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Bayern Munich vs Manchester City

· Pep vs Tuchel
· Kovacic and Stones double pivot
· Man City's fluid right side
· Target Gnabry and Musiala
· Exploit the space behind

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Manchester City build-up with 3-2-2-3, Stones stepped up to midfield and formed a double pivot with Kovacic.

Ederson acted as the LCB in possession several times, this allowed Ake to be more advanced on the left side.

An additional player to Man City's build-up.

But of course, this can be very dangerous if he loses the ball in that position.

The movement of the double pivot in finding space to receive and help ball circulation is very important.

Stones and Lewis can interchange with each other (to RCM/double pivot), which adds more fluidity.

Bernardo also interchanges with Lewis, Stones, and Walker several times.

This makes the right side very fluid compared to the left side.

Bayern defend with 4-2-4, the front 4 tried to close access for the central progression.

But City patiently circulated before finding the 8s for progression.

With Laimer attracted to Lewis's movements, Stones could attack the space in the channels.

If Bayern decided to close City's 8s, it could open access to Alvarez for progression.

With the help of McAtee/Lewis movements.

Like the previous examples, City tried to overload on the right with Stones-Lewis-Bernardo and attack the space in the channels.

City's first goal was with Rico Lewis attacking the space in the channels.

Several times the space between LCB (Upamecano) – LB (Davies) could be exploited by Manchester City.

Haaland came in the 2nd half, his presence allowed Man City to be more direct,t by taking advantage of his run/movement.

Bayern build-up with 4-4-2/4-2-2-2 shape.

Musiala and Gnabry (AM/CF) are used as the target for progression.

With that, they can do a quick combination and try to hurt the opposition in transition.

The movement of Gnabry/Musiala can also be used as a decoy to find wingers (Sane/Coman) in between the lines.

When possible, Bayern wanted to exploit the space behind directly.

However, City's high press made it difficult for Bayern to progress in this way.

Especially in the 2nd half, with Bayern playing a lot of their 2nd team.

Man City also controlled more possession throughout the match, which made Bayern generate more dangerous opportunities through counters.

Even so, Bayern were finally able to break Man City's defensive block with the combination of Mane and Kartzig, before the goal was scored by Tel.

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· Arteta vs Xavi
· Arsenal’s Direct Play Potential
· Throw-In Chances
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Arteta tried Timber as LB versus Barcelone.

He holds the width more while Havertz drops several times to form a double pivot.

I think because Timber is still not used to inverting from the LB position.

With Barcelona's high press, Arsenal chose to play direct several times.

Havertz played deeper, while Odegaard is more advanced.

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· Overloads and combinations
· Hold-up and link-up play
· Create space for his teammate to exploit

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I think Jadon is best in central positions, where he can get involvement.

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· Brighton’s possession
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· Gross movements
· Mitoma vs Gusto
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Either with 4-3-3 or 3-2-5, Pochettino wants to try to progress through the middle first.

Maatsen and Chukwuemeka (who operate in the space between the lines) are often used as targets for progression.

They managed to score a goal with an identical process.

Colwill with a line-breaking pass managed to find Chukwuemeka in the space between the lines.

He then combined with Maatsen, before Nkunku scored the goal.

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· Different style of play (Jackson and Nkunku)

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Chelsea mainly builds up with a double pivot (Casadei Santos) in a 4-2-3-1 shape in the 1st half.

Chukwuemeka (who operates between the lines) can also drop into the midfield which makes the shape turn into 4-3-3 with Santos as the lone 6.

One of the midfielders often drops to the LB/RB zone which makes the fullback push higher and the winger operates in the halfspace.

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Box midfield, with Vieira-Jesus-Trossard in between the lines to receive and help Arsenal's progression.

Sometimes Kiwior also drops to the LCB position, and Gabriel moves to LB.

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Both of the FB can invert together or separately.

The fullbacks invert, to open the passing lanes for the wide players and create overloads to help progression. The FBs are often more advanced than Bissouma.

If it’s hard to progress the ball from deep, one of the FB can drop to the backline to help.