Man City’s midfield is so intelligent and was so today. Rodri and Stones have a brilliant understanding of space and are so good at receiving and turning with the ball. The main reason Uniteds first phase was bypassed so easily leaving so much space in midfield.

@emilevangheem6165

3 ай бұрын

I think both are maybe the most press resistant players in the world atm

@SeverinoCatule

3 ай бұрын

Remember the UCL finals, Stones had the most dribbles in a final game since 2015 Messi, too bad he is struggling with injuries this season

Coping hard. Foden is better than you want to give him credit for.

bro james hates foden i dont get it😭

'I FOUND PROOF THAT SAKA IS BETTER THAN FODEN' - JLA last week😂

@broman1429

3 ай бұрын

Goes with the wave, he's gonna have a different statement next time 😂😂

@mattodonnell7186

3 ай бұрын

Rory wit stats is the best verdict I can give James

@broman1429

3 ай бұрын

@@mattodonnell7186 right on the money with that one 😂😂

@lfcyeezus

3 ай бұрын

Maybe I'm missing something, but why is this ironic. His biggest point of this is that John stones is amazing, he said foden was great. His point still stands imo

@emilevangheem6165

3 ай бұрын

@@lfcyeezus this is just how football works recency bias/emotions plus judging previous things said with new information as if it was obvious at the time. People need to realise that football is in a constant flux because there are so many variables at play. You can only judge what has happened. James judged what had happened and his video is fine. This game doesn’t change anything. Foden vs Saka is pretty much just personal preference no answer is wrong lmao both players are amazing. (I prefer Foden btw)

Crazy how often Stones was positioned where a 10 would normally be positioned when Man City were in the attacking 1/3.

Anyone who says Saka is better than Foden has lost the plot really.

@sergeantsupreme4395

3 ай бұрын

- Man City fan

@Forced2Comeback

3 ай бұрын

@@sergeantsupreme4395it’s true

@Herbalattraction3000

Ай бұрын

@@sergeantsupreme4395 First of all I'm a football fan.nif there wasen't a sport I wouldn't have a team to support and I have eyes. Foden is a better footballer than Saka. Though it's hard to compare them because of different qualities and positions. But if we have too Phil is clear.

dammit Jim... I thought it was my Whatsapp there

The best defensive job i have seen a team make against city was inters back 3 in the cl final. Best thing i think they did was nullify citys width by having two excellent full back plus the back 3 with mainly brozo and calhanoglu defending this pockets of space that james showed in this video.

I love John Stones it's my favorite outfield player, I've been saying this since he played for Everton.

Imo Casemiro has been one of Uniteds best players since joining but I think it’s the fact he’s ageing and playing at a struggling United team. He used to play in a Madrid team that dominated and was full of talent.

@kukunase1686

3 ай бұрын

Madrid didnt dominate

@emilevangheem6165

3 ай бұрын

@@kukunase1686 they had one scrappier champions league title but they 3-peated the champions league and one year got the double the other year they were second and another one third in the league. That’s domination mate. And I am not even close to a Madrid fan

@volkanatilgan8791

3 ай бұрын

​​​​​@@emilevangheem6165you need to look up the definition of domination, mate. Madrid were really good during the 3peat, but they were never head and shoulders above some of their competition in the CL in all 3 cl runs. You could make a case and say that they were the best team in 2017, but they didn't simply dominate in 2016 or 2018. City dominated 2022/2023, Barca dominated in 09/11, Bayern in 2013. These teams barely had any competition or teams at their level at that time. Madrid had one year where you could make an argument for them being clear favorites of every match.

That Saka vs Foden video🤣

@emelnwoye4449

3 ай бұрын

Recency bias is crazy if Saka scores a hattrick tmr the narrative ia gonna change.

@freddiesilverstone4145

3 ай бұрын

@@emelnwoye4449 true tbf, both great players

@zakikhan7340

3 ай бұрын

i still think saka is better tbh

@emelnwoye4449

3 ай бұрын

@@freddiesilverstone4145 ik even arsenal and man city fans wouldn't swap one for the other.

