📌 Pep Guardiola's Manchester City 2021/22 [Thread]: 
Community Shield vs Leicester:
- First evidence of the 2-3 build-up system (shifting from the 3-2 last season)
- Focus on progressing through fullbacks and #8s
- Seven lateral zones
- Reaching wide players in movement, 1v1
- First evidence of the 2-3 build-up system (shifting from the 3-2 last season)
- Focus on progressing through fullbacks and #8s
- Seven lateral zones
- Reaching wide players in movement, 1v1
The establishment of seven lateral zones:
Spurs vs City:
- City struggle vs Spurs' narrow and compact defensive block
- Inverted fullbacks often narrower than #8s
- Reliance on play through #8s to progress to final third
- Lack of dynamism and predictable to defend against
- City struggle vs Spurs' narrow and compact defensive block
- Inverted fullbacks often narrower than #8s
- Reliance on play through #8s to progress to final third
- Lack of dynamism and predictable to defend against
City vs Norwich:
- More elaborate rotations allows Cancelo to consistently access final third, combine with Grealish
- Walker offers progression from right half space
- Bernardo's movement allows City to bypass the midfield
- Jesus as right winger a dynamic threat in behind
- More elaborate rotations allows Cancelo to consistently access final third, combine with Grealish
- Walker offers progression from right half space
- Bernardo's movement allows City to bypass the midfield
- Jesus as right winger a dynamic threat in behind
Simplified, City create a repeatable chain of progression:
In defence, City are tight - they rarely concede possession and rarely concede chances - thanks to their counter-pressing and rest defence:
- Overload area where ball is, with players in close proximity to create territorial dominance
- Overload area where ball is, with players in close proximity to create territorial dominance
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