TITUS MAXWELL

It was one of the awful nights for Pep's squard leave alone the UCL night versus Totenham  at home. Last Saturday, City dominated the game in everything from shots on target to possession and passing accuracy. But what was the Cityzen's mistakes? Norwich players celebrating after scoring a goal against the champions Manchester City at Carrow Road. Credits: Manchester Evening News(M.E.N) Is it leaving Kevin De Bruyne on the bench? Or can it be Aymeric Larpote's injury? Or is it that Pep did not sign Vincent Kompany's replacement?Absolutely not! There are more than these two reasons behind the defeat. We cannot blame their defensive mistakes because they are humans too. For a football analysist, there is just more than what the fans think. Here are Man City's weaknesses they showed versus Norwich: 1. Man City are poor to defend on set-pieces and corners. Man City are poor in defending corners. Credits: Bitter and Blue By leaving McClean to hang that ...

It was a fascinating match especially the way two managers from North-London played chess against each other. Arsenal lined up in their traditional 4-3-3 formation but shifted to 2-1-2-5 with possession. On the other hand, Totenham lined up in a 4-4-2 formation with a diamond-shapped midfield. This was to stop central attacks from Arsenal. During the first ten minutes, Arsenal had total control on the game but after that, things turned against them for the rest of first half. Totenham's intention since the kick-off whistle was to sit back and hit Arsenal on transitions. They achieved causing problems to Arsenal's defence through the quick pace from Son Heung-Min who is an expert too on late runs behind defenders. Arsenal's defence was high because Unai likes his team to play within 15-20 metres from the forward to defence. Arsenal's defence taken out thus Eriksen scored a  Tactics Used. Arsenal tried to create central overloads in Spurs defence. Aubameyan...