forward. Chelsea used Eden Hazard as their striker in this match instead of occupying the left-hand side of the attacking three as he would normally do. Sarri...
On Saturday, this matchday's highest profile Premier League match took place between Maurizio Sarri's Chelsea and Manchester City. Both teams came into this game looking to win. The visitors needed to keep up their winning streak due to the fact that Liverpool were in shooting range. On the other hand, Chelsea...
Manchester City fell to their first defeat of the Premier League season on Saturday evening. The blues from Manchester were beaten 2-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. In our tactical analysis today, we will look in depth at this Premier League encounter from a Manchester City perspective. We will highlight...
This Premier League match analysis was originally featured on our network's Manchester City site manchestercityanalysis.com. The international break is loved by the ones that like to see top-quality players competing against each other for their countries, but also hated by others, a little like the week-to-week action of club football....
The explosion of tactical analysis in football has brought a tactical revolution in football strategy. Teams are actively using analytic data to minimize low-value shots and maximise every scoring opportunity. My previous article, Premier League Moneyball, details this revolution. Jonjo Shelvey the Inefficient Outlier One clear outlier that is bucking...
The first matchday of the English Premier League season saw an intriguing match with the champions Manchester City travelling to the Emirates to face a much-changed Arsenal side under new management for the first time in 22 years. With the Spaniard Unai Emery now in place as head coach of...
Who Is Joshua Kimmich? Phillipp Lahm was one of the greatest players in German history. With his retirement from the national team in 2014 and 2017 at Bayern Munich, he left a big hole on the right-back spot in both, the national team and Bayern Munich. One young player who...
