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Text Chapter 163 Manchester City¡¯s defensive tactics

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    Although many media are dismissive of Manchester City, in fact, Manchester City is still a strong Premier League team. It has not performed well recently, but its lineup is still much better than the average small ball club.

    Among this starting eleven, there are two big-name stars, namely forward Anelka and winger Wright Phillips. These two players are worth nothing, at least higher than Don Jack.  There are too many.  [com]

    ? Nicola Anelka is the ace of Manchester City's striker. He was born in V¨¢ceres, France on March 14, 1979. He is only 25 years old this year.

    In 1997, Anelka came to Arsenal from Paris Saint-Germain for half a million pounds and became famous at Arsenal. In two seasons at Arsenal, Anelka scored a total of 10 goals for the team.  Twenty-eight goals were scored, a number that endeared him to many Arsenal fans.

    In 1999, Anelka went to Real Madrid in Spain for a top fee of 23 million pounds. However, his experience in Spain was like a nightmare for Anelka. He did not perform well in Real Madrid, and he was not even an ordinary player.  Not being able to compare, this made Real Madrid give up Anelka directly. The next year, in July 2000, Anelka finally left this sad place and returned to Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer.

    It is worth mentioning that in December 2001, during the winter transfer period, Anelka was loaned to Liverpool for half a year. After leaving Liverpool, he joined Manchester City for 13 million pounds.  , has been playing until now.

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    Anelka is only 25 years old this year. According to the information, this guy is a complete transfer maniac, and every transfer is basically a big deal.

    From Paris Saint-Germain to Arsenal, from Arsenal to Real Madrid, from Real Madrid back to Paris Saint-Germain, and then to Manchester City. For a player who is only 25 years old, so many transactions are really too much.  , but Anelka still maintains a high value. From this, we can also see that Anelka's strength has indeed been recognized by most people in Europe.

    With the exception of Real Madrid, Anelka is a solid striker in other clubs.

    And another star is the very popular Wright Phillips.

    Phillips is a midfielder on the right side of Manchester City and the England team. He is only 23 years old this year, but now Wright. Phillips's reputation in England is not at all higher than that of Wei Wei, who is still causing Manchester United troubles.  Well, Rooney is worse. This summer, Chelsea owner Abramovich wrote a check for 20 million pounds, but he was unable to take him away from Manchester City.

    Wright-Phillips' family background also has a great influence on his football. He is the adopted son of former Arsenal legendary striker Ian Wright. He has a younger brother, Bradley Wright-Phillips, who is also a professional  players.

    Wright-Phillips, who grew up in South London, was given up by Nottingham Forest when he was fifteen years old. After that, Manchester City took him in, and his career has skyrocketed since then. From 1999 to 2005, Wright-Phillips played for Manchester City.  Getting better and better, he is already the absolute main force of Manchester City and is sought after by many English fans.

    These two players are no worse than Liverpool's big-name stars. Even Cisse, the French top scorer on the field, is a head shorter than these two in England.  The other players in Manchester City are not much worse than Liverpool's lineup. Their only shortcoming may be that they don't have a core like Gerrard in the midfield.

    But players like Gerrard are really hard to find even with a lantern.

    Such players are hard to come by, and it is difficult to buy them no matter how much money is invested in the transfer market. Their importance and role are self-evident.

    Manchester City coach Keegan knows his own strengths and weaknesses. For this game, Keegan's tactics are to focus on the wing. He knows that Liverpool's wing is slightly weaker, and Manchester City's advantage is on the wing, Wright Philip.  Si's personal ability will bring a great impact to the team, coupled with Anelka's support in the middle, Fowler's veteran experience will also play a prominent role.

    On defense, Keegan has even more arrangements.

    There is nothing tense about Manchester City's game. They don't have to participate in any Champions League qualifiers, so Keegan has a lot of time to study their opponents. He already knows that Liverpool has a very young oriental kid who is very capable of long-range shots.

    This is just public opinion.

    After watching several long-range goals of the black-haired boy in the video from a professional perspective, Keegan's evaluation of Don Jack can no longer be described as 'extremely strong'. He feels that he should be described as 'perverted' to be powerful enough.  .

    You can¡¯t attach too much importance to this kid¡¯s defense.

    Before the game, he watched the video several times and finally analyzed Tang Jieke¡¯s weaknesses.Point: The movement is not integrated into Liverpool's tactics at all

    This is actually not a shortcoming, many newly transferred players have this problem.  After all, the styles of the two leagues are different, and it will definitely take a lot of time to fully adapt, and Tang Jack is just worse at this point.

    But generally, players who have just come in are not treated like Tang Jieke. They are just ordinary members of the team's tactics. They have poor awareness in the lineup, and they only delay the team's rhythm and offense, which is beneficial to the opponent.  But Tang Jack was completely different. Even though his consciousness was not good, his performance was still very strong. Four goals scored as a substitute in two games showed this. Therefore, he received special attention from Keegan.

    After much deliberation, Keegan decided to use this flaw to defend.

    If you want to use this aspect to focus on taking care of the opponent's forward players, this requires a lot of defensive strength, because even if Tang Jieke's awareness is not good, he will still have a chance if he is in a good position. After all, football is an uncertain sport, and a ninety-minute game will not  No chance may arise.

    And if you want to cut off most opportunities, you need at least two defensive players to move in a targeted manner to intercept the passing route.

    The same is true for Keegan.

    Before the game, he specifically told the back line to focus on taking care of Liverpool's Oriental kid: "Remember, don't let him have a chance to shoot. This kid's long-range shot threat is too great. It's unimaginable. You guys  What we have to do is to minimize the number of times he touches the ball, and even if he gets the ball, he will not be allowed to kick off smoothly!"

    This kind of exhortation has a great effect. At least when playing, many Manchester City players looked at Tang Jieke with scrutinizing eyes. This made Tang Jieke feel confused. He didn't seem to have offended the Manchester City players, right?

    After he came on the field, he discovered the problem. He seemed to be receiving special care.

    At the beginning, Don Jack didn't notice it. After five minutes of the game, he found that his Liverpool teammates rarely passed the ball to him. When there was a chance, it was always difficult for the football to get through the gaps between Manchester City defenders.  Pass it over, the success rate of such a pass can be imagined.

    Tang Jack finally discovered the reason.

    The Manchester City players around him seemed to be making targeted moves, and they were all looking at his position from time to time.  They are not close to themselves, they just stand a few meters away from themselves. It's fine for one player. When two or even three defensive players do this in a targeted manner, there will always be opposing players between themselves and the football.  No wonder his teammates didn't pass the ball to him.

    Under such siege, the participating Manchester City players were still able to find opportunities to defend other Liverpool players. Although there were occasional omissions in this balanced defense, overall, Manchester City performed very well.

    Tang Jack tried to run left and right, but Manchester City did not really plan for a certain player to follow Tang Jack. Instead, they used a regional defense method. Players closer to Tang Jack were able to block the passing route on their own, so Tang Jack's  The running effect is not great, maybe this increases the number of his receptions, but the disordered running also makes Liverpool's offensive formation unstable and affects the performance of his teammates.

    After a while, Tang Jack stopped doing this. He kept thinking about breaking this defense by himself.

    However, the demeanor of the two coaches outside the field was completely opposite to that of Don Jack: Seeing the black-haired boy on the field being guarded to death, Benitez reacted with an indifferent expression and kept laughing and discussing with the assistant coach, while Manchester City coach Ji  Gundu was almost furious!
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