The new pharaoh teamed up with Haaland, can t he mess with Guardiola?

In the 37th round of the Premier League, Manchester City completed revenge against Bournemouth at home. With the last round left in the league, they upgraded their ranking to third place. Champions League qualification is already in their pocket. In this game, Marmush won the best player on the spot with a wonderful world goal.

The King of World Waves, the "New Pharaoh" is more efficient than Haaland

This is not the first time that Marmush has amazed the world with world waves in the Premier League. Since the transfer in the winter window, Egypt's "New Pharaoh" has scored three times outside the penalty area. It took only half a season to become the player with the most goals outside the penalty area this season.

After joining, he scored 8 goals in 21 games and recorded 7 goals in 15 Premier League games. Marmush scored the same number of goals in the league in the same period as Haaland, and tied for the first place in Manchester City.

The goal drought in two stages, a big trouble

Before breaking the drought in this game, Marmush had not won six consecutive games. When he first entered the Premier League, Malmush scored a hat-trick in his home victory over Newcastle, but he lost all his score in the other seven games. As a high-profit shooter, Malmush encountered a ball drought twice in a short period of time. This is not only a trial that a new player must go through in the Premier League, but also an inevitable result of Manchester City's current "inefficient pass control" system.

Before Marmush arrived, the Manchester City uniform team had bound Haaland with a 10-year-old appointment. De Bruyne, Gundogan and others are getting older, Bernardo Silva and Foden are declining significantly, and Guardiola can only rebuild around the tall center, which is not easy for him. After a big victory over Newcastle, Guardiola unexpectedly put aside his rushing style, and Manchester City returned to the "inefficient ball control" mode again, which not only made Haaland feel uncomfortable, but also made Marmush play very hard - the "new pharaoh" could not find space for shooting, and the exposed ground in his feet was very obvious.

Double strikers created a final test. Guardiola is really awkward

The summer window of 2024, Manchester City let Alvarez, who was unwilling to play as a substitute, in order to renew his contract with De Bruyne. Guardiola soon regretted it, and Marmush was introduced as a substitute for Spider. Unlike his predecessor Salah, Marmush's advantage lies in shooting, pulling the ball and attacking the ball is not his advantage, and catching fighter planes around the center is his strength. Theoretically, Haaland and Marmush form a double striker system to achieve the effect of 1+1>2, but this risky and radical configuration violates Guardiola's principles.

Signed by purchasing Husanov and Nico Gonzalez in the winter window, Guardiola conveyed the idea of ​​using the giant formation during the "Triple Crown" period. Beside the tall central axis composed of Gwadior, Rodri and Haaland, there must be multiple skilled players to complete the "cushioning" task. Marmush is obviously not such a player. Guardiola is in unprecedented confusion.