Tactical Analysis : Manchester City 1-1 Liverpool | Pep and Klopp's Tactical Battle |
2023 ж. 24 Қар.
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Am I the only one who believes Bernado Silva is the best player in the league??
No especially with KDB out he's a strong contender for that title
Yes you are the only one If you think Bernardo is.
He is pretty underrated, but I don't know if he's better than Rodri, Salah,or Haaland
It's only you.
Love how you think you're edgy 😂
When Rodri was losing fitness, Klopp introduced Gravenberch, a fast-paced & outstanding technique player. That was smart in game management, and maybe a point missed in this analysis.
Yea and I think he beet Rodri in his run to setup taa’s goal.
Losing fitness ☠️ bruh this ain’t FIFA
He really won us the point
@@evandavis5426players get tired no?
You know ball.
I don't think Matip gets the praise he deserves. He is quite a good dribbler especially when he drives the ball forward. City had the edge to finish this liverpool had a few breaks on the counter but came to nothing I'll take a point anyday ❤️🤝💙
I agree.
He was reason haaland scored
@@JR-Weh I mean Alisson kind of gave the ball away in the first place
@@JR-Weh and defended better the rest of the game
@@JR-WehI would instead point the finger to Trent or Szoboszlai, because they're the ones that allowed Ake to get past them to easily
Don’t think Doku necessarily “cooked” Trent like most people are making it out to be. Most of the time he got past Trent he wasn’t really dangerous in anyway because he was shown to the byline or on the outside which forced him to cross the ball on his left foot(which you touched on) which I think Trent really did a good job on. And most of the time even Trent recovered when doku got past him. Me personally I think the game plan for doku was for Trent to just show him to the outside and not let him come inside which he didn’t come inside sometimes but wasn’t really threatening because he didn’t take no shots which baffled me a bit(that’s one thing he can improve on in his game). In general I think Trent did pretty well.
Define cook pls? He had Trent on toast and could go in direction he wanted. His poor end product let him down and not this stuff you saying.
doku is what his name implies, a dokukuku bird. pep should have brought grealish on instead of of keeping this dokukukukuku bird
@@aderantijoseph2181 well what’s the point of “cooking” when you don’t do nothing in the end?
@@Darth-TBAGGrealish was there for 2 yrs and has worse stats than Jadon sancho. He is not good. A homeless mans Nasri. A Brentford caliber player.
@@erikpuka2627 😭😭😭stop cooking him lol. I really hope pep don’t turn doku into a grealish type player in the future man.
Klopp was the better coach for 15 minutes... and that's all he needed.
Goals change games, with 2-0 up i don't think City could've lost the 2 pts.
@@abdallaharafat88 if my grandma had a wheel she would’ve been a bike
Acting like klopp made city players underperform their xg and Liverpool players over performed their xg
klopp made subs while pep didnt. for that I'd give Pep a 6 and klopp a 7
@@chris.48 Ok
On any other day Alisson would have not given away the ball and Salah would have been through. I think south americans after international break have some timing and climate issues. Man city were also not at there best. Overall a entertaining game of football♥️⚽
Alisson when pressure is put on him he can't pass for 💩
@@uzairjhd9685 just like ederson in the fa cup right,💩head?
The same allison who passed from debryune freekick to salah winner last season and important clearance from haaland which led to the trent goal is weak under pressure eh😂😂
If liverpool were to convert their counters , they wouldve scored more
Didn't get to that
@@omalone1169 we made so much poor decisions in the final third. Passing when we should be shooting and shooting when we should be passing. We cut them on the counter so many times but it all went to nothing
If city scored the chances they got they would’ve won, they had by far more xg
@@chris.48Salahs faukt
But two of the biggest chances (chances with very high EG came from Alisson's mistakes. Liverpool looked tired and not up for the game. Rodri, Akanji and Haaland looked way sharper than any of the liverpool player.
I think pep was making advantage of of Trent weakness in defending by creating overload against him with Silva and doku. Trent was fine defending both Silva and doku in first 10mins but his attacking movements and inverting into the midfield help doku to create several problems for Liverpool.
But Doku can't pass or shoot the ball accurately, which is why all his attacks on this match went nowhere. His speed and dribbling are good, but that's it
Spot on, and I'm a city fan, grealish if he wasnt ill would be the better fit for this match @@FeliX-TobiYahs-C
In this type of matches grealish is required in the wing for control. Doku should start on the other matches but for these matches, I think grealish requires game time. He is perfectly suited for guardiola's tactics.
