August 28, 2025
Manchester City
The players of Den Haag and Manchester United were busy with their problems at the time. It was waiting for the champion to beat Manchester United in the final and win the double crown (the English championship and the winner of the FA Cup in the same season), but that did not happen, Guardiola’s City lost to Manchester United at Wembley, while Guardiola was convincingly late with the substitutions.
Then big problems started for City, and Guardiola’s cart went down the hill.
Guardiola lost that final (to Manchester United), Guardiola and not City.
United won the Cup and Den Hague stayed. The problems of the Reds remain with Ten Hag and City is entering a new era, the era of Pep Guardiola.
We return to today’s City, which was not only smashed twice in six months, but also tactically completely read and outplayed by Tottenham and manager Frank.
City’s decision to sell Brazilian striker Savinho to Tottenham in early August to make room for another star has been abruptly reversed. Probably because they saw that Rodrigo really stays and wants to stay at Real to fight for his position. Rodrygo also insists that he no longer plays on the right side at Real Madrid, where he was reassigned by Carlo Ancelotti, to play left wing or midfielder in a 4-4-2 system.
Savinho and the player they counted on as their player all last season, now feels uncomfortable and seems to be forcing his transfer to Tottenham.
Left-winger Doku may bring some changes when he is replaced by Grealish, but what kind of player is he and what does Doku bring to Manchester City?
Last season, City’s defender Josko Gvardiol fizzled so much that all City’s problems became visible and came to light. Why does Guardiola use him at central back? When he’s tall, sluggish and slow for perfect strikers in the Premier League who easily pass him and score easy goals.
Whereas when Guardiola plays on the left, he is able to close everything.
Why doesn’t the Dutchman Ake play left-central back, and why doesn’t Akanji play on CB position?
Why does John Stones play in the in tandem with Ruben Dias?
It is known that the central defender pair must played in every team, ie. to have two players who are standard on the left and right stopper.
Guardiola doesn’t know how to defend himself, and he chooses the worst.
Lewis was excellently promoted by Guardiola to the first team last season, he showed a new characteristic that he can make his player out of the academy, but if we look at the characteristics of Lewis, who is an extremely offensive defender, and the tendency to make mistakes in defense, we don’t need to think too much about why Guardiola produced him. It’s the same with full back Bob.
Then Ait Nouri was drafted for the Manchester City full back, who is ideal for his system of play.