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Manchester City continued on their way to defend the Carabao Cup title with a trip to Burnley. After a daring loss to Leicester, Man City will face many challenges at Turf Moor.
* 2:00 AM, October 1, 2020, Turf Moor Stadium, Carabao Cup Fourth Round
Five days ago, Manchester City began the journey to protect the Carabao Cup crown with a 2-1 home win against Bournemouth. Although he still won, the performance of Guardiola’s teachers and students did not satisfy the fans. The frustration of Manchester City fans increased over the weekend when their team lost 2-5 to Leicester.
Certainly fans are asking Man City to react after the loss to Leicester, a bold win will help City take the pressure off. However, Burnley will not give up the possibility of playing at home either, they also need a win after losing both Premier League games.
Guardiola is unable to build a solid defense for City, despite spending a lot of money
After just three games at the start of the new season, the question arises of City’s true strength. Guardiola’s army is on a mission to fight to claim the Premier League crown from Liverpool, but it seems that Manchester City is not strong enough to do so, since the start of the season.
Man City has problems on all three lines, especially in attack and defense. For defense, Guardiola has used nearly £ 500m to strengthen staff since arriving at Man City in 2016, but so far the Manchester team’s defense remains highly unstable, considered the team’s death point. ball.
The addition of “blockbuster” Ruben Dias is expected to bring additional certainty to the midfielder pair, because in addition to Johnstones that Guardiola doesn’t trust, Laporte and Ake are reliable players. However, perhaps the Man City midfielder problem will be solved after this match, but the wingers are also “having trouble”, Walker and Mendy made mistakes in Man City’s last loss.
Vardy (right) flashed, causing Man City to lose to Leicester
Speaking of Man City’s loss to Leicester, it was a “strange” match. Man City controlled the ball 62% of the time, taking 16 shots, but conceded five goals, including three penalties. Vardy became a Manchester City defender’s nightmare with a hat-trick.
The statistics after losing to Leicester show the harshness that Guardiola must face. This is the first time after 438 matches at Etihad, Man City conceded 5 goals. It was also the first time a Guardiola team conceded five goals in their 686 league games.
Guardiola and Rodri’s criticism of Leicester only seems to ease the pain in their hearts, both claiming that “Fox” played with 11 players behind the ball. The reality shows that the results of the matches are more important than the playability. To avoid it, Man City is sure to face a similar play, even with a tight and tight defense as Leicester at Turf Moor tonight.
That is a great challenge for Man City because they will not have a strong enough attack, Aguero is far from coming back after knee surgery, Jesus is injured. In the game against Leicester, Guardiola used Sterling to play as a striker in the first half, early in the second half he brought young forward Delap onto the field, but Man City’s ability to get close to the rival goal was very weak.
The young forward Delap will have the opportunity to play in the absence of Agüero and Jesús
Difficulties surround City, coach Guardiola said he only had 13 players in the first team ready for the weekend’s game. You can’t expect the extra strength for Man City tonight, Dias can’t play so surely Guardiola still has to rotate the roster and use a lot of young players.
Burnley’s disabled list is also quite long, this team does not have a large budget to enter the transfer market. So coach Sean Dyche must “have rice and fish sauce”, his top priority remains the Premier League, of course not so that Burnley’s desire to win tonight is reduced.
To appear in the fourth round, Burnley defeated Sheffield United on penalties and Millwall, so while Man City has a remarkable head-to-head record, it is impossible to underestimate local team Turf Moor.
If Burnley were actively taking the game to penalties, Man City would have a difficult time finishing the game in 90 minutes. The shooting is always high probability, where it is possible that Burnley will be eliminated or Man City will become the former king. Of course, by winning a penalty shootout, Burnley would prefer this series to the defending champions.
Expected squad
Burnley: Peacock-Farrell; Lowton, Long, Dunne, Taylor; Pieters, Benson, Brownhill, McNeil; Vydra, Wood.
Manchester City: Steffen; Walker, Harwood-Bellis, Laporte, Bernabé; Doyle, Rodri; Foden, De Bruyne, Torres; Delap.
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