Manchester City’s dominance over Manchester United was methodical. It was easy, comprehensive, and the most lopsided Derby in Manchester City’s favor in history. It was clear that Manchester City were the better team in every area of the pitch rather than just a simple win of tactics. City worked harder…

No matter what his tactics, Pep Guardiola’s philosophy always goes back to one key element: control. Many people mistake control with possession, which is not always the case. For example, Manchester City dominated possession this season against Spurs, but they did not control the game. Spurs had numerous counter-attack and…

On Saturday’s lackluster performance in a 0–0 draw, many fans started speaking up with the usual complaints when Manchester City have trouble scoring: City need a clinical striker to score the goals, and the absence of that is the reason they had trouble scoring. However, against Southampton, that was simply…

There are many matches in which the score line does not reflect how the actual game was played. Leicester City is a team that is intent on defending and hitting opponents on the counter attack with pace and precision, especially against Manchester City. It is no secret that Leicester City…

From the day Pep Guardiola became manager of Manchester City, he has made it clear that a goalkeeper who plays the ball out from the back is needed to execute his system. This transformation began with a lackluster season of Claudio Bravo in 2016, and then continued with Ederson in…

Pep Guardiola’s side looked unstoppable against Norwich this past Saturday in their dominant 5–0 win at the Etihad. They emphasized two components to their attack that have not been prevalent since the 2017/18 season and 2018/19, in which they won back-to-back Premier League titles and totaled 198 points in two…

Pep Guardiola once wrote articles for the Spanish website El Pais about the 2006 World Cup (Sam Lee goes in depth on those articles here). In his article about the French team, Pep pointed out a detail that would be counter-intuitive to the average football viewer: Zinedine Zidane was France’s…

We are near the end of July and roughly halfway through the transfer window with Manchester City not yet having signed a first team player. As it stands, Manchester City’s two biggest targets are Jack Grealish and Harry Kane, but summer transfers don’t always go to plan. …

Currently, there is not much to discuss in the footballing world other than transfers. From the perspective of Manchester City, the two biggest transfer targets this summer have been Harry Kane and Jack Grealish (stories about them specifically can be seen here and here). However, the main goal of this…