Rare! Manchester City won 3-0, lost to Manchester United with a ball possession rate of 45-55, Guardiola finally gave up ball possession

On the evening of September 14, the fourth round of the Premier League ushered in a focus battle, with Manchester City playing against Manchester United at home. In the end, with Haaland's double score and Foden's goal, Manchester City beat Manchester United 3-0, and scored all three points.

As we all know, Guardiola's team has always used pass and control as the main tactical system. However, in this game against Manchester United, Guardiola finally stopped obsessing with the passing and control tactics, and used a textbook-style quick counterattack to tell everyone that he would also quickly defend against counterattack.

Post-match statistics show that Manchester City's possession rate in this game is only 45%, while Manchester United's possession rate is 55%. This is too rare in previous Manchester City games, where the ball possession rate in previous games was around 60% most of the time. In this Manchester City derby, Guardiola actually gave up possession, which is incredible.

However, Manchester City used the tactic of quick counter-attack in this game to play a very good effect. Especially the second goal Haaland scored is the classic fast defense and counter-tactic tactic. Last season, Guardiola's Manchester City did nothing because she was obsessed with passing control, so Guardiola should indeed make some changes.