Manchester City: Analysis,Transfer News, Reviews

Written by Rohan Sharma  Well the 182 nd Manchester Derby was played yesterday at Old Trafford and it was the Red Devils who walked away from the pitch with all three points with a 2-0 victory over their noisy neighbours from the blue half of Manchester. With the fight for a Champions League spot up for grabs, it was imperative that Manchester United had to win against Manchester City. With the likes of Wolves and Sheffield United winning earlier in the weekend piled pressure on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side to win against their fierce rivals on home turf. Let's take a look at how both these teams lined up for this match : Pep Guardiola stuck to his usual 4-3-3 formation while OGS stuck to his 3-4-1-2 formation. Let’s look at how these two teams were tactically set up & their game plan: 1)      Manchester United : Manchester United was playing with a high press which included a very discipl...

Written by: Rohan Sharma In my last blog, I had explained the build-up of this match between these two powerhouses of Europe and what a match it turned out to be!   Manchester City ran out 2-1 victors at the Bernabeu, but it was a tightly contested affair and a great tactical battle from both Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane . But if there is anything we have learnt from Zidane’s Real it is that they should never be underestimated as they know this competition much better than their English counterparts and thus there still is plenty more to expect from in the return fixture from both sides in 3 weeks. Let’s look at how both the teams lined up for the match   When the line-ups were announced many were left surprised as Sergio Aguero and Fernandinho were starting this mega clash from the bench in a huge gamble from the Catalan. Meanwhile Zidane also made a huge call to drop Marcelo on the bench (presumably for the Clasico in...