Manchester City managed to keep their race for the Premier League title on with a comfortable 3-1 win over Crystal Palace. The game was made comfortable for them thanks to Crystal Palace's compact, passive approach which saw them rarely move out of position and press Manchester City. City almost had...
Manchester City came out on top against Brighton on Saturday to send themselves into the FA Cup Final in May. An early goal from Gabriel Jesus after a wicked ball in from Kevin De Bruyne was enough to give the Citizens a 1-0 victory. The match itself was somewhat lifeless,...
Wembley Stadium is set to host Brighton and Hove Albion and current Premier League champions Manchester City in the semi-final of the FA Cup. As Man City continue to fight on all fronts, they will surely have an eye on the first leg of the Champions League quarter final tie with...
It is one of the oddities of football that sometimes you can become a victim of your own success. This was the case for Manchester City and Pep Guardiola as they faced Chelsea in the EFL Cup Final. A matter of weeks ago we saw City comfortably overcome their opponents...
The race for the Premier League title was almost over a few weeks ago when Manchester City lost to Newcastle. A few weeks later, everything looks different. Pep Guardiola's team are back on top, although they have played one game more than Liverpool. On Sunday, Liverpool hoped that the Citizens...
It's that phase of the season again when Chelsea’s predictable tactics have begun the five-time Premier League winners' slide out of the very upper reaches of the league table. Whether under the supervision of a defensively minded manager like Mourinho or an attack-minded one like Sarri, the Blues eventually get...
Manchester City hosts Chelsea on Sunday in a game equally important for both teams. On one side, the Citizens are need points to keep up with Liverpool in the title race. On the other, Chelsea desperately need a top-four spot so they can reserve their place in European competition. After a...
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...
In terms of attacking talent, few teams in world football can compare with Manchester City. Leroy Sané, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Agüero, and Gabriel Jesus can feature anywhere across the front line, while the mercurial pair of Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva drift in behind the front line, finding space...
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...
A new wave of young managers his coming and some have already gained experience in top clubs. These new managers can be split in two segments: young German managers like Julian Nagelsmann, Manuel Baum or Alexander Nouri who start their coaching journey early. And former top players who are often...
