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Man City's customary fixture against Real Madrid ended in a comprehensive victory. But for all the problems Xabi Alonso is having at the Bernabéu, it was actually a tactical tweak from Pep Guardiola that turned the game after the early Rodrygo goal. Adam Clery and Archie Corbett (in the other studio! for a treat!) talk you through it.
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00:00Hola señores y señoritas, donde está el Adam Cleary Football Channel a la Madrid
00:04And welcome also to Archie Corbett who's sitting with me here
00:07Now you are looking at this thinking, and you're correct, this is slightly different
00:11We are experimenting with the format slightly and also we couldn't get in next door
00:15So we're having to do the Man City vs Real Madrid analysis this way
00:19But this is also a nice little preview
00:22Because if you are a channel member, we do this every fortnight
00:25We do, we do
00:25We do this exact thing and they're a lot of fun
00:27And we thought we'd just do the stuff about the stuff today in here instead of next door
00:32So it's still the analysis you know and love
00:35Just now we are sat instead of stood
00:39And today we're going to be talking about Manchester City vs Real Madrid
00:43Because there were a number of things in that that were very interesting
00:45In particular, Nico O'Reilly, who I now love
00:49And Nico Gonzalez, who you now love
00:52I do indeed
00:52So it's going to be sort of a two Nico format
00:55I did have something planned about pressing structures and how Madrid got out of them
00:58But it was incredibly uninteresting compared to the game of Who's Marking Nico O'Reilly
01:03We're going to play in a little bit
01:04I'm looking forward to that
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01:24Now
01:28Man City vs Real Madrid
01:29This is like what, the sixth time in three months they've played this game
01:33It feels that way, yeah
01:34I always feel that for some reason, even when the stakes are high
01:38It never really feels like that high stakes a game
01:41It's always sort of like Pep Guardiola
01:44This is simply just one of the boulders he must roll up a mountain
01:48Every single year
01:49But this, this one here
01:51Was this as easy as it's ever been for him?
01:54I think so
01:54I know they went behind
01:55Yeah
01:55No, I think it was
01:57And I think that's also partly to do with the lack of confidence around Xabi Alonso at the minute
02:00It was higher stakes for Real Madrid than it was Man City
02:03It felt like at least
02:04Yes
02:04It felt like there was much more on the line for Xabi Alonso and Real Madrid
02:08But no, I think it was one of his easiest games against Real Madrid
02:10And I don't think the Champions League format helps that either
02:13I don't think there was a whole lot really at stake
02:15No, we're quite low on the jeopardy at the minute, aren't we?
02:19However, one thing I did think was very interesting about this
02:21I thought the stakes were low
02:22I thought once Madrid went behind
02:23I know they were sort of on top of the second
02:25I didn't really think it looked like they were going to ever really get back into it
02:28The changes Alonso made weren't really that effective
02:31I still think it's really funny that Madrid effectively play a 4-4-2
02:35In possession as well as out of possession
02:37But Nico O'Reilly really did catch my eye
02:40And I prepared some material to show you just how impactful he was
02:45In this game of football
02:46So if Archie, if you'd care to begin rolling the footage
02:49We shall demonstrate that thusly
02:51Now, this is a poll
02:54This is all stationary
02:55Just run this through
02:56You will see here, Sydney when they had the ball
02:58They were in a 3-1-6
03:01Which is very exciting
03:03Just pause it there
03:03I think
03:04We obviously, we got used to the 3-2-5
03:07The City doing a boxman field
03:08Things like that
03:09Now we are so used to seeing
03:11Six players in the attacking line
03:13And I get it to an extent
03:16Like you've still got four players behind the ball
03:17It's still quite stable in all of this
03:19Teams very rarely will
03:20You know, actually commit that many players forward
03:22When you press them in
03:23But City love now
03:24This season
03:25To do this 3-1-6
03:26And at the start
03:28Especially during the Club World Cup
03:29It looked like their plan
03:30Was to have all the width
03:32Come from the fullbacks
03:33That was
03:34They were going to condense everybody else in the middle
03:35Then you had
03:36Nunes on one side
03:37Alt-Nori on the other
03:38They would basically stretch everything out
03:40Now he tweaks this a lot
03:42That's actually the rest of the back three
03:43Are part of that three
03:45But if you just look
03:46At the position
03:47Of Nico O'Reilly
03:49Can you spot him?
