Guardiola struggled to think about his victory formula, but led the team to lose to Brighton again

If Manchester City can find many objective reasons for themselves to dilute the pain caused by the loss in the last round, then they can't shy away from the match against Brighton in this game.

Only by winning can the team find confidence to move forward again.

However, from a certain perspective, Brighton needs this victory more. In the previous two rounds, they drew with Fulham and lost to Everton, and their performance was also erratic, so if they face Manchester City at home, if they can achieve a good result, the team's morale will obviously be boosted.

In this way, Manchester City, who wanted to make a soft persimmon, may be disappointed again. At the personnel level, both teams basically have their main lineups at this stage, especially at Manchester City. After experiencing the last four-way match, Guardiola sent Rodri and Bernardo Silva in the midfield in this game, thus forming a partner with Reindez.

After looking at it, he still couldn't give up the old guys, even if the two of them were almost 80 years old together.

Therefore, Manchester City is destined to pay more attention to ball control and will not play like they did when they played against Tottenham. However, no matter what, Brighton is ready. In the opening position, right winger Minter has fallen to a deep place:

While strengthening the defense through this method, Brighton also showed his pressure and stealing skills near the center line:

From this, when we come to the frontcourt, Brighton will stay in place to press high positions, and Manchester City's first threatening attack in this game made its fortune here:

Although the offensive and defensive conversion scenes formed by long balls and scrambles are still indispensable, which is very different from Guardiola's previous offensive style, at least in the middle, Marmush and Haaland formed a certain partner effect. In subsequent games, this also often appears:

So after a summer, Manchester City has changed a lot. Like Haaland, he took a long ball in the backcourt and was kicked from behind. This is a difficult scene before:

, Brighton steals from the backcourt and makes a counterattack attack, which is a tactical difficulty that Manchester City often encounters before:

From this perspective, Manchester City's ability to control the game is obviously With a significant decline, even in this game, Rodri and Bernardo Silva did not show any significant improvement. On the contrary, facing Brighton's transfer, the two elderly and weak midfielders seemed particularly weak:

Of course, although the personnel changes in the midfield, including the decline in ability, Manchester City is becoming less and less like Guardiola's team, on the offensive end, Manchester City still has some personal abilities.

Especially in this game, Haaland does not lack helpers in the middle, so whether it is directly attacking the middle or crossing it to the wing, Manchester City's offense is still good:

So in the 33rd minute, Manchester City attacked from the middle, and Marmush gave Haaland an opportunity:

Although he lost the ball at home, Brighton did not have a particularly obvious reaction. First, Xuercele is likely to know that he will have a chance, and second, it is also to avoid causing the second goal to be lost.

Then this game will be difficult to save.

So, Brighton waited until the second half before he decided to start to make real efforts. Interestingly, Manchester City should have also made tactical arrangements in the half-time stage. Guardiola may also want to score the second goal as soon as possible to get close to the victory. So after returning from the second half, you will find that Bernardo Silva, who mostly helped to get the ball in the backcourt in the first half, began to come to the right rib position of the frontcourt more frequently:

And in the 48th minute, Manchester City's two forward ideas in this game were once again clearly revealed:

But facing the opponent's efforts, the veterans still feel a little apprehensive. So first, Bernardo Silva sent a set piece:

Then Rodri could not keep up with the opponent's footsteps in the defense, so he was hit by Brighton:

As the weak point of the midfielder was hit by Brighton, this game became gradually dangerous for Manchester City, so in the 60th minute, this opportunity was not grasped, which is a pity:

Of course, Oscar Bob's operation in the second half highlighted the arrogant mentality of a young player. The team's offensive efficiency could not be improved, which is still deeply related to his performance.

However, the responsibility cannot be all pushed to a young player, from coach to teammates, more experienced people should have responded, especially when Brighton switched four players in 60 minutes.

This is a very clear signal for Brighton to exert force, so from this time on, Manchester City's suffering began to be launched.. In the 61st minute, Brighton made a counterattack, and Minter's shot was saved:

7 minutes later, Brighton turned Manchester City's foul from the left rib into a penalty kick opportunity in the penalty area, thus equalizing the score:

In the 71st minute of the game, Brighton hit the frontcourt with a long ball, and Husanov was Taking out of the defense zone, the others failed to stop Minter from kicking:

2 minutes later, Husanov almost sent Brighton's second penalty, but he didn't have to defend this goal:

In comparison, Husanov is indeed the most reckless point in Manchester City's backcourt in the middle, but beside him, Stones, Rodri and Bernardo Silva, which big brother can help him relieve his pressure?

Teammates are not good, where is the coach?

Just as the backcourt was complaining, Guardiola made only two substitution choices. While replacing O'Reilly, he replaced Marmush. This was not only a drop in the bucket, but also officially stopped Manchester City's previous two forward ideas.

Therefore, Manchester City's substitution was ineffective. Brighton continued to rage in Manchester City's backcourt, and could not only play horizontally at the front of the penalty area:

can also play Manchester City's weakness in a very direct way:

In the 87th minute, Haaland competed for a little, and then his teammate lost two points with him. Brighton straightforward After stabbing in from the middle, Santa Xun's shot was obviously big. Stones still didn't try the front shot, allowing Brighton to shoot another shot:

In the 89th minute, Brighton played a long ball again, and Stones made a mistake in clearance, which immediately caused Manchester City's back line to suffer. Brighton finally waited for their final kill:

, and there is not much time left for Manchester City.

Therefore, Brighton did play well in this game. No matter whether Minter was recycled significantly in the first half to strengthen the defense, although it did not prevent his side from conceding the ball, it still provided some help to his teammates.

In the second half when there was a big deal, not only did the starters fight until the last moment, Xu Ercele's four consecutive players directly reversed the situation of the game. The old guys in Manchester City could not withstand such a great increase in intensity on the away game, especially considering that the old guys were concentrated in the middle of the midfield and backcourt.

Therefore, the impact brought by one's own pass and long ball offense completely changed the result of this game.

As for Manchester City, compared to the previous game, Guardiola's team is working hard to pick up their own style, but you will find that enabling veterans can only get back a little style, and enabling veterans also means leaving risks on the defensive end.

This is a rather dilemma.

From this perspective, it is impossible to completely eliminate risks by relying on Guardiola to treat the head with headaches and feet with headaches. He is not a coach of this style. All he can improve is offensive efficiency.

However, your center is Haaland, who can score goals but cannot help the midfield. In the face of heavy pressure, your choice is to leave Oscar Bob, who seems to be able to defeat his opponent on the wing, and replace Marmush, who is actually helping Haaland. What else can people say with such ideas?