#挑战30天在头条写日记#
At 19:30 on April 6, Beijing time, in the 32nd round of the 2023-24 Premier League season, Manchester City challenged Crystal Palace away. In the first half, Mateta took the lead and Kevin De Bruyne equalised, before in the second half, Lewis, Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne scored in quick succession as Odesson Edward pulled a goal back for Palace, but City won 4-2. Pep Guardiola's side are currently second in the table.
After the game, when I scrutinized the post-match stats of Manchester City's 4-2 Crystal Palace, I found some familiar trajectories. So, I looked through Manchester City's record last month and was surprised to find that there was a team that had the same technical statistics as Crystal Palace's performance in the duel against Manchester City, and even slightly inferior in some respects. This team is Manchester United, which is adjacent to Manchester City.
Looking at the stats for Manchester United's match against Manchester City, we see that United had just 26 per cent possession, which is close to Crystal Palace's 24 per cent possession, while United had just one shot on target, compared to Crystal Palace's four. This comparison of data clearly reflects that in the face of a strong team like Manchester City, whether it is Manchester United led by Ten Hag or Crystal Palace, a traditional middle and lower level team in the Premier League, their coping strategies are overstretched, and they are in a passive situation for most of the game.
Therefore, there are only three teams in the Premier League that are truly dominant, namely Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool, and this is the first team that can compete for title glory. And Manchester United, Crystal Palace and other teams like Pochettino's Chelsea, play good and bad, and there are always serious problems with consistency. And the key to this problem is still on the manager, Crystal Palace faced Manchester City, was beaten powerless, we can understand that the team's financial resources are not enough to bring in players who can match Manchester City, and Manchester United in recent years to recruit no worse than Manchester City, the result can still play like this, indicating that the manager is indeed a problem.
Manchester United should indeed learn from City's experience, as they are both teams that have spent huge sums of money, and the composure and bench quality shown by Manchester City have been remarkable. In the game against Aston Villa, fourth in the Premier League, Guardiola had enough confidence to let key players such as Haaland and De Bruyne rest, which is not only a care for the players, but also a trust in the overall strength of the team.
In the face of Crystal Palace, considering the upcoming blockbuster showdown with Champions League rival Real Madrid, Guardiola is also comfortable with letting Foden, B and other key players on standby, easily realizing the team's player rotation in the important and dense schedule, and does not affect the team's combat effectiveness at all. This kind of calmness and strength is exactly where the confidence of the giants' lineup is deep and strong, which is also what Manchester United, Chelsea and other "local tyrant" teams cannot seek, but they need to learn carefully and learn from.
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