Chapter 414 The old, weak, sick and disabled in Manchester City!
Chapter 414 Manchester City’s old, weak, sick and disabled!
Author: Thief Cao
Chapter 414 Manchester City’s old, weak, sick and disabled!
After the game, although Manchester City tied with Chelsea at the last minute, fans from both sides said it was a wonderful game.
But the media still failed to let go of Manchester City and Guardiola.
It's still a commonplace problem. Manchester City's state is ups and downs, and hidden dangers in the back line still exist.
"Kicker" even claimed in the report that Manchester City's score today did not depend on the team's ability, but on Chu Zheng's personal ability.
Some other authoritative football media in Europe also agree with the views of "Kicker".
Because this is a fact.
After Chelsea switched to a defensive counterattack in the second half, those two goals fully exposed how weak Manchester City's defense was.
It's just that Guardiola, a master tactician, is very good at covering up problems. He used Manchester City's powerful offensive to cover up this fragile defense.
But once it is directly attacked by a strong enemy, Manchester City's back line of defense will be exposed for what it is.
The "Daily Mail" ignored Manchester City's performance and directly attacked Guardiola, criticizing Guardiola for always approaching strong-power dialogue with an experimental attitude and sorry for the unconditional support of Manchester City's top management.
For example, in today's match against Chelsea, Guardiola deployed an unprecedented new formation of three central defenders. This kind of change of formation before the game is a gamble at best, and child's play at worst.
And how could the "Manchester Evening News", the media mouthpiece of Manchester United, miss this rare opportunity to attack Manchester City.
The "Manchester Evening News" directly sent a long report to Manchester City and Guardiola.
According to reports, Manchester City players from the frontcourt to the backcourt suffered. Aguero and De Bruyne, who missed consecutive opportunities, as well as Fernandinho, Kolarov and others who made small mistakes in the game, all suffered.
He was pulled out and publicly executed.
Although the "Manchester Evening News" report used extremely harsh words, which made Manchester City fans very unhappy.
But Manchester City fans have to admit that what they said is also true.
Aguero was indeed out of form in the frontcourt and had no ability to score goals. De Bruyne did waste the opportunity to kill the game.
But compared with several players on the back line, this is still within the forgivable range.
After all, Aguero's recent state has been ups and downs, and it is normal for him to be a ghost every time. De Bruyne is not a shooter himself, he is better at assists, so he can be forgiven for missing opportunities and goals.
But Otamendi, Stones, and Kolarov on the back line made it difficult for Manchester City fans to forgive.
Today, these three players obviously lacked concentration.
Not long after the game started, Kolarov committed an old habit and made successive clearance errors in the backcourt, making the team's goal jittery and filled with murderous intent.
Later, Manchester City gradually took the initiative, and this murderous intention was covered up by Manchester City's powerful offensive.
However, after Chelsea switched to defensive counterattack in the second half, no matter Kolarov, Otamendi or Stones, they were helpless against Chelsea's quick counterattack.
A few simple passes from Hazard, Costa, and Willian can tear apart their seemingly strong and expensive defense.
Although Guardiola's three central defenders are responsible for this, it is difficult to cover up the weakness of Otamendi, Stones and Kolarov's lack of speed in chasing back.
Especially for Kolarov, Manchester City fans have almost had enough.
In the eyes of Manchester City fans, the problem of unstable defense has been revealed since the beginning of the season. Among the defensive players that Guardiola has been relying on, except for Otamendi, who is relatively stable, the remaining few are relatively stable.
Manchester City fans are already old, weak and sick.
‘Old’, representative figure Kolarov.
Kolarov, who was transformed by Guardiola this season, did shine brightly from the beginning, but unfortunately it was just an illusion.
Once Kolarov plays as a central defender, and this full-back, who is not known for his speed, moves to the central defender position, his shortcomings will be infinitely magnified and become a fatal weakness of the team.
Now as he grows older, although his skills in handling the ball at his feet are excellent, Kolarov's speed is getting slower and slower, and he can no longer meet the team's speed requirements in the game.
In this game, as soon as Willian replaced Pedro, Kolarov's true colors were revealed under Willian's speed. He was eaten alive by Willian many times with his speed, which was simply terrible.
Putting Kolarov aside, and looking at Zabaleta and Sagna, full-backs who are also over 30 years old, perhaps the situation of Manchester City's defense will get worse and worse in the future.
The second is "weak", and the representative figure is none other than Bravo.
Guardiola brought in Bravo because he admired the Chilean goalkeeper's skills at his feet. For this reason, Guardiola even exiled Joe Hart.
However, Bravo's performance was viewed by many as betraying Guardiola's respect and trust in him.
From the beginning of the season to the present, Bravo has not been able to single-handedly save the team in a single game.
Manchester City fans have not been impressed by Bravo's save performance in front of the goal.
Instead, scenes such as mistakes in attacks, playing with fire in the penalty area and almost self-immolation, and being sent off for a red card foul remain in the minds of Manchester City fans.
There was nothing we could do against Chelsea's fierce counterattack today. Bravo's weakness made countless Manchester City fans miss Joe Hart, who had left the Apennines.
Next up is ‘Sickness’, and it’s none other than Stones.
This disease does not refer to a physical illness or injury, but to a disease in Stones' brain.
With the aura of being the "most expensive centre-back", he is regarded as the future hope of Manchester City and the England national team. He came to Manchester City this season.
Guardiola liked him because Stones has good foot skills and can handle the ball calmly in the penalty area.
However, Stones slapped Guardiola hard in the mouth with his sick performance.
From the beginning of the season to the present, Manchester City fans have lost count of how many times Stones repeatedly suffered from axis problems because he believed too much in his skills with his feet, and ultimately failed to control the ball and was humiliated.
Such performance undoubtedly regrets his high transfer price and Guardiola's trust in him.
The last one is ‘disabled’, the representative figure is Manchester City captain Kompany.
Their old captain has either been recuperating from an injury or on his way to recuperate in the past two years.
Every time he returns from injury, fans look forward to it, but in the blink of an eye Kompany goes to the hospital again, which is really speechless.
But no matter what, Kompany's strength is indeed the top in the Premier League.
Guardiola has mentioned in interviews with the media many times that a healthy Kompany is crucial to the team.
Unfortunately, since the beginning of the season, Guardiola has been able to put Kompany into the starting lineup only a handful of times, only four times.
Guardiola is also troubled here.
Driving back downstairs, Guardiola lowered the window, lit a cigar and smoked, and did not get out of the car for a long time.
Today's game made Guardiola realize that the team's defensive problems have become increasingly serious.
At the beginning of the season, he loaned out Mangala, who was known as a colander last season, but so far the performance of Kolarov and others has disappointed him.
If he cannot buy a high-quality central defender in the winter transfer window next January, then he may need to recall Mangala.
Although he doesn't want to, if the worst happens, he will have to do it.
If Manchester City does not want to be left empty-handed this season, then they must take action in this winter transfer window. Reinforcing the defense is his top priority next.