@nituchatterjee6572 i fully agree, he's great for weaker defenses. Like sunday when they face tottenham.. Sadly Capt. Jack was sick and had to miss this (liverpool) game, so they had no choice but play Doku (he did okay not great but the bare minimum) what i dont get was Pep refusing to sub anyone..
@@FeliX-TobiYahs-C Your point is correct. For example :- when rodri was losing his fitness, klopp introduced gravenberch( pacy and strong midfielder). Pep should have substituted rodri and matheus nunes(or Rico lewis) for that pivot role.
City constantly got space in midfield whenever the ball gets to Doku, Liverpool had to double up on him with a midfielder or salah joining and that left space for Rodri Akanji and Bernardo Silva consistently. In short it was a very interesting game of football to watch
I thought the opposite was happening - Liverpool were letting Doku have the ball in transition over Silva and Foden etc. until they got back into their block as he’s less of a threat.
It was City’s game plan to get the ball to Doku, he was their main man in the attacking line they want to get him in 1v1 situations with Trent as often as possible and it was very obvious as over 40% of their attack came from the left hand channel. Doku could have scored and he could have gotten himself an assist as well few seconds before Liverpool scored. Doku was the biggest threat just like Grealish was the biggest threat last season at Ethiad and Liverpool suffered a 4-1 defeat
@@Fon_pod I think Silva was their biggest threat, Doku was always just the free man and easy pass because Liverpool wanted to funnel city wide instead of central in transition.
Great analysis as always... the reason this system has been so effective since Pep introduced it last season is largely due to one man : Bernardo Silva. This guy's just unbelievable. If the opposition's winger looks to press City's outer CB when City have the ball, Bernardo drops into this "pseudo-left back" role, to allow for an overload on that side of the pitch during City's build up. Also, during the attack when City's left winger is 1v1 with the opposition's right full back, he's always available to make the underlapping run that we've seen so many times over the years. Add to that the fact that he doesn't stop running all game and you have a player whose value goes far beyond just goal and assist contributions... praises will go to the Haalands and the De Bruynes of this world, but Silva's importance cant be overstated 👏🏽
I think Doku dribbled so many times because he was allowed to. They were always going to try to go from the left, but Doku in the end was always shepherded in very obvious directions by Trent, allowing Matip or Alisson to cover. The fact he had an xG of 0.08 showed Liverpool contained him well as a whole.
shame it was a 12:30 post international, lots of sluggish performances at the start of both halves.
Also felt Liverpool were happy to let Doku have the ball wide instead of Foden or Silva.
@@NewscorpPhoneHackingDepartmentwhy do you believe that? I thought Doku was MOTM (City site agreed) but I don't think BBC even rated him highest on City team
@@omalone1169 don’t think Liverpool rated him technically. They were happy to leave him open in a way they never were with Silva even when they were on the same side. Let him cut inside all the time too and have him loads of space to make him keep the ball.
@@NewscorpPhoneHackingDepartment but I don't understand. Most I saw Foden do was take that shot. How could he have been more dangerous then Foden or Silva who spent most the time defensively
This was one of the best matches and the top 2 teams drew. They were equal
City were by far the better side
It got a little boring NGL, especially in the second half
@@dddffr4392yeah definitely the better side because they have a superior squad and playing at the Etihad. But not by far come on😂
@@dddffr4392by far? Did you watch the match? Liverpool were the more dangerous side. City knew Liverpool were no joke
@@bryan1377 city had over double Liverpool’s xg, more possession, more shots/shots on target Liverpool just countered for most of the game and city also had a controversial goal disallowed (but obviously nobody will talk about it because it’s city as city apparently pay the refs)
Have it up already! Keep up the good work
Klopp is the best coach in the universe. You don't even need to be good to play for him
I agree 👍 2 examples being Jordan Henderson and James Milner
The game looked like what you would expect from a 12:30 after international break, that hurt both team especially liverpool.
One of the best duels in the world, and fortunately they know it. Ultimate competitive and respectful!
Nice analysis - it would nice to have some recommendations about how to counter the tactics you've identified.
I wish Gravenberch and diaz started, diaz always inspires something in Nunez and Gravenberch is comfortable running at the midfield
I think Klopp has less confidence that Gravenberch will do his defensive work consistently than other options. Against City, when Klopp is expecting to have lesser possession, that is an important issue.
