After Man City’s important victory over Arsenal, coach Pep Guardiola had his share of how to prevent the Gunners from being able to reach their full potential.
While the whole football village is looking forward to exciting encounters in the UEFA Champions League, on the English field, an important match affecting the Premier League crown this season has just taken place.
Although Manchester City marched to Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, they played better than their opponents to win 3-1. The reasonable tactical changes of coach Pep Guardiola helped Citizens have a good game in the second half and then from a 1-1 draw, Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland scored 2 more goals, bringing this team to the throne . Top of the chart (Same score, better difference).
After the match, the former Barca captain was very excited about this victory. He also revealed his tactical thinking to help Man City overcome difficult obstacles in London:
“The second half we played better, we didn’t let them attack and press like in the first half.
I think the crux of the problem lies with Martin Odegaard. Neither Jorginho nor Xhaka were directly involved in dangerous situations. Meanwhile, Odegaard is different. See, Ruben Dias followed him the whole second half and they were clearly confused. So we had more control of the ball.
I think Haaland also played better in the last match. Arsenal’s midfield organization made us play longer balls and Haaland used his strength to concretize our overpasses.” – The Spaniard said . .
This season, Martin Odegaard is really an important player for Arsenal. 9 goals and 6 assists have partly demonstrated the influence of the 24-year-old attacking midfielder on the Gunners. However, being too dependent on one individual can really cost coach Mikel Arteta like the last match against Man City.
As for Pep Guardiola, he also affirmed that Odegaard, B. Saka and Martinelli are the three players who create fear for Arsenal this season. Perhaps that is why Pep’s great tactical brain helped him make the right personnel changes to prevent the most explosive nuclei on the Gunners side.
