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A Reflection on Brighton’s Daring Performance at the Etihad in Late August
One of my favourite matches this season was Manchester City’s 4-0 win over Brighton from early September, where the home side scored their first in the 2nd minute, and the match itself was...
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Manchester City’s Positional Play Gives Stability and Superiority over...
The first half of Brighton against Manchester City was a great example of how City’s positional play adapts to create stability as well as positional superiority against their opponents. This analysis...
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Southampton Claim Late Draw in Dominant Pressing Performance
Solskjaer’s in-form Manchester United hosted a similarly buoyant Southampton side at Old Trafford on Monday evening. With the hosts locked in a battle with Chelsea and Leicester for the final...
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Rewinding the Season with Norwich City
The Canaries entered the 2019/20 Premier League season with an abundance of hope, fresh from finishing their promotion campaign in the Championship on top of the pile with a notable 94 points, 5 clear...
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Retro Analysis? Pochettino’s Tottenham Adopt Asymmetrical Approach Against...
Revisiting the theme of analysing matches from previous seasons but not too long ago to be called a ‘retro analysis’, I planned on analysing Chelsea’s first match against Manchester City in the season...
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Arsenal Dominated by Bielsa’s Leeds before Arteta Changes Turn Game
This FA Cup third-round tie was truly a game of two halves where Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal matched-up against Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds. The game was won in the second half after Arsenal improved...
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Analysing Manchester City’s attack: structural considerations and variations
Manchester City were the most potent attacking force, in Europe’s major five leagues, during the 2019/20 season. They ranked first for expected goals (xG), shots taken and goals scored compared to the...
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Following on from the first of this two part series where the predominant offensive structures Manchester City used were outlined, this part will examine the methods used to create chances within the...
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Foxes outwit Wolves
Two teams seeking to disrupt the status-quo of the ‘big six’ in the Premier League met on Sunday afternoon at the King Power Stadium. Both sides have seemingly aimed to control more possession this...
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Analysing Manchester United’s Stuttering Start
Manchester United have suffered a turbulent start to the 2020-21 season, despite surprising victories against PSG & RB Leipzig that leave them on the verge of qualification from a challenging...
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How to Win Without Extra-Ordinary Tactics
With only two wins in their last five, Liverpool’s recent form has seen them slip so far down the top of the table that both Chelsea and West Ham started the day with only one point behind their...
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Leicester’s 4-2-3-1 under Brendan Rodgers
Leicester City have made constant progress since the arrival of Brendan Rodgers in February 2019, from securing Leicester’s position in the top six in his first full season to now contesting for the...
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Analysing Arsenal v Tottenham: Balancing attacking movements for Ødegaard
With Tottenham unbeaten in the last six games in all competitions against their North London rivals, Mikel Arteta came into the match on Sunday having to show how exactly he has improved Arsenal in...
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Chelsea Struggle to Opening Win over Brighton
After one whole year of ‘commitment’ to ‘project youth’, Frank Lampard signed off on approximately £200,000,000 of footballers to revamp his side’s core. How he plans on moulding these players into a...
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Guardiola’s Flawless Tactics Stops Arsenal once again
Arsenal have had a terrible time against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side in the Premier League. Since Pep took charge of the Citizens, the Gunners have failed to beat them in the league, while...
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Chelsea v Manchester United spelled out tight tussle for Tuchel
Chelsea set up in their usual 3–4–2–1 but with a range of changes in personnel, after a rotated side drew 1–1 away at Southampton and a game midweek against Atletico Madrid. Despite their European...
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How Guardiola & 3-2-2-3 (ultimately) solved the defending meta
Guardiola’s image in the football world is complex to describe. While polarizing, everyone seems at least to agree that he is an unique innovator. Funnily enough, he is polarizing exactly because of...
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Arteta’s Arsenal Rebuild
Arsenal are in the midst of a rebuild, and since Mikel Arteta’s appointment in December 2019 a transformation of the Gunners playing style has taken place. Perhaps influenced by his shadowing of Pep...
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Amorim at ManU | Part 1: The Game with the Ball
The crisis at Manchester United keeps recurring. We take a closer look at the early weeks of Ruben Amorim’s tenure. In the first part of this analysis, we examine the development with the ball,...
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Pressing Impossible: Amorim Loses to Hürzeler – MH
Rúben Amorim’s Manchester United faced Hürzeler’s Brighton on Matchday 22. While Manchester United focused on creating a pressing system that was as difficult as possible to bypass, Brighton once...
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