Will always baffle me why klopp didnt start both gravenberch and diaz. It was so evident in the 2nd half for that 15mins when gravenberch was on and started taking the game to city, city showed cracks and difficulty in coping
I don't understand him benching Diaz as well, but the Gravenberch benching is understandable. Pre-red card, Jones was playing like an animal. But after this game, I think those two are going to start the next 3-4 games, Jones is out of it, and Jota has role clashes with Nunez
TAA needs to be moved to midfield and desperately need to find Stable RB if Klopp wants to win the title. Apart from that, things have begun to glue now. Thanks.
trent hasnt got the iq to be a world class midfielder, he struggles a lot under pressure and isnt very consistent tracking runners, its ovbious hes the best passer in the team and one of the best in the league and can. score goals but thats not all that a midfielder is
We won the prem with him as a RB……….
szoboslai, gravenberch, macallister/endo, who gets dropepd/swap position with taa
He is a good WB/RM, if he plays in 5-3-2 he would be perfect.
@@ellis0896 and lost the UEFA CL final as well as last year's round of 16 was it? due to his lack of defending against Vini. World class going forward, poor defensively. I think he would excel in the CDM position. Could be wrong though. Liverpool do need a Kyle Walker type of RB though.
Amazing video
How klopp replaced fabinho with mac allister with good effect still baffles me
I mean it’s working but it won’t always work and we need a 6
With good effect? Are you serious?
I think mac allister is not a good number 6 and it was pretty evident in the game. He can be decent against weaker teams but against a team like city he was really struggling. His best position is as a number 8 because he's then he can actually take on players, score and assist.
@@ssaad550 I disagree he was doing especially well this game, he was tenacious for a guy who's meant to be jet lagged. His distributions up the pitch was very fast and precise. I have seen worse from him against weaker teams
@@marko9463 I'm a liverpool fan and I've seen fabinho play in that same role and with macca I don't think we have the same fluidity. Besides playing him at no.6 we're actually under utilising him cause he's more dangerous when he's attacking.
Matip was so good in this match 👏
An incredible game
The trademark long ball to Darwin failed today.. it was there for the taking 2-3 times and the pases weren’t accurate..
Chance missed by City . They could have done with Kevin de Bruyne today for sure . Great result for Liverpool
KDB can menace any defensive system with one lethal pass
True with kdb the match would've been much different. But then I'd also say that if we had over 1 billion to buy players we'd be winning trebles year in year out.
@@ssaad550 where tf did you get that from u can't compete against Guardiola even if you outspend him
@@mebarkiimad4575 where did I get that from? From the fact that you spent nearly triple the amount that we have spent since pep joined and yet we have beaten you as many times as you have beaten us. If you think otherwise, you're the one who has to explain where tf you got that from???
@@ssaad550 ok so what ! Who put out there a champion performance and how many leagues u won in our presence regarding you had a lethal attacking trio firmino,salah and mane
In the liverpool mid, szoboszlai was the only one doing the job. Macallister was very passive. City on the other hand failed to take their chances.
Liverpool would have won the match had it been played on Sunday.
I think Man City feared a repeat of the last 1-0 lost to Liverpool. That's why despite them having the possession, they didn't want to overload the second and last line. Rodri and Akanji spend most of their time in their half then pinning Liverpool into their box.
Im fans Liverpool ama very favorite tactics city respect from albania
take on stats for doku are just completely flawed many stat sites have weird criteria for a successful dribble, only eye test shows the real number which was at most 3-4
Nice
Good analysis and confirmed the eye test too. I'd say your scores were too far apart. I'd bump Klopp to a 7. I don't think Klopps objective is the win the match. His objective is to compete and learn more about Peps current tactics.
So Klopp got out of the game exactly what he wanted. The win was not necessary. A statement of intent was. A slight improvement could see LFC taking 4 points from the City fixtures if we win at Anfield.
@@clivewedderburn7601you lack football knowledge, keep shut fool😂
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Interesting game, You can kinda feel manchester being more complete but still cool liverpool can draw, If they were more lethal in the final third they'd be closer to MC. MC have all that lethality, more versatility and even with akanji over stones their build-up was less reliant on context specific countermeasures & still more efficent. Granted it drew because they just couldn't quite convert a 2nd goal before liverpool got lucky. if they nailed in the 2nd I bet it woulda been 2-0, but that defense line-up scary af. Competing with MCC RN alone is an incredible accomplishment, they should be proud, pep shouldn't have much to say despite the fact he kinda took the L.
