Tactical Manchester City

Here I talk about Manchester City, from a tactical point of view. I might talk about some other stuff too.

The guy behind: @edu17oliveira.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

Here's a brief thread about how I became a football performance analyst, if anyone besides @JohnMc021 is interested to know:

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

@JohnMc021 Well, honestly, I started studying by my own since 2011 (because Pep's Barça were so different from everything I've seem), reading blogs about tactics, trying things on FIFA, seeing videos about it, etc etc [....]

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

The bright sight is: Haaland gets goals out of nowhere. +, he is still lost, doing some wrong runs and bad box movement.

Imagine when he finds himself and start to doing those things right....

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

I will try to comment some things here again, so here 2 quick things about our team:

Grealish is a MC if we want the best of him in our system. He needs do play deeper, in the left half space or close.

We cant live with Dias and Aké in our build up. Is too sad.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

@FMwkdsoul @city_tactics Wow, i wish! I dropped this account a year ago because of my job... but it sure was a nice idea our build up today (our final third, not so much...).
But thanks for remind of me!

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

@kenearlys

[City Pod USA (formerly Maine Road Ramble) @CityPodUSA]

Most football writers biggest issue with Guardiola and City is that they are so good, that the football writers lack the talent or understanding of the game to write a compelling story regarding their matches. So instead they talk about City being boring. /11

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

Nice job!

[Domagoj Kostanjšak @DKostanjsak]

Passing is a basic aspect of football. Everyone can do it.

Doing it well, however, takes skill. Aesthetics don't always equal functionality.

Today, I'll tackle negative passing and explain how by mastering it, teams achieve advantages & superiority.

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[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

I said this after our defeat against Spurs in 1st week.

20 matches later, and here we are.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

If Liverpool do a good game now too, and we draw/loose tomorrow with a poor game, it will be very funny the buzz around those matches by United, Chelsea and Liverpool and in the end we end it up Champions anyway.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

What a 1st Half. Chelsea and Liverpool showing why they are 2 of the 4 best team in the world. High level, definitely between the favourites to win the Champions and the Premier League

Right now, City has 10 points above the 2nd place.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

@ThomasSowell90 I think only De Bruyne was that guy, but there was a lot of people saying things like "Chelsea's rejected" or something.

We just overpay almost every player and they develop here under Pep.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

I know we are the team who spend the most money in the last 10 years or so, but people talk like we are buying Messi or Mbappe or Kimmich or Davies or Lewa every window.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

Then you gonna see and we are buying like, a FB from Juventus that nobody talks about, or a CB from Benfica that nobody talks about, or the main player from

*checks notes*

Leicester and Aston Villa. Both above 25 years old.

And we we just pay a lot for these guys.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

Well... i guess my idea of bringing Saul to City was a bad one.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

128 - Even if you only include his matches against Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester, Liverpool, Man Utd and Spurs, Sergio Agüero would still rank joint-fourth in Premier League history for minutes per goal, alongside Ruud van Nistelrooy (128). Occasion.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

You're the GOAT, @aguerosergiokun .

Thank you for Everything.

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

Walker... why, why???

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

And what a time to Sterling get his mojo back.

If we get to the 1st place, oh boy, to take us out of there.....

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

STERLING IS BACK

[Manchester City @ManCity]

Can’t say we’re surprised 😉

[City Xtra @City_Xtra]

Bernardo Silva has now been directly involved in 50 #PL goals for #ManCity: 25 goals, 25 assists. 😍🇵🇹 @WilliamHill

[Tactical Manchester City @TacticalManCity]

This is Umir talking about football.

He is on another dimension ladies and gentlemen.