Manchester City football club
Chelsea
this match
Manchester City football club
Lining up in 4141 at home, with RubenDias, Akanji, Ake, Walker at the back, Rodri at the back, DeBruyne, Álvarez in the center, Doku, Foden on the wings, and Haaland up front.
Chelsea
Instead, they played a 4231, with defenders Disasi, Colwill, Gusto, Chilwell, Caicedo, Enzo Fernández, attacking midfielder Gallagher, wings Palmer, Sterling, and striker Jackson.
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Manchester City football club
Utilizing a frontcourt that was already up to five men in the setup, and trying to press at first
Chelsea
But after the first half of the season, when the two teams were tied 4-4.
Chelsea
Yeah, I know.
Manchester City football club
The weakness of the defense is the ball behind the back, if the counterattack to play efficiently is able to break through the
Manchester City football club
The.
Chelsea
has been trying to fight back, and
Manchester City
The attack was quite dangerous, and in the 11th minute Álvarez's cross allowed Haaland to rush in front of the goal, which he slightly deflected otherwise it would have been a breakaway goal
no more than
Chelsea
The counterattacks were also becoming effective, and Jackson had excellent chances, but he was still trying to touch the ball before shooting, and it also looked like his footwork wasn't counting, and as a result, he missed very good scoring chances
Manchester City football club
Keeps getting the ball on offense, but really
Chelsea
It's very well guarded.
Manchester City football club
There was never a cross into the box for Haaland, Caicedo's defense was so tight that both Doku and DeBruyne were put down by him, and Gusto on the wing was linking up with Doku, that Haaland basically didn't have a chance with the ball, and
Chelsea
The occasional counterattacks that were played almost turned into one-timers, in fact
Chelsea
The chances are better.
Finally, in the 42nd minute.
Chelsea
On the counter-attack again, Jackson took the ball from the back to the front and passed it to the center, Sterling got a second one-touch chance, this time over the defender and into the back of the net.
Chelsea
outperform
Jackson always fails to kick in or even finish his shots when he gets that good one-touch chance in front of him, and he handles the ball poorly in more compressed space, but he can play on the wing, and Jackson's passing is extremely high when he's sprinting down the wing or even when there's more space, as this goal proves, and Jackson's passes are so much better than his shots!
At the start of the second half.
Manchester City football club
In an effort to chase down points on a full press, DeBruyne and Foden began to make a right-side switch allowing Foden to rush into the box, and Doku on the left broke all the way in.
Chelsea
's goal was close, but this time Disasi and Colwill didn't leave the goal empty anyway, which resulted in the
Manchester City football club
Many times he would make a run into the box, but would be cleared at the last minute.
Chelsea
Replaced Sterling for Nkunku on 64 minutes, allowing Nkunku to play on the left flank while the
Manchester City football club
For the offense, the backstop is getting bigger and bigger.
Chelsea
He was able to play after 65 minutes in the second half.
Manchester City football club
's counterattack, and had almost scored a second goal
Manchester City football club
In the 64th minute, Álvarez was replaced by B. Silva, to continue to strengthen the action in the penalty area. Since the beginning of the game, Haaland has always had the chance to break through the goal, but he has always topped the ball up high, especially in the second half to catch up with the score, Haaland had a header in front of the goal completely out of the open space, but he still topped the ball up high, obviously very anxious, he is a little slower to let the ball fall a few centimeters, he could directly into the goal, but he chose to immediately pick up the ball, with his height of 194 and then jumped up to top of the goal, of course, this position is already over the goal. If he had slowed down a little bit and let the ball fall a few centimeters, he could have scored directly into the goal, but he chose to pick it up right away, with his height of 194 and then jumped up to head the ball, of course, this position is already over the goal, the reason why Haaland didn't score in this game is because of the haste, otherwise, he has got a lot of good chances!