OK 👍👍👌👌 Halland make much diference
Doku and pray Vs Salah and pray
I think you missed most of what liverpool did...great vid though
Bernado Silva
Ederson is miles better with his feet than Alisson
Eh. Liverpool fan but having a hard time seeing anything other than another City title
great analysis but im pretty sure city would have won with kdb on the field alvarez just wasnt providing the decisiveness and creativity that kdb does when he plays this fixture
LFC would have won with Thiago on the pitch as well. LFC didnt have stability needed from a No. 6
I am a united fan - but the fact that Klopp does all this with moderate budget and “legally” without breaking rules - makes him way better than Pep
Cry 😂
1) Only the day Man City is convicted can that argument work. 2) The charges range from 2008-2018. Pep only has 1 of this 5 trophies in that period. 3) Liverpool's scouts make up for the "disadvantage" they have in the transfer market. Here is what I mean. Firstly, Liverpool by no means are a low spending team. They just have a relatively lower numbers. But the thing is, unlike the other Big 6, they do not often need to break the bank to get superstars. The likes of Salah, Mane, and especially Robertson were signed for relatively cheap prices but all reached incredible heights. Even though Klopp deserves some credit, it's by far their intelligent scouts who deserve the majority of the praise. Even though there some such names in Man City as well, namely Alvarez, Akanji, Zinchenko, Jesus and Gundogan, many other players were signed for above average prices.
Duko was really good but needs improvement in taking final decision and how to shoot the ball, Akanji and Ake was really good, but Foden as right winger was really poorI don't think he can play as a right winger, Alvarez was really poor in both attacking and defending, and the issue with the city in defending is the massive gab the leave right in front the back four always, they always struggle to defend
People saying doku cooked Trent is a myth. Yes he did get him some times but most of the times Trent just showed him wide which really meant Doku couldn’t really do nothing. And even when he cut in he didn’t shoot which I found quite shocking
@@chris.48 Duko needs improvement no doubt about that
@@ahmedcbdicalicali1207 and I think he will. He’s still very young but I find it funny when people say he’s better than vini. The o my tbing he’s probably got on vini is the explosiveness and quick acceleration but they’re both pretty fast players anyways
@@chris.48 no way who says that, Vini is way better than Duko
@@ahmedcbdicalicali1207 some city fans and rival fans on twitter
Dokus main problem is his end product and stubbornness of not finding Haaland.
Person error.
As a city fan, that absolutely felt like a loss
❤
We go again 10/03/24
@datanash8200 is that you?!
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Although it's only a draw city should win this game.
They could not
you should go win it for them , dimwit
Why didn't Klopp start with Endo, a specialist No.6 with Macallister on his right and Szobozlai left. Why is he persisting with using Macallister there when he was bought in the strength of his performances as a 10?
Same question i ask myself too everyday
You still owe Arsenal fans an analysis after we beat City last month..
City were the best side but couldn’t convert those chances
Could say the same about Liverpool really. Poor decision making in the final third killed us. But it could’ve went both ways really
@@chris.48nah city were definitely better, city would look at that game thinking they should’ve won where as Liverpool are happy with the draw
Alvarez will go back to the bench once KDB is fit again.
Trent was lucky to not be absolutely bodied by Doku, he had some world class cover today...
Doku is terrifying. Every time he had the ball on the wing I was sweating bullets.
not really, considering his opposition he dealt with him pretty well. As for world class cover, that just proves the system works...
That was a plan, klopp isn’t a newbie who would give trent the job to stop doku, it was part of the plan to let him dribble and guide him into pile of defenders, klopp nailed his plan, but casual football fans won’t see it. Trent did what klopp asked him to
Doku is unstoppable. Specially when him and bernardo team up on the left side
@@ssaad550and yet they stopped them
Bias tactical review. 90% focus on man city
Pushing through Walker is pretty useless, they tried so many times
You don't really get football do you? The goal for Liverpool originally started when diaz took on walker. He was just lucky that we couldn't start diaz as he was already too worked up from the international break and we had to go with jota. If we had started diaz, the match would've been much different
@@ssaad550 Nah starting Jota was imo pretty smart. He helps a lot defensively compared to diaz, his dribbling style is different to diaz which I would argue works better to a certain extent because pace for pace walker beats diaz 8/10 times. Jota kind of glides and would have worked so much better if darwin's hold up play was better because jota is clinical. Jota is also supermely better than diaz in the air which is not walker's strong suit. Finally Lucho coming on late is better against a tired walker and his cross was pretty fortunate.
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Honest opinion, only way to beat City is by copying City
City's tactic was give the ball to Doku and wait for his lower crosses and Haaland will tap-in. that's why Doku had higher touches. The difference it would have made if Silva was a Liverpool player and Jones a city player🙄
If that could work Liverpool will be relegated... Matip and VVD are capable enough to defend those crosses with Alison help.