@carlmcgrath484

3 ай бұрын

He changed this video's title and thumbnail so that vid wouldnt look dumb😂

Pep is up there with Marcus Aurelius, Alexander the great, Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Nietzche, Alan Watts, Einstein, Carl Jung, Michelangelo, Da vinci, Van Gogh, Marco Polo, Galileo, Colombus, Machiveli, Confucius, Victor Frankl, Sun Tsu, Krisnamurti, Lao Tsu, Bruce Lee, Freddie Mercury, Wim Hoff, David Goggins, Muhammad Ali, Cus D'Mato, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Sadhguru, Eckhart Tolle, David Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Hendrix, Robert Plant, Aristotle, Archimedes, Poseidon, Hades, Kratos, Hercules, Thanos, Arthur Morgan, Niko Bellic, Geralt of rivia, Thor and Goku

@DarioOle-tp5tp

3 ай бұрын

Great list

@DarioOle-tp5tp

3 ай бұрын

Johnny Depp and Antonio Banderas as well

@Livvyy79

3 ай бұрын

Jimi Hendrix and danny carrey

@tommusgrove7457

3 ай бұрын

David Bowie

@lankysmithy3590

3 ай бұрын

Rico Rodriguez

Don’t need analysis they are just miles better than them at football

I can't wait to see Foden, Saka and Bellingham together at the Euros

@creativeamerican8811

3 ай бұрын

I want to see Bowen in there over Saka if I’m being honest. I like Saka but he’s the most one dimensional player you’ll ever see and he gets hype like he’s this all star goat. Has he ever scored a header…?

@markwebb7576

3 ай бұрын

@@creativeamerican8811 Yes, he's scored two headers. One against Bournemouth and one against Sheffield United.

@creativeamerican8811

3 ай бұрын

@@markwebb7576 2 Headers against Championship sides. Romero has 3 Headers this season… My point proven. X

@markwebb7576

3 ай бұрын

@@creativeamerican8811 you asked if Saka had ever scored a header. I answered your question. You were suggesting he hadn't, you were wrong. Hardly point proven.

@travistarr9433

3 ай бұрын

Southgate will find a way to disappoint

As always, lovely bit of sorbet there Jim.

@tylersheehan-ford4047

3 ай бұрын

Great sluggy comment

Ake wasn’t on the graphic Jim

FODEN WORLD CLASS

Casermiro may be losing his legs, but he's half uniteds squad. He's still got grit.

A simple Ake positional error for the goal, mate (plus Walker doing his Arsenal arm-in-the-air job). Not saying we ain't got quick transition problems, btw.

Foden will win a Ballon dor before he retires!

Instead of average position, be good to see the median position, or mode position (i.e. position they were most often in). But that would need the app makers to make that available.

Well explained. For me it was a game of two halves. United defended well and hit City in the break. In the second half Peo figured it out and changed tactics on the flanks. For me Ten Hag isn’t flexible enough when the opposition manager changes tactics. Which is why leaning for a change of manager in the summer. Well played grudgingly 😡City.

@maxkazzora4234

3 ай бұрын

Sorry I called Pep Peo😂😂

Not a surprising result in the end but was still an enjoyable game to watch for sure!

Ive never seen someone talking about a screamer and then give the credit to all the other players, players like stones and rodri were incredible but this is peps tactics, foden cut in and scored an incredible goal, he had the same amount as Sala from open play (sala has pens) he plays on both wings and through the centre and yet people dont rate him for some reason

james hatred of foden is all down to him rimming gareth southgate. he knows gareth can not coach a world class donny like foden, so has to do up agenda. very creepy to watch

City are on another level!!! 🎉❤

Foden is World Class 🌟

What app is that

@usafan96soren20

3 ай бұрын

Sofascore I love the heatmaps

King of Manchester Phil Foden let that sink in🤡

SUPER JOHNNY STONES

Lack of fitness of course. Look at the bench and the injuries United has.

But Saka is better than Foden right 🤣🤣

@calvinjaynum1767

3 ай бұрын

He is

@kukunase1686

3 ай бұрын

Yep

@AshelyBarnes-no2tw

3 ай бұрын

Never in saka dream

@pratikroy227

3 ай бұрын

@@calvinjaynum1767 Lol no way a bottler better than Phil who won more trophies than his current age.

Man United look like a half baked version of Mourinho's spurs. They were able to beat City on the break but gave up stretching the play after the goal. Man U need to ditch every bit of this DNA and move on like spurs

As a very unwise Man Utd fan said “ITS THE GLAZERS FAULT, ITS ALL THE GLAZERS FAULT” how on earth can they think the glazers are the only problem with the club.

@em_si

3 ай бұрын

Which United fan?

@Elliott_Lcfc

3 ай бұрын

@@em_si all of them

@em_si

3 ай бұрын

@@Elliott_Lcfc You said "fan" which is singular. So I'll ask again, which singular "very unwise Man Utd fan" are you talking about?

This is fodens time not Stones’ James hates foden maybe he’s friends with Gareth😂

Why would you stick with Rashford? He’s been useless for the majority of his time at utd

Their secret is MONEY. They have the money to afford good players.

They played like a bottom half side, Luton had a better go of it

Ake is gone @2:00

Because City are better in every respect. That's why they won. Honestly, at half time, did anyone not a United fan think that City weren't going to win that game?

