Pep's Man City is Dying

Manchester City’s reign of dominance in football may be starting to show cracks. This video explores the reasons behind Manchester City’s recent struggles, analyzing their tactical issues, squad fatigue, and growing competition. From Pep Guardiola’s challenges to key player performances dipping, we break down what’s going wrong for City and whether this signals the beginning of their downfall. Join us as we dive into the story of Manchester City’s decline and what it could mean for their future.

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[trevorlewatle]

Best analysis on city's downfall I've seen in these two weeks

[OurFootball-xe]

the weakness of Pep is: When system is perfect, smooth an in caculation, every thing is unstoppable. But in contract, when only adverse element appear (Rodri injuris, walker down form), man city machine can not find right way to play well. we can see that the way they be eliminated in UCL: 2 conceded goals in 3 minutes against RM, 2 conceded goals in 3 minutes against Totthemham (2019), 3 continuous goals in first half against Liverpool 2018, ....

[tobaepebinuade]

As much as Rodri’s injury has had a detrimental impact on the team due to his influence and irreplaceability, we have to remember that City’s problems go beyond his absence as they were winning games before he got injured and after his injury for a brief period, even if he was fully fit, people need to realize that the team would still struggle since everyone is out of form and most of the players aren’t playing with confidence

[Littlecartalks]

Rodri to Man City is how Kante was to Chelsea. No, Rodri, no Man City. No Kante no Chelsea

[Averifiedperson]

‘If you are enjoying this City downfall you are sick’
Me: 🤒 🤧

[nocaptcha]

Foden is now being compared to Antony and Antony had better stats.

[muazamwho]

Only Ppl who are happy at this city downfall can like this comment

[JubaidRahman]

Pep is a good manager when he has all the perfect players in disposal. He was never tested when his squad was depleted or average or players out of form / due to injury.
He is seriously getting tested and I actually believe he lacks flexibility to adapt like Ancelotti, Sir Alex or Mourinho when you have most players unavailable / injured.
Lets see how far Pep can sustain this tough time and prove his credentials as a Manager.

[thatchinaboi]

It's so obvious that Pep and Cole Palmer never liked each other. Cole Palmer doesn't like Pep's personality and demanding ways and probably made it obvious to Pep. Pep demands utmost respect and loyalty from his players and he obviously was never gonna get that from Cole Palmer. So it was because of Pep, his personality, and ego that Cole ended up signing with another club.

[different_breed]

This thing has been hidden for long as now finally it's coming up: Rodri's injury is basically a salt rubbing to smallest of cracks. Pep's new 3-1-6 setup isolates Rodri as a holding mid, from an attacking perspective looks great because Rodri with his IQ easily can bypass pressers and at the same time can play those long and penetrative passes up front, dictate the tempo from deep and with a midfielder high up they had an advantage everywhere, if you press those mids you isolate Haaland in dangerous positions if you don't then the mdifielders get the ball and given how good City MFs are at long ranged shots and creativity its also a nightmare to deal with. Plus, if a team stayed too compact, they brought Savinho to address this who could get past his marker and find crosses. But when the press is bypassed or when another team stays compact and City lose the ball leading to counter attacks meant that while dealing vs transitions, Rodri had to cover a sheer amount of room and with having to play every single minute, it was not sustainable at all. It looked all is well because Rodri has that athleticism, IQ and positioning in order to cover those gaps. Even when he was playing, this setup was incredibly vulnerable vs pace merchants like Mbappe, Vini, Gyokeres who could get past you with their trickery, pace and dribbling. But with Rodri's injury these cracks have become casms. When you play Kovacic in that same position, you miss Rodri's physicality and positioning and now attackers have free run at goal.Gyokeres having 2 1v1s vs City is the biggest example of this. With Kovacic playing there you miss the passing range as well that Rodri used to provide and if you play Gundogan there sure you get the passing range but you miss that physicality. As I mentioned above about the Savinho thing, with Doku on the wings as both are pure dribblers, both are risk takers too who can lose the ball as well and losing a ball means directly conceeding a chance in this new setup, that's why you'll see these two gentlemen play less minutes together in this new setup and Pep prefers to use Nunez over Grealish (who only has played 35% of the minutes available) which we don't understand especially when Grealish is much more threatning compared to Nunez in those wide regions in terms of crossing/chances creation. Plus, individual performances have also dropped and individual errors have stacked up. Kyle Walker is finished, Foden looks more like a cat, Bernardo idk wut has happened to him and Gundogan ever since he returned from Barca has seemed lost, I guess the way they kicked him out had a mental effect on him. As you mentioned recruiting has been poor as well as they have no replacement in two of the most imp. positions in ST and DM. They have lost Alvarez as well and if Haaland gets injured they're done for.

0:27 whoever wrote that line, deserves and oscar for comedy

[aspebb]

0:11 It's six titles in EIGHT seasons. People always forget that Pep finished third his first season (16/17) in England.

[meep]

Pep also hasn't really coached a team that has glaring issues maybe outside his first year at city and that was possibly self inflicted. Most of his manegerial career he's always had options and cover players

[SunnyBoy_]

I think every team in the Premier league has caught up to what Pep brings to the table and they are able to come up with tactics of their own to win games

[kylebos]

really good video. i never even thought about the missed opportunities with lavia and rogers

[andrewwolf]

Amazing analysis. As a City supporter I can confirm you are spot-on.

[dragonmark]

...why does no one mention Alvarez leaving being a major miss in their entire attack?

[MiloIBATA]

Then why did Spain won without Rodri ?
If you out Rodri in that team, it would be the same. These guys don’t defend, they don’t press like they used to.

[chubbygrizzly]

Pep when he doesnt have his perfectly groomed la masia mid(Xavi-Busi-Iniesta) or his multi billion dollar midfield(Rodri) is just Ten Hag on steroids. Pep's great, sure. But I can bet my life savings that he will never be equal to someone like Ancelotti, Fergie or Mou. Mou and Fergie got european glory with teams like Porto and Aberdeen, or how Ancelotti has constantly evolved tactically to fit whatever team he's in charge of. Pep is extremely rigid in his tactics and egoistical to boot. He dislikes the very soul of the game prophesied by Cruyff. He just wants brutal efficiency, flair and class be damned. I'm sure he wouldve forced Palmer into becoming another generic midfield passing bot making line breaking passes for Haaland to score whole ruining his other playmaking and scoring capabilities. And that's why players in Pep's system can never work in another team, they are fundamentally incomplete as a footballer, made to master one trade and the rest, simply ignored.

[flemingbudubiney]

I don’t know if people have realized but Pep hasn’t really had to rebuild a team. Every team he goes to has good players so he just adds extra. This is a whole new situation for him