City won 23 times in a row here, it's difficult to play here
Madrid , Bayern and Arsenal got destroyed there in that 23 streak , It’s a very good point for Liverpool .
@@JackSmith.9966 true
Liverpool could have win this match if they had the goalkeeper of City.
Lol
Trent’s goal won’t fool me, Pep managed a 4-0 battering, play that game 10 times City wins 9, Liverpool draw 1
Shitty comment 😅
If you actually watch football, they have already played 10 times and they have failed to do what you’re saying… Stop feeding your ego with no sense 😅
If and if .
you’re a fool already
Thats a cool tactical analysis and all but if Nunez didnt have the football IQ of my dead grandma liverpool would have won this match. Dude's mom explodes if he doesnt shoot in a closed angle with 0 chance of scoring. At some point there were THREE reds free in the middle of the penalty area and he prefered shooting on ederson who was already on him in a closed angle... so the goal was open and he just had to pass backwards to 100% score... several bad first touches too ruining good plays.
This is why I miss Bobby Firmino. He was intelligent and clinical in passing to his mates - Salah & Manè. Nuñez has explosive speed & power, but zero intelligence..🤷🏾♀️‼️
@@alexndirangu8259keep shut , your brian is empty
Liverpool has a big downgrade from the start of the season.
Disagree here, definitely upgrade from last season. About this game, there are reasons why the score just 1-1, and that's not only because city players can't finish. Also you have to remember almost all liverpool players play in international break for their countries, meanwhile many city's players get enough rest because they "injured"
You couldn’t be more wrong , the only good team they haven’t played is Arsenal in just 13 games and they got 28 points is this a downgrade for you lol , open your eyes .
For me Liverpool were the better side, they locked City down and stopped them from being comfortable. Whereas when Liverpool were on the counter it just seemed to unsettle City. City weren’t comfortable at all McAllister was the best player on that pitch, Salah will always be a menace
Feel like Shity Fan making analysis! Be real
Klopp a 6? Don't be daft, he even went a 4-2-4 formation to get the equaliser, away at the etihad that takes balls, klopp a 9 for a tactical masterclass.
City was unlucky
Salah is mad overrated. His decision making is suspect.
13 games, 10g+5a
Stay off drugs buddy and baseball will be a better fit for you
@@ErnoAlias watch the games. Everyone gets stats in Klopps system. Like Mane and Wijnaldum - Salah got exposed outside of it.
your mom is overrated
@@erikpuka2627you’re just a hater and guess you had to wait since the start of the season to drop another hate comment? you hopeless senegalese fool
Feels so sad City is the strongest where Liverpool are all average players There is no comparison Still they are able to pull a draw with decent defending And in this video all I get to hear is the greatness of city players 😂😂 Nothing new they play good and similar football every time You could have explained how Liverpool was able to pull of such a good game against the strongest team Big L for the video
Doku looks like Mr Eko in lost
City were the best side .they couldve won the game by almost 4 goals..too bad they didn't convert chances, despite that they were still robbed by referee and Liverpool but that's how it is nowadays in epl.. very inconsistent
That's a foul on the goalkeeper
liverpool also had like 4 chances, but city were overall the better side. Stop moaning about the referees, the goal was correctly disallowed, you don't push the keeper mid jump without a foul.
@@mobiustriple they had 2 chances, one by Nunes header and the second is the goal
@@mohamedchaf20 there was also the mistake from ederson, several times jota was in the box, nunez with the shot off target. The official count is 8 shots, 3 on goal. Where you're getting 2 is beyond me.
@@mohamedchaf20don’t forget the save by Ederson from Nunez
1. Klopp is the best coach in the world. You don't even need ti be te technically gifted to play in his midfield. A simple long ball and considerable solid stamina will do. You don't even have to be good. A player in Austrian 2nd league can easily play there. 2. Guardiola is back to his old ways of screwing things iver for his own players 3. Alvarez is not a good athlete. Does not impact games as much as he should 4. Bernardo Silva is magical 5. Joel Matip is an underrated player 6. Mo Salah is an incredibly overrated player
How is salah overrated ☠️
Salah provided the assist for Trent to level things up!😊
Salah, 13 games, 10g+5a, yes, so overrated. We probably dont even need him.
Salah overrated? Most consistent winger in PL for 6 years
@@shengyi1701 Klopps system. An average player outside of it. Same w Mane and Wijnaldum who got exposed elsewhere