Breaks are rare in this crazy season of football, as the EFL Cup arranged fixtures in this midweek to see who could enter the quarter-finals. After beating Bournemouth in the previous round, Manchester City faced Burnley at Turf Moor. Pep Guardiola sent a strong squad to restore players’ confidence, which was important given the heavy loss last Sunday against Leceister City.
Burnley also welcomed several players backed to the team, but keeping some key players on the bench. They tried to go aggressive but failed to stop City from creating chances, but Bailey Peacock-Farrell’s strong hand has helped the team to narrow the scoreline to a margin of three goals.
This tactical analysis the tactics of Sean Dyche and Guardiola, introducing the approaches that helped the Citizens to win comfortably away from home.
Lineups
Burnley kept Phil Bardsley and Chris Wood on the bench, the remaining are experienced veterans of English football. Without Ben Mee, Kevin Long was the partner of James Tarkowski.
Manchester City had a young blue – Cole Palmer starting at the midfield with Kevin De Bruyne and Rodrigo Hernández. Ferrán Torres earned his second start of the season. Raheem Sterling played as the striker given Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Agüero were injured.
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