03:49Can you see him?
03:50Can you spot him?
03:50He's the inside forward
03:53Basically on the left hand side
03:54There you've got Doku providing the width
03:55Doku's very good out there
03:56And then O'Reilly's in the middle
03:58Now runner forward
03:58Yep
03:59Madrid's counter to this
04:01Their plan in this game
04:02Was to defend
04:03In what was effectively
04:04A 4-4-2
04:06That's about as classic a 4-4-2
04:08As you're ever going to get
04:08Pause it again for me please
04:10But you'll see already
04:11It's a little bit wonky
04:13The coverage on the right hand side
04:16Of the middle four
04:17Is not the same as the four at the back
04:19That's already tucked in
04:20Absolutely loads
04:21They can't really decide
04:23Whose responsibility that is
04:25To look after Nico O'Reilly
04:27Because if you've got six there
04:28Really what they should do
04:30Is have a back five
04:31Yeah
04:31Now I'm not saying Real Madrid
04:32Should go to a back five inherently
04:33But if you look at
04:34So that's Rodrigo there isn't it?
04:36Yes
04:36Now if you run this forward
04:37I've already decided to do
04:38A clever little zoom in on this right
04:40If you look at our pal
04:41Rodrigo there
04:42What is he doing?
04:43That's Nico O'Reilly
04:45And he is
04:47Blindly pointing
04:50Now you play football
04:51Yes
04:52Badly
04:52Does anything do your tits in
04:54More than a blind
04:55He's there
04:56I'm the blind pointer
04:58Either blind pointing
04:58Absolutely does my bun in
05:00When I watch it
05:01Right
05:01This is
05:02Rodrigo should really
05:03It's going to sound ridiculous
05:04He should really be
05:05In that space
05:06Between the two defenders
05:07Or they should have come up
05:08With some sort of
05:09Off the ball system
05:10That allows
05:11Either him to be
05:12Effectively the right back
05:13And then I think that's Valverde
05:14It's okay
05:14Whatever it's going to be
05:15You should not be leaving
05:17That sort of gap there
05:18Just because you've got
05:19One player wandered into that space
05:20And Nico O'Reilly
05:21Spent this entire match
05:22Just
05:23I've slipped off the armrest
05:24That's quite embarrassing
05:25Just wandering into space
05:27And not being tracked
05:28Or found
05:29By any of the Real Madrid players
05:30And this led
05:31To every single
05:33Major thing
05:34Man City did in this game
05:35Interesting
05:36Roll the footage please
05:37Yes I shall
05:37There's also
05:38I will just say about
05:38I'll warn you all
05:39Because I've told you about this before
05:40There's something at the end of this
05:41Which in my opinion
05:42Is an absolute crease
05:43Now
05:43We're going to run this through
05:44Full speed
05:44Just let it go
05:45Nico O'Reilly
05:46Bottom of your screen
05:47Right
05:47Just watch him
05:47Just watch him
05:48Just watch him
05:48You just keep your eyes on him
05:50All the way through
05:51Right
05:51And he gets the ball
05:53Puts a fairly dangerous crossing
05:54Now we're going to run that back slower
05:55So you can see it
05:56Right
05:56This is every single player
05:58Who should
05:59Be thinking about
06:00Picking him up
06:00During this move
06:02Right
06:03There's Rodrigo there
06:04He doesn't even look
06:05Doesn't even look
06:05To see where he's gone
06:06Doesn't even look
06:07Now he gets the attention
06:08Of the midfielder
06:09So he jogs over
06:10Oh yeah I'll stick with him
06:11Yeah yeah
06:11Okay that's my responsibility
06:13He just loses him completely
06:14There's another blind point
06:15From Valverde
06:16Then the centre back
06:17Has to come across
06:18Pause it there
06:19That is four players
06:21All he's done is jog
06:23Gently from inside his own half
06:25To the edge of the box
06:26Four players who at any point
06:28Could decide
06:29Okay I'm going to go with him
