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Chapter 359 Villa with Reasonable Tactics

Back in the Champions League, Manchester City sat at home and easily defeated Olympiacos 2:0.

In the group stage, Manchester City easily won two consecutive victories, accumulated 6 points, and led the group.

The arrangement of UEFA makes Duncan very happy. The team will qualify soon without much effort.

This form gives Manchester City enough strength and experience to deal with the league.

Time has entered October, the weather has turned cold, and most people have put on long sleeves.

But in this increasingly fierce Premier League, the competition among the teams has become more and more fierce.

Maybe lose a game and you will fall behind.

In the standings, Manchester United, Chelsea, and Manchester City are evenly divided, with a total of 18 points. It is only because of the advantage of goal difference that Manchester City ranks first.

Manchester United are second, while Chelsea are third.

Behind them, there are three teams with 15 points: Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham.

The six teams formed a fierce scene of competition this season.

And the weirdest thing is that these six teams are now either winning or losing, and there is no draw yet.

This point shows that the strength of the Premier League teams has also begun to become clear.

Strong teams get stronger and weak teams get weaker.

So the match against the top six is ​​the top priority!

Just like on October 10, Manchester City challenged Villa away to this game.

Although Villa lost the last game, they ranked eighth with 4 wins and 3 losses in the new season.

Martin O'Neill's team played quite normally.

Last season, Villa ranked sixth for the second consecutive season. In the middle of the season, the team once occupied the fourth position in the league and is expected to win the Champions League.

Reluctantly, due to the decline in his own performance and Arsenal's strong recovery, he lost this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.However, this is not a bad thing for Villa. With the current staffing of the team, it is a more realistic decision to participate in the Europa League.

The team coach O'Neill has been coaching for many years, with stable tactics and stable team composition.On the whole, Villa's lineup is not the strongest, but the tactical system is quite reasonable and mature.

O'Neal has his own set of ideal lineups.This season has introduced famous players such as Don Delphi, as well as the existence of old Manchester City player Dunn, and his strength is not weak.Coupled with the original powerful players such as Abanglahor, Carew and Barry, Villa can still pose a threat to Manchester City.

Among the mid-range teams, Villa is still quite competitive.

Although there is no championship contender yet, a spoiler is for sure!
Even if Manchester City poached Ashley Young last season, but O'Neill also supplemented England international Downing in the summer, the team still has a lot of threats on the wing!

Manchester City has no lineup changes this season. Although the stability of the team is maintained, it also allows other teams to have more time to study Manchester City and target Manchester City.

In this game at Villa Park, Manchester City played very hard from the beginning.

Dunn knows Manchester City well, Ashley Young is well understood by Villa.

In this game, Manchester City, which just fought fiercely in the Champions League in the middle of the week, has rotated several players, Milito, Sanchez, Sneijder, and AZP.

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City took the initiative in ball possession by virtue of their strength.An offensive was launched towards Aston Villa's penalty area.

But Villa's defensive formation is very good and strong, O'Neill has a good defense, and Manchester City has not caused a threatening offensive for a long time.

On the contrary, in the counterattack, Villa relied on the speed of Abanglahuo and Downing to play vigorously.

Sometimes, it is difficult to defend with a fresh move.

O'Neill is very self-aware. He knows that a hard bridge and a hard horse can't beat Manchester City, so he plays a defensive counterattack in the game, defends with all his strength, and then encounters an opportunity to cooperate with three or two people in a small area to achieve the effect.

Build walls high and accumulate food widely.

To be honest, such an absolute and clear tactical arrangement is sometimes more powerful.

Because O'Neal has a clear positioning and clear tactical arrangements for his team, the team is naturally very handy when playing.

Even though Manchester City's ball possession rate is close to [-]%, and the number of shots is far more than the opponent, there is no threat in Villa's penalty area.

In the 34th minute, Abang Laho relied on a counterattack and relied on his personal ability to kick in front of the penalty area and penetrate the gate guarded by Joe Hart.

After losing the ball, Manchester City tried their best to counterattack and created several opportunities.

But David Silva's shot was again rejected by the post, and Toure's long-range shot also hit the crossbar once.

Sometimes, Duncan wondered whether he should pay homage to the goalkeeper.

In addition to the goalposts, Villa's goalkeeper, the American Friedel, also got an open state in this game.

His performance was quite brave. Not only did he save Milito's close-range push, but Silva's full moon scimitar was also saved by him who reacted extremely quickly.

Bad luck, the goalkeeper opened up.

Manchester City's game seems to be entwined with many spells.

After taking the lead by one goal, Aston Villa's defensive counterattack became more handy. Abang Lahor and Owen are like two invisible thorns, always inadvertently appearing in the vital parts of Manchester City.

So when attacking, most people still dare not relax in defense.

The defense involves energy, and the offense cannot be fully devoted.

Even knowing that Villa may not score, Manchester City players always have a lot of worries every time they counterattack.

Fortunately, Joe Hart was relatively strong and saved many threatening shots from the opponent.

The team is useless, so you can only rely on the personal abilities of the stars.

In the 70th minute of the second half, Silva finally found a chance in the penalty area. After relying on dribbling to get rid of the opponent's defense, David Silva made a low shot and pierced the goal guarded by Friedel.

In the subsequent games, Villa stepped up their defense against Silva. Not only did they have a dedicated man-marker, but they also made the defense line invincible, leaving no chance for Manchester City.

Moreover, the defensive midfielder Sneijder, who started the game, has good ability and accurate long passes, but the number of times of joint training with the team is too short to really integrate into the team, so naturally he cannot show [-]% of his strength.

In the end, Manchester City shook hands with Aston Villa at Villa Park, and both sides scored a point.

"The players performed very well. They fully implemented my tactics." Duncan said in the post-match press conference: "But the result of a game cannot be decided by us alone. In this game, we are subject to Affected by many factors, the opponent's tactics are very targeted, and there are open goalposts and goalkeepers."

Although it was tied, Duncan was in a good mood.

"The only thing I am dissatisfied with this game is that we can't use the victory to reflect our advantages. Fortunately, there are still a few ball games covered by the curse. Every season, you will always win because of this or that Because of the reason, we can’t win the next game. What we have to do is to stick to our own rhythm in the long season.”

　It's him, it's him, Frost Dancer, Aston Villa!
　　
　
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