@em_si

3 ай бұрын

United fan here. Still felt City would end up winning 3 or 4 -1 despite us going in 1-0 up at half time. Man City's quality and consistent ability to win games, regardless of whether they're in a losing position or not, can never be questioned.

Surprised there’s an analysis on this, apart from rashy wonder goal it was one of the most one sided games I’ve ever seen. United looked leggy from the 25th minute, some of the worst fitness levels I’ve seen

Grealish Kane Saka Foden Bellingham Rice Stones (Trent when chasing) Please Southgate, I beg!

@mikem9309

3 ай бұрын

Grealish??

@DarthQueefious

3 ай бұрын

@@mikem9309Yes. Ball retention.

@space1734

3 ай бұрын

​@@mikem9309 He's good defensively and good at keeping the ball. He'll supplement Jude and Foden.

@mikem9309

3 ай бұрын

I feel like he is the guy you play if you want to keep things safe and havent got any attacking players available. Having said that i suppose thats WHy southgate loves him but i would rather have Gordon than him even though Gordon is hit and missand has a lot of developing to do. I wouldnt have rashford though cos he has become lazy at tracking back and covering@@space1734

Man United lined up with Rashford as striker, Bruno on the wing, McTominay at CAM, a kid on the other wing + midfield, Lindelof at LB, 36 year old Johnny Evans at CB. It was excepted Man City would win. They are the better team, with way more squad depth and less injuries anyways. What I don’t understand is the hate. A lot of fans of other clubs seem to like hating Man United simply because it’s a trend. And I think it’s vile.

@lucifereldiablo7770

3 ай бұрын

Get over it

@Goldgotgame

3 ай бұрын

As a Liverpool fan, I do think some of the hate is undeserved, but also a lot of hate is deserved. It was obvious that Man City was the favourite by a mile and they deserved the win, but the drop back, pray they don’t score tactic was only going to last so long in that game. The coaching decision was not a good play and you lot wouldn’t of won even with your best team

@paulspy

3 ай бұрын

I can get that but why so the fans deserve the hate as well? Any time i mention i am a united fan all i get the hate and people speaking on how i have a bad life and shit like that​@Goldgotgame

@croissantpower

3 ай бұрын

Man Utd are vile lol

@edenholt4394

3 ай бұрын

All fans of big clubs get hate. I’m a city fan so that comes with about as much hate as you can get. Try not to take it personally, it’s just because United were once so good that it’s fun to make fun of them while they’re shit

VAMOS CITY!!!!

great analysis.

Say what you want but that Foden goal was better than rashfords

@billiecook97

3 ай бұрын

No Chance

As a united fan... every team in the league has outplayed united this season (yes literally) we are in a false league position with this current XI. Its a relegation team.

@emilevangheem6165

3 ай бұрын

Don’t be to negative you guys definitely at least looked like a mid table team perhaps even a top 8 team when you guys had Martinez, Shaw and Hojlund in the team. I realise that’s not anywhere near that you want to be but it’s not as bad as you think lmao. Even though you guys are over performing table-wise

@emilevangheem6165

3 ай бұрын

There is only so much you can do against City. They are still coming off a treble winning season

@MrDiversemedia

3 ай бұрын

​@@emilevangheem6165 Agree with you, I think with a fit starting XI we could could push 6th or 5th. Ironically even with the addition of hoijlund I think the slowing down of casimero and the drop off in form of rashford and bruno, I still think we would be overall worse than last year with a fully fit starting XI. Other United fans seemed to forget that post carabao cup last year we were awful and scraped results, it hasn't really got better since.

Is this a Man United fan channel now? Terrible, one-sided analysis. Absolutely desperate not to give Foden any credit whatsoever

We can talk for ages about tactics, but it all depends on the threat that players can implement on the pitch, which is again a direct result of their quality. That’s why the whole comparison of tactics is so futile when we compare teams with players with such a difference of impact on the game. Guardiola is impotent without the players who demand respect and commitment from their opponents, so that space can be created.

@karmaascendant3936

3 ай бұрын

So is literally every other manager ever. Klopp couldn’t win everything if he didn’t have all time greats like Allison ,Van Dijk and Salah. To win the big leagues and cups you need the best players. Karius got laughed out the league based on 1 CL game when he’s a perfectly serviceable keeper. Ancelotti’s tactic light approach needs elite players as well.

@err4071

3 ай бұрын

@@karmaascendant3936 Guardiola can only manage good technical players who can play the style he wants to play. He hasnt got the man management skills or the technical know how to manage average players and bellow average players in a average to a bellow average team.

@Ramon-Maronier

3 ай бұрын

@@karmaascendant3936 My comment was about comparing tactics without context, not about specific managers.