06:31Now this maybe says more
06:33About Madrid's problems
06:35Than it does about
06:36Nico O'Reilly inherently
06:38Because obviously
06:39Alonso's main problem he's having
06:41Is like
06:42He's trying to set Madrid up
06:44In a way that's like
06:46Modern
06:46That is effective
06:48That is dynamic
06:49Basically what he did
06:50At Leverkusen
06:51Where he managed to get
06:53The third or fourth
06:54Best team in Germany
06:55To play like
06:56The best team in Germany
06:57He got so much more
06:59Out of those players
06:59By having the system
07:00Be so well suited to them
07:02And what he's trying to do now
07:03Is have Madrid
07:05He wants to get more out of them
07:06He wants them to play
07:07Above themselves
07:08He wants them to
07:09You know
07:09Get to the latter stage
07:10Of the championship
07:10He wants
07:11He's probably got the third
07:12Or fourth best team in Europe
07:13And he wants them to play like
07:15They're the best
07:16But if you watch there
07:17There's not a single player
07:18In that Real Madrid side
07:19Who appears to really
07:21Either A
07:22Take instruction all that well
07:24Or B
07:25Just take responsibility
07:26In the moment regardless
07:27Yeah
07:27And I think
07:28Genuinely
07:29Guardiola
07:30Who if you think
07:32The superstars
07:33He's had to work with
07:33Over the years
07:34And yet
07:35He's still got a reputation
07:36For being a really
07:37Insane system manager
07:38Making them do weird
07:39Formations
07:40And stand in weird places
07:41Like
07:43He must find that
07:44So funny
07:45Because he's never
07:46Had that problem
07:46So Nico O'Reilly's job
07:48Was just to wander through
07:49These different markers
07:51These different lines of defence
07:52All these different spaces
07:54And then
07:54Either take the ball with him
07:56Or get on it
07:56In a dangerous position
07:57Now this
07:57This thing we've just
07:58Shown you here
07:59That's from really early on
08:00In the game
08:01Yeah
08:01And I would think
08:02Alonso must have looked at it
08:03And thought
08:03Well
08:04There's probably nothing
08:05I can do about that now
08:06Because nobody's going to take
08:08Any responsibility for him
08:09That's bleak isn't it
08:10It is bleak right
08:11So Madrid go 1-0 up
08:12As we all know
08:13But then
08:13Then
08:14Man City start getting into gear
08:15And stuff like this
08:17Starts happening
08:17Right
08:18Now the first goal
08:18You will remember
08:20Comes from a corner
08:21Right
08:21But how do they get that corner
08:23So you pause it when it pauses
08:25You stop it there
08:26Nico O'Reilly's
08:27Simple presence
08:29Purely by virtue of him being there
08:30A three
08:31Versus two
08:31Right
08:32And you can see as well
08:33I'm not sure
08:33Who's the other
08:34Man City player
08:35That isn't Doku
08:35We're saying that's Gonzalez
08:38Maybe
08:38Who is it
08:39Phone
08:39I don't recognise him
08:41With that new haircut
08:42You know
08:42Yeah
08:42I still don't think
08:44It's a good one
08:46A good haircut
08:46Yeah but I still
08:47At least it looks like
08:48It was done with scissors
08:49Which I think
08:50Is a massive term
08:50Anyway
08:51I digress
08:52Right
08:52That's the Foden there
08:52Right
08:53Three v two
08:54And you can see
08:54There are three spare
08:55Real Madrid players
08:56Who could all
08:57Take a bit of responsibility
08:58For that
08:59Like the centre back
09:00Could jump onto Foden
09:01Pass him on
09:02But they don't
09:03They just kind of stand there
09:04Again O'Reilly
09:04Is not being marked
09:06And nobody wants to
09:07Take responsibility for it
09:08Now if you run it on
09:09From there
09:10You will see
09:11That he turns
09:12And I think he gives it
09:13Into Doku
09:13Right
09:14Now the Foden situation
09:16He drifts away
09:17He wants to find another space
