Man City vs Man United

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Premier League 2021/22: Man City vs Man United - tactical analysis (totalfootballanalysis.com)

This tactical analysis features the tactics of Man City and Man United. You will understand how Man City set their tactics against Man United in this ...

The struggles of United was an extremely complex issue, and they will not be solved in one game, or one season – let’s see what they could achieve with Rangnick under the current condition this season. The City left-back was on time to clear the danger before United pose real threats to Ederson. United always wanted to hit the ball into that channel but the execution was mostly disappointing. Of course, Tottenham and United were different teams, the setup would not look 100% the same, but there were similar structures as Rangnick targeted the same part of the rest defence to attack. Then, the second player, Pogba, attacked the same gap as Son did and even though he was not as quick as the Korean winger, what determined his availability to receive was the timing of movement. In the second half, despite the initial way of counter-attacking did not work, United might still be able to exploit the rest defence structure of City. For a couple of times, when Cancelo was high, the gap between Laporte and him was too big in transitions. Rodri could not counter-press Fred instantly because the first action of United brought him to Elanga, so Fred remained free. Lately, when City have the ball, the rest defence structure consisted of mainly a 3-1 shape, the right-back was more playing infield as the third centre-back and the left-back was a bit higher to attack in the wide spaces. When Kane dropped, City centre-backs had difficulties in the forechecking because the angle of receive and timing of movement could avoid this action, so Pep Guardiola’s men could not win the ball back in the first action. Note that Son’s run is always through the gap between Walker and Dias, that could be a big threat when Dias oriented himself towards the striker, so that gap was stretched. In game 26 which City lost to Tottenham, the guests had a great counter-attacking scheme to create chances in transitions – City were unable to find a solution throughout the game. Both centre-backs, Rúben Dias and Nathan Aké could not play, so John Stones and Aymeric Laporte partnered in the defence, with João Cancelo and Kyle Walker as the full-backs.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Left UK Instead Of Attending Man City Vs Man ... (Sports Illustrated)

Cristiano Ronaldo was not at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday to watch his Manchester United teammates lose 4-1 to rivals Man City.

According to The Athletic, Ronaldo was not even in England when Sunday's Manchester derby kicked off. The 37-year-old is said to have flown to Portugal after reporting his injury to the club. But why was Ronaldo not at the match to offer support?

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Manchester United's drop off in running stats in the derby defeat at ... (Sky Sports)

Manchester United conceded twice in the final 25 minutes in 4-1 derby defeat at Manchester City. Gary Neville and Roy Keane were critical of the attitude of ...

"That's the problem at Manchester United, where it looks like they need a big overhaul. They were a disgrace in the last 25 minutes." "There's been a lot of leaks coming out from the dressing room about players not being happy about Harry Maguire, for instance. "There's just really bad signs, as Roy Keane and Gary Neville were very strong on, about the attitude of the players. "They threw the towel in which is shameful," Keane added. "They are walking around the pitch.

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Edinson Cavani shares injury update after surprise Manchester ... (Manchester Evening News)

Edinson Cavani was unavailable for Man United for the weekend's Manchester derby and he's now shared an update.

This is a fact. If players tell the doctor and the medical department they are injured and cannot play I have to accept it," he said. Cavani has now missed the last six games with a groin problem.

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Man Utd shambles dwarfs Man City perfection, and would you look at Arsenal in the Premier League table! The Warm-Up (Eurosport.com)

Manchester City strengthened their prospects of winning a second straight Premier League but the manner of the 4-1 win meant inevitably it was Manchester United's shortcomings that were thrust into the spotlight, particularly with Gary Neville on ...

The Wayne Rooney as a Manager appreciation group grows by the day, and so credit to his 22nd-placed-in-the-Championship Derby County players for a move that easily goes down as one of the goals of the weekend – finished, with aplomb as is often said, by Ravel Morrison. Delicious. The head coach has spoken against it, the club were critical too. Perhaps the away-day culture and four-hour drive or five-hour public transport 240-mile slog from Chelsea to Turf Moor goes some way towards explaining why, but there can be no excuse for some of Chelsea's supportersopting to chant Roman Abramovich's nameduring a minute's applause for Ukraine. It's the moment to show respect. Now, four straight wins by a one-goal margin, proving they could just have the mettle to see this out and lay down the foundations for an even stronger, Champions League-filled, campaign next year. They gave up, and shame on them."

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Harry Maguire breaks silence on Man Utd's derby humiliation by ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Harry Maguire confessed he and his Manchester United teammates are "devastated" as he delivered a frank verdict on a humbling Premier League loss at ...

"It enabled them to control the game through possession and it made it difficult for ourselves to get up the pitch, and obviously they did what they do in terms of keeping the ball and they did that well in the second half. Have your say in the comments... "But the difference was, when we won the ball back off them in the first half, we were clean, we were good in transitions, we got on the counter-attack, we punished them a lot of times with finding good balls out wide and we kept the ball in their half.

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