Easy, Man Utd aren’t very good

Chasing a game for 90mins would make any team tired. Some of the players looked leggy after 30mins. You could be onto something for the fitness, but having to "break" 80 yards every time surely takes its toll on any player. United need to get further up the pitch but against city this was inpossible. Other lapses in concentration cost us silly goals as throughout the season, hence our goal difference being shocking. The result wasnt a shock as a united fan, but i found myself being totally annoyed with the scoreline and the manner that the laat 2 goals were scored.

bro hates Foden :/

This is a wild take (from a City fan) but I think we are starting to see a potential end to Peps reign at City. No matter how we play, teams are going to line up the same way, at least 10 men behind the ball and hoping that one of their 4 counter attacks in the game turns into a goal and then just hope for a draw. This is the pattern that I've see from watching every game week in and week out and unless you are Arsenal, Madrid or Liverpool we know what we are going to come up against. (though this has created some incredible last minute goals which are always fun to watch.)

@terwrell6398

3 ай бұрын

I think he stays at least 2 more years

@vasdommes

3 ай бұрын

Is it news to Pep? He's been dealing with low blocks and counters for his entire career.

You are being way too lenient with how many players should stay at man utd, besides Mainoo, Dalot, Varane and Licha I don't think a single player is up to united standard

@edenholt4394

3 ай бұрын

Why have they all cost so much then? It’s the same deal with Chelsea, both teams don’t buy bad players, they just don’t buy the correct ones.

@coreyboachie

3 ай бұрын

@@edenholt4394 🤦🏾‍♂️, they have cost so much because of Man Utd’s inability to negotiate properly and walk away if the price is too much like for Antony but Sancho and Pogba were AT THE TIME worth the price due to what they had shown at their ages

@edenholt4394

3 ай бұрын

@@coreyboachie yeah you’re right to be fair. Uniteds infrastructure has just been a mess the last decade. Still I think you’re being harsh by pinning this on the players, players like Bruno Fernandes and Rashford have proven they are elite, but for them to perform to their highest level everything around them needs to be in order. There needs to be a synergy between the coach, players, staff and the board which is lacking massively. I think that’s the priority, otherwise you’ll just end up throwing more money at players who should be “improvements” but who’ll inevitably just disappoint you because of things out of their control

@coreyboachie

3 ай бұрын

@@edenholt4394 You do know that being good for about 12-18 months doesn't make you elite and even so when was the last time either of them were even good for that period of time and don't say last season for Rashford because he scored 20 of his 30 goals in a 3 month period of a 10 month season which means across the other 7 months excluding Dec 2022-Mar 2023 he scored 10 goals in 7 months, and as for bruno who I don't think has been elite since at least 2021, if he ever even has been elite because he seems to lack intelligence compared to other players in his position. But you are right this isn’t just on the players and I mostly blame eth because I wouldn’t take players of most of the teams who have outplayed us this season which is pretty much every team

Cry babyboy

Eriksen throwing me off big time

Acting like it's difficult to beat United now are we? Seriously Manchester United have some problem that is most difficult to fix

Man u have a director of football problem. I think Fergie did the role when he was manager and the board have not found an adequate replacement. Lots of terrible signings, terrible contracts, and players that don't fit the values and behaviours of the club.

Prediction for Manchester United rest of the season, scraping an uncomfortable 1-0 against winless in 2024 Everton to then lose convincingly (with zero shots on target) 2-0 to Liverpool in the FA Cup. And that's the season done for Manchester United, won't even get close to Top 4 or Europa League spots for that matter.

I can’t be the only one who is worried about Haaland? Sure he scored at the end but this season his finishing overall has been poor. Most big chances missed in the league, something like 2.0 underperformance of xG this season, and he keeps getting his goals when it matters the least, games are basically dead or much weaker opposition. I’m a City fan btw before anyone whines about me just not liking the lad. He’s absolutely elite at hunting out chances, hence why he ends up with so many goals but he has to be finishing many more of these chances

@user-dr2ww2jg8o

3 ай бұрын

xG 🖖☝️🤓

@Khalid-Mo430

3 ай бұрын

Ppl seems to forget haaland is 23 still young. The amount of goals he is getting at his age is very rare . City fans are entitled to say he scores against weaker opposition he scored against liverpool, united,chelsea

@croissantpower

3 ай бұрын

Literally scored 4 goals in the match before this…

@vasilisblazos8994

3 ай бұрын

​@@croissantpower5

@danielcooper3868

3 ай бұрын

@@Khalid-Mo430 read the comment and take in the whole thing and acknowledge the whole argument

Robbery, 116 charges

@err4071

3 ай бұрын

115

Because United are shiteeee

Saka is betterrrrrrrrrrrr

Average player! 'over rated, & a pin up, justin bieber pail runner.

stone the Overrated player