09:18Doku and O'Reilly
09:19Go down the line here
09:20Right
09:20And all O'Reilly does
09:21Pause it there
09:23Is
09:24He just stands there
09:25Now you can tell
09:27This is supposed to be
09:28A 2v1 with Doku
09:29Like purely from the body shape
09:31Of the defender
09:32Who's squaring him up
09:33He is there
09:34To basically stop him
09:35Going one way
09:36Or the other
09:36His job will either be
09:37To stop him going down the line
09:38And they want that other defender
09:39To stop him coming inside
09:41But O'Reilly just stands there
09:43And screens him
09:45That's it
09:45That's literally all he does
09:46So the defender's body language
09:47That is a man
09:48Who knows he's supposed to
09:49Stop him going one side
09:50But is not fully committing to it
09:52Because he knows his pal
09:54Isn't there
09:54So all Nico O'Reilly's done
09:55Is wander
09:57Cleanly
09:57Into
09:58Just an
10:00Obstructive
10:00Difficult to manage space
10:02And again look
10:03There's another player
10:04Directly behind them
10:05That could come over
10:06And help with this
10:07He could pick up O'Reilly
10:09Just move him on
10:09And then you go double up
10:11On Doku
10:11And then don't do it
10:13Now
10:13By screening him there
10:14If you roll it on
10:15Screening him there
10:16The obvious solution then becomes
10:17Well he just opened up this space
10:18Yeah
10:19Like Doku's going to do
10:20Whoever that is
10:21In a foot race
10:22Which inevitably
10:24He does
10:25When it starts playing
10:27And he puts that cross in
10:28And that's where they get
10:29The first goal from
10:30Wow
10:31That's literally where City
10:32Get the equaliser from
10:33We'll go to the goal in the second
10:35Because obviously O'Reilly scores it
10:36Of course
10:36That's actually the funniest thing
10:38That happens in the whole game
10:38In my opinion
10:39Yeah
10:39I'll show you
10:40We'll come back to that
10:41But simply by virtue of O'Reilly
10:43Just sort of wandering in
10:45To that space
10:46Alongside Doku
10:47They've got no idea
10:48How to handle it really
10:49And again
10:49Because it looks almost so careless
10:50The way he's just kind of
10:51Wandering forwards
10:52He's kind of just picking out
10:53These positions that are quite
10:55Unorthodox
10:55That people don't entirely know
10:56How to deal with
10:56It's like the Califiori stuff
10:57It is like the Califiori stuff
10:58It's a player from left back
10:59Have you Arsenal brained this?
11:00Very much so
11:01Massively Arsenal brained
11:19And that's it
11:20Now
11:21Give Madrid their due
11:23They do learn from that
11:25But they learn from that
11:26In quite possibly
11:27The worst way imaginable
11:28Please roll the clip
11:30So again
11:31The ball comes out of Doku
11:32Now
11:32Pause it there
11:34It's another
11:35Point
11:36It's a good point
11:36It's another blind point
11:38Who are you telling
11:39To pick up him
11:40Pick him up there
11:41You're with him
11:42We've said before
11:43They've got six
11:44In the attacking line
11:45You can't just pass
11:46Six players off
11:47On to four defenders
11:48Someone has to take
11:49Some responsibility
11:50And drop a little deeper
11:51It's a point with purpose
11:51It's a point with purpose
11:52But you've got to
11:53Take responsibility
11:54And drop a little deeper
11:54And then if you can't
11:55Then get out
11:56That's on the manager
11:57To fix somehow
11:57Like you've just got to
11:58Do your job first
12:00And then work out
12:01Everything else afterwards
12:01So this is another
12:02Blind point from Rodrigo
12:04Basically him saying
12:05Yes I can see
12:06I'm the nearest player
12:07And I'm currently
12:08Going with him
12:09But I'm going to leave him
12:10That's all he's saying
12:12With that point right
12:13We've all seen it
12:14We've all seen it
12:15At Sunday League
12:15We've seen it at five a side
12:16I can't believe
12:17Professionals do that
12:18Anyway keep going
12:21So he points
12:22And inevitably
12:23He just
12:24He just leaves him
12:25Because he has to go
12:26And double up
12:27Now pause it there
12:29You've got to double up
12:30On Jeremy Docku
12:31Yeah
12:31You've got to double up
12:33On him
12:34Now they have learned
12:35From their mistake
12:36In the first point
12:36Where one of them
12:37Got sucked into O'Reilly
12:38And then that allowed
12:39Docku to beat them
12:40On the outside
12:41That is not how
12:42You fix that problem
12:43Just let him go
12:45In the 18 yard box
12:46Again there's two players
12:47Now I know I'm
12:48Slayton Rodrigo
12:49For pointing
12:50Right
12:50But he's obviously
12:51Going over there
12:52To do his job
12:52Yeah
12:53And none of the players
12:54Behind him had any
12:55Interest in going
12:56Oh well we've got to
12:57Get a 2v1 out there
12:58Yeah
12:58So I guess
12:59I guess someone's
13:00Got to sort of step in
13:01And deal with the
13:01Deal with the other player
13:03Nope
13:04None of them
13:04Nope
13:05There's two in shot
13:06There's two of them
13:07Just watching them
13:08They are just
13:09Watching them there
13:10Stand in the box
13:11I mean how much space
13:12Is that in the box
13:12You ever get
13:13Should you ever get
13:14That away in a
13:15Champions League game
13:15Never
13:15Ever
13:17That's absolutely mad
13:18Do you know what
13:19This clip is
13:19Do you know what
13:20Happens in this clip
13:21No
13:21Oh well it's
13:22Really nice truth for you
13:23Yeah
13:23So he finds all
13:23The space in the box
13:24Run it on
13:25He finds all the space
13:26In the box
13:27Does he do anything with it
13:28I can't remember actually
13:29Does he
13:30Oh that's right
13:31Yeah he turns and
13:31Puts the cross in
13:32And that's where
13:32Rudiger fouls
13:34Erling Haaland
13:34Now if you just
13:35Pause it there
13:36We're going to go
13:36Back to the goal
13:37Because I think
13:37This is the funniest
13:38Thing that happens
13:39In the whole match
13:39Right
13:39So you know how
13:42The corner
13:43They cut out the corner
13:44Don't they Real Madrid
13:45Yeah
13:45We showed how
13:46You know O'Reilly
13:47Allows Dock
13:47Who to get to the
13:48Byline
13:48And puts the cross in
13:49But it's cut out
13:51Right
13:52This is
13:53This is the lad
13:54Who cuts it out
13:55Oh this isn't the
13:56Celebration
13:56He cuts it out
13:57Blocks that corner
13:58And then what does he do
13:59Roll the clip Archie
14:01Oh he's
14:02He's giving it beans
14:03He's giving it beans
14:04Stop it there
14:05He's giving it
14:06He's giving it the
14:07El Joe Linton
14:08He really is
14:09He should be at
14:09St. Jackson's Park
14:10He's giving it
14:10Now the thing is
14:11This is
14:11I really do appreciate
14:13A lot of teams
14:13Adopting this
14:14Like celebrate
14:15Winning tackles
14:17Invented by Eddie Howe
14:18In Newcastle United
14:19Around 2022
14:20Right
14:21I do appreciate people
14:22Adopting it
14:22But there is a
14:23Fine art to it
14:24You can't celebrate
14:26Giving away a corner
14:27When you're 1-0 up
14:28In the first half
14:29That's not how that works
14:30Throw-ins
14:31Yeah you've just
14:32Stopped them playing
14:32Granted you can
14:33Get the crowd up
14:34At any point
14:34But corners
14:36You could only
14:37Really celebrate a corner
14:38If it's really late on
14:39And you've stopped
14:40A certain goal
14:41Yeah
14:41Like you've tackled
14:42For the ball
14:43You know what I mean
14:44You've taken responsibility
14:45And you've taken
14:45Someone out of the game
14:46And won the ball
14:47And all he's done
14:48Is stop across
14:48From an area
14:49That he should have been
14:50In anyway
14:51Yeah yeah yeah
14:51Cool cool
14:52Just wasn't sure
14:52That's the case
14:53If you're watching
14:54If you're watching
14:54Real Madrid
14:55That's not when you do
14:56That throw-ins anywhere
14:57Tackles anywhere
14:58Yep fine
14:59But there's still
15:00A danger with a corner
15:01And especially
15:03If you're going to
15:04Defend it
15:05Like this
15:06Now as you know
15:07We've been playing a game
15:08Of who's marking
15:08Nico O'Reilly
15:09Haven't we
15:09Right
15:10And you can see
15:11He's well marked there
15:11He is
15:12Well marshalled
15:13And in fact
15:13If you stop it
15:14Just as glad
15:15You'll get his head
15:15On it
15:16Yeah
15:17If I told you
15:19Someone's going to
15:20Get a rebound
15:20And score
15:21From this header
15:22It's only
15:23Bernardo Silva
15:24It really is
15:24Yeah yeah yeah
15:25It can literally
15:26Only be Bernardo Silva
15:27Gets anywhere near
15:28A loose ball here
15:29Now just
15:30I'm not
15:30You know
15:31The art of commentary
15:33Is sometimes knowing
15:34When we're not to speak
15:34Isn't it
15:35You know
15:35Like when a big goal
15:36Scored
15:36And they let the
15:37Crowd noise go
15:37Don't they
15:38So what I'm going to do now
15:39You're going to run this on
15:40Right
15:41And we're not going to
15:42Say anything
15:42And I just want you
15:43To watch
15:43The slow
15:45Cosmic ballet
15:46That takes place
15:47Between Nico O'Reilly
15:48And his marker
15:49That somehow
15:50Ends up
15:51With him
15:51Getting the rebound
15:52Right
15:52These are two
15:54Celestial bodies
15:55In orbit
15:56Right
15:58You might want to
15:59Put some music
15:59Over the top
16:00Something beautiful
16:01Something ballet based
16:02Yeah
16:02Oh did I pause it
16:04Did I pause it myself
16:04On the edit
16:05Now watch
16:09How's that happened
16:13Can you rewind that
16:14Yeah of course
16:15I do for the life of me
16:16Do not know
16:17You could put
16:18You could put
16:19You know when you
16:20Get arrested
16:21They put the tag on you
16:21Yeah
16:22Put a tag on both of these
16:23Players in this situation
16:24I still don't know
16:24How they end up
16:25Bear in mind
16:26It's a split second
16:26This takes place
16:27How do they end up
16:28The opposite way around
16:30It's going through
16:31He's physically got a hold
16:32Of him
16:32He's physically got a hold
16:34Of him
16:34Right
16:36And then he just
16:37It's because he opens
16:38His body up
16:38Like he's a door
16:40It's just a pivot
16:41Isn't it
16:42Yeah
16:42It's just a weird pivot
16:43It's just a
16:43And he moves
16:45It's not on a robot
16:46So the thing is
16:47It's not like
16:47If it was a cross
16:49And the ball's travelling
16:50At speed
16:51From like
16:52I could sort of understand
16:53You're repositioning yourself
16:54But the fact that like
16:55You're watching that shot
16:56Come in
16:56And you're effectively
16:57Moving away from the ball
16:58Like you
16:59You're disengaging
17:00From the situation
17:01As it's going towards goal
17:03While you know
17:04You've physically got a hold
17:05Of another player
17:06It's like his controller
17:07Is disconnected
17:08It's just
17:09It's just completely
17:09Yeah
17:10Because
17:11I don't understand that
17:12I don't get that at all
17:13No
17:13But
17:14That was
17:15That was the final
17:16Most exciting chapter
17:17In a game
17:18That Xavi Alonso
17:19Decided to call
17:20Who's marking
17:21Nico O'Reilly
17:21And the answer
17:23Throughout that entire match
17:24Was
17:24Somebody
17:25But also never actually
17:26Anybody
17:27And you got man of the match
17:28For that didn't you
17:29Yeah you got man of the match
17:30Yeah yeah
17:30And I think
17:31I know you got a little bit
17:33Of criticism for the goal
17:34I do think Man City
17:35Could have defended that
17:35A little bit better
17:36But I think overall
17:37This role he played
17:38Of just like
17:39Just go
17:40And just go
17:41And see if they'll go with you
17:42And if they don't
17:43Ask for the ball
17:44And if they do
17:45Then great
17:46You've pulled
17:46You've disrupted them
17:48Yeah
17:48I think
17:48We were saying before
17:49Nico O'Reilly
17:50I think he's
17:50I think
17:51Given the way
17:52Tuchel clearly wants
17:53Players to have played
17:55For the national side
17:57As much as possible
17:58Before going to the World Cup
17:59I think that's him
18:00Locked in now
18:00Yeah he's beginning to feel
18:01Like a bit of a shoe in
18:02Isn't it
18:02My only caveat was
18:03Will he get enough minutes
18:04At Man City
18:05And he's
18:06I mean he's starting him
18:07In the Bernabeu
18:07And he's scoring in the Bernabeu
18:08And getting him out of match
18:09In the Bernabeu
18:10I think it's a fairly safe bet
18:11He's in that team now
18:12Permanently
18:13I like it
18:14I like it
18:14But you
18:15You did like it Archie
18:16You did like it
18:17But it wasn't even
18:18The best performance
18:18From a Nico
18:19You thought you'd seen
18:20It wasn't no
18:20I think he was the second best
18:21Nico on the pitch
18:22Wow
18:23I'm going to go with
18:24Nico Gonzalez
18:26He's been praised
18:27Quite a bit after the game
18:27And rightfully so
18:28I think he kind of deserves
18:29To proverbially
18:30Get his flowers
18:31Get his flowers
18:32Get his flowers
18:34City system
18:35Like you displayed
18:36It's that 3-1-6
18:37Right
18:37In build up
18:38And their press
18:40As I'll show you
18:41Is very much
18:43A kind of
18:44It's a 4-1-5
18:45The way they press
18:47And the one
18:48In both of those instances
18:49Is Nico Gonzalez
18:50Right
18:50Everyone else gets to
18:51Rotate a little bit
18:52You know
18:52If I'm Nico O'Reilly
18:53Maybe I'm stepping up
18:54Or I'm defending a little bit
18:56You get to rotate a little bit
18:57Well you can see O'Reilly
18:57Yeah O'Reilly's in the back four there
18:59Precisely
18:59And Nico Gonzalez
19:00Is the only poor bastard
19:02That doesn't get to go anywhere
19:03He just gets to hang around
19:04In the middle of the pitch
19:05And I think he's got
19:06A really really tough job
19:07In this City team
19:08Because every time
19:10Say if it's
19:11Real Madrid playing
19:11Through their own third
19:12Or if they're trying to
19:13Play it through the second third
19:14He's still the only player
19:15In the middle of the pitch there
19:16And this game
19:17I think he broke up
19:18The play brilliantly
19:19He sat in and screamed
19:20The defence
19:21And he did that
19:21Roger role brilliantly
19:23You know
19:23The role that won him
19:24The Ballon d'Or
19:25He was fantastic in that role
19:27And yeah
19:28Every time he was there
19:29He had to cover
19:30He had to scream of defence
19:31And again
19:32You can see in that photo
19:33The amount of space
19:34That's around him
19:35And that's actually
19:36Directly after kick-off
19:37I was going to say
19:38This is usually the sort of
19:38Highlight that you start
19:40And then you highlight
19:41The space around
19:41Nico Gonzalez
19:42And then what ends up
19:43Happening in this clip
19:44Is that there's a counter-attack
19:45He can't cover
19:46Two or three players
19:47In that space
19:47And they concede
19:48But this is actually
19:49It's actually a positive
19:49We're highlighting here
19:50Yeah we are
19:51And he
19:51Because every time
19:52The ball comes back
19:53He was able to break up play
19:54Because he
19:55I'll show you
19:55His defensive contributions
19:56In this game
19:57He had 14 defensive contributions
19:58Across the game
19:59Gee whiz
20:00That's going from right to left
20:00Bearing in mind
20:01This is a man
20:02Who's in central midfield
20:03With Phil Foden
20:04And Bernardo Silva
20:05So the little central cluster
20:07Around the edge of the box
20:08That's his own box
20:09But those
20:10Wow
20:10He was all over the pitch
20:12Pushing up and pushing out
20:13Very much so
20:14He was all over the pitch
20:15And like I say
20:16Their mix
20:16Of having that kind of
20:17That 3-1-6
20:18And that 4-1
20:19That 4-1-5
20:21Left him so isolated
20:23But he was just able
20:24To get everywhere
20:24He covered so much ground
20:26During this game
20:27And I really enjoyed
20:28His performance
20:28I thought he was composed
20:29On the ball
20:30He had the highest pass accuracy
20:31Of any player on the pitch
20:33He was able to break up play
20:34Like I say
20:34And you know
20:35You've got a lot of players
20:36In that Real Madrid team
20:37Who want to kind of exploit
20:38That bit of area
20:39Around the box
20:40Where you can see
20:40Most of those tackles
20:41And defensive contributions
20:42Are your Bellingham's
20:43Your Vinny's
20:44Your Rodrigo's
20:45And that was where
20:46He was getting the most
20:47Of his joy
20:47He was able to clog up
20:48That area
20:49Despite being one person
20:51It was only him
20:52And he did a fantastic job
20:54Of it all game
20:55And I'm just going to
20:56Quickly show you
20:57Bernardo Silva
20:58And Phil Foden's
20:59Defensive contributions
20:59Combined
21:00For that game
21:01And it's half the amount
21:02Of Nico Gonzalez's alone
21:04And you know
21:05They're supposedly
21:05His two central midfielders
21:07Beside him
21:08Obviously the way City play
21:08They're not necessarily
21:09Traditional central midfielders
21:10But I think he's really
21:12Kind of isolated
21:13And marooned in that position
21:14And he made it his own
21:16He looks brilliant
21:17I really like the way he played
21:18And I think
21:19The wider context
21:20Of Rodri struggling
21:22For injuries
21:23We spoke about it earlier
21:24His fitness
21:25Is definitely a problem
21:26But I think
21:27You know
21:27Nico Gonzalez
21:2823
21:28He's come in
21:29Still only 23
21:30Still only 23
21:31Came through La Masia
21:32He's had a bit of
21:33An up and down career
21:34And
21:35Pep's not really trusted him
21:36A whole lot
21:37Since he came in
21:37He was seen as a bit
21:38Of a panic buy
21:38I tell you what
21:39If that's your panic buy
21:40You're doing alright
21:41I think honestly
21:43He was fantastic
21:44I think Rodri
21:45I think Rodri's going to
21:45Struggle to get back
21:46In the team
21:46Yeah I mean
21:47You mentioned that
21:48We're talking before
21:49We start filming
21:50You think Rodri might
21:50Struggle to get back
21:51In the team
21:51I do think
21:52With the injuries
21:53He's had
21:54And sort of
21:54The false stones
21:55On coming back
21:56You know
21:57He's back for a little bit
21:57Another injury
21:58Back for a little bit
21:58Another injury
21:59I do think
22:00It's sort of
22:01It's a dereliction
22:03Of your responsibility
22:04As a manager
22:04And as a club
22:05To be relying on him
22:07You know what I mean
22:07If you've built the next
22:08Sort of three or four years
22:09Of the team
22:10In your head
22:10Around him being available
22:11I actually think
22:12That's terrible management
22:14On your part
22:14If you're not considering
22:15The possibility
22:16That maybe the level
22:18Just isn't there
22:18Maybe you can't
22:19Shade the injuries
22:19Maybe the availability
22:20Isn't there
22:21The consistency
22:22Sooner or later
22:23A player who's
22:24Literally currently reigning
22:25As the best player
22:26In the world
22:26Is going to come back
22:27And he will be
22:28The one tasked
22:29With doing that
22:29So you're kind of
22:30Like under pressure
22:31To perform
22:32At a level
22:33Way above yourself
22:34But maybe also
22:35At the same time
22:35Show things
22:36That aren't necessarily
22:37Your game
22:37Yeah
22:38