Pep’s unusual strategy and Aubameyang’s death in the City vs Arsenal match

KOMPAS.com – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola lined up Kyle Walker and Joao Cancelo simultaneously in the game against Arsenal on Saturday (10/17/2020).

In fact, Walker and Cancelo are right-backs.

In the game against Arsenal, Walker was placed as side right in a 3-1-4-2 formation.

For his part, Cancelo positioned himself as a midfielder, at the level of Riyad Mahrez, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden.

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There is a reason why Pep Guardiola plays Walker and Cancello at the same time.

This is to reduce the movement of the Arsenal’s wings.

Journalist The athletic, Michael Cox, explains in simple terms how the Pep scheme works.

As he defended, the Man City formation changed to 3-3-1-3, where Cancelo and Bernardo Silva retired to match Rodri, who was playing as an anchor midfielder.

Cancelo approached Walker’s position while Bernardo Silva approached Nathan Ake who played as side left.

This strategy makes it easier for Walker or Ake to deal with Aubameyang or Nicolas Pepe.

I think Guardiola v Arteta was something like that in the first half. I could call the City system a lot of things, but it was basically an old-school 3-3-1-3 Ajax / Barça when Cancelo moved in. Walker at Aubameyang was very effective. Controversial arsenal depicted in red here pic.twitter.com/YnAx7hGayG

– Michael Cox (@Zonal_Marking) October 17, 2020

In fact, Michael Cox said, Walker’s guard against Auba was very effective.

“Walker kept Aubameyang very effective,” says the author of the book “Zonal Marking.”

Stat record, Aubameyang failed to create a single shot in Man City vs Arsenal match.

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On the Premier League stage this season, Aubameyang has failed to register a single shot twice in a match. As for others, when Arsenal took on Liverpol in late September.

So this gets interesting. Because when Auba failed to produce a shot, Arsenal always fell.

Pep Guardiola’s strategy in the Man City vs Arsenal match was even more complete because the Gunners failed to score. City won 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium.