utd played city on sunday . before i write about this game or anything else let me tell you some from india's great history . it is said that abhimanyu the son of arjuna of pandava's from mahabarta is that he learnt how to break into the ckravyuh ( formation) in his mother's womb . now what his this got to do with this match well the fact of the matter is that mouriniho just learnt one part of the game and that is how stop team's . he is what they call the defensive coach in the american football . he knows what teams should do when the other team has the ball and that is what is got to do with mouriniho . mouriniho is just one way coach and i think he just thinks about defense and what his team does when they have the ball . even though man city won but i still think that gaurdiola's team wasnt that impressive as well . first and foremost he has studied chess and talked with them about tactics and when you talk with such sharp minds about tactics i think he needs to show some of that on the field . even though his team won it wasnt that convincing for me . they were going to win no doubt about that but the trouble is they should had just outclassed man utd which i think they didnt . when man utd were good they had such fear in opponents minds that the opponents knew that they can score at will and that is why they won a lot . gaurdiola's team is still not doing that . they still are not playing the same level as i want them to be . 
the game started with man city and utd playing the same formation . i dont have any issues in any team trying to defend deep and sit back and play on the counter attack because the coach decides what is best for the team with the players on hand . the issue is not about sitting about sitting back and hitting on the but its about when you have the ball and what you do when you have it . you need to show the quality when you have the ball . fine if its on the counter attack . the understanding of any manager about the game gets endorsed by the offense his team plays . man utd when going forward just didnt had the clue as to what they want to do with the ball and this is a clear indication that mouriniho doesnt understands offensive side of the game . while i see gaurdiola constantly tipping his players on what to do when they have the ball and what need to do . i never saw mouriniho tell his players on what to do when they had the ball . it happened all throughout the match and mouriniho just didnt had the clue as to what his team is doing with the ball .
i would like to give an example on 37th minute rashford was released behind the left backs space by herrera . rashford had lindgard and martial in support . while rashford went for the ball . lindgard and martial went inside the box with the expectation that the ball will be crossed and they should try to get at the end of it . while rashford was mobbed by two players and led to eventually ball played out and loss of possession . now this is stupidity . the player should had studied about the space that was between rashford and the middle . even there was a space between the defensive players and it should had been exploited . team works for space they try to create and thats what team try to do . here there was space and they just couldnt exploit it . ( see the pics for that . ) either one of the player should had gone with rashford and help move the ball inside while one should had gone inside the box to keep the threat of cross alive . its shows the lack of knowledge about the offensive of the part on the part of mouriniho . his players were caught on the ball because they seem to be fixated on passing the ball to a certain which you cannot be in the football game . you need to read the play and do what is necessary . utd dont have a single player who can put his foot on the pedal and control it . they are just playing like individuals and not as a team .
the second thing is that mouriniho prepared his team with the expectation that city will press them and if the ball is moved fast enough then he can catch them on the counter and out of shape . which is what he did at real madrid in the title winning season . gaurdiola has learnt from that . in the second season he clearly struggled because instead of trying to press him teams were sitting back and inviting madrid to open them up . mouriniho always knew just one way forward and he just couldnt make adjustments . the adjustments that man city or gaurdiola made to the city team was that they pressed but never hard pressed . they only pressed the player with the possession of the ball . they played deep or dropped deep maintained their shape while just doing enough pressing to keep man utd on their toes . when the opposition is not doing what you expect him to do then you need to make adjustments and clearly mouriniho wasnt able to do that . this was another failure on the part of mouriniho .
let me tell you defense is a maze or puzzle which the opposition needs to solve . gaurdiola has talked with the grandmaster so they must have imparted some very good knowledge with him . man utd defensive formation was like a sitting duck formation . city has so many good players that if they move the ball properly then they can rip open utd on every move . this was seen on the third goal but in the middle of the they just didnt do enough for me . they just didnt showed their quality on the ball . i expect more from gaurdiola and this performance was not enough for me .
the game started with man city and utd playing the same formation . i dont have any issues in any team trying to defend deep and sit back and play on the counter attack because the coach decides what is best for the team with the players on hand . the issue is not about sitting about sitting back and hitting on the but its about when you have the ball and what you do when you have it . you need to show the quality when you have the ball . fine if its on the counter attack . the understanding of any manager about the game gets endorsed by the offense his team plays . man utd when going forward just didnt had the clue as to what they want to do with the ball and this is a clear indication that mouriniho doesnt understands offensive side of the game . while i see gaurdiola constantly tipping his players on what to do when they have the ball and what need to do . i never saw mouriniho tell his players on what to do when they had the ball . it happened all throughout the match and mouriniho just didnt had the clue as to what his team is doing with the ball .
i would like to give an example on 37th minute rashford was released behind the left backs space by herrera . rashford had lindgard and martial in support . while rashford went for the ball . lindgard and martial went inside the box with the expectation that the ball will be crossed and they should try to get at the end of it . while rashford was mobbed by two players and led to eventually ball played out and loss of possession . now this is stupidity . the player should had studied about the space that was between rashford and the middle . even there was a space between the defensive players and it should had been exploited . team works for space they try to create and thats what team try to do . here there was space and they just couldnt exploit it . ( see the pics for that . ) either one of the player should had gone with rashford and help move the ball inside while one should had gone inside the box to keep the threat of cross alive . its shows the lack of knowledge about the offensive of the part on the part of mouriniho . his players were caught on the ball because they seem to be fixated on passing the ball to a certain which you cannot be in the football game . you need to read the play and do what is necessary . utd dont have a single player who can put his foot on the pedal and control it . they are just playing like individuals and not as a team .
the second thing is that mouriniho prepared his team with the expectation that city will press them and if the ball is moved fast enough then he can catch them on the counter and out of shape . which is what he did at real madrid in the title winning season . gaurdiola has learnt from that . in the second season he clearly struggled because instead of trying to press him teams were sitting back and inviting madrid to open them up . mouriniho always knew just one way forward and he just couldnt make adjustments . the adjustments that man city or gaurdiola made to the city team was that they pressed but never hard pressed . they only pressed the player with the possession of the ball . they played deep or dropped deep maintained their shape while just doing enough pressing to keep man utd on their toes . when the opposition is not doing what you expect him to do then you need to make adjustments and clearly mouriniho wasnt able to do that . this was another failure on the part of mouriniho .
let me tell you defense is a maze or puzzle which the opposition needs to solve . gaurdiola has talked with the grandmaster so they must have imparted some very good knowledge with him . man utd defensive formation was like a sitting duck formation . city has so many good players that if they move the ball properly then they can rip open utd on every move . this was seen on the third goal but in the middle of the they just didnt do enough for me . they just didnt showed their quality on the ball . i expect more from gaurdiola and this performance was not enough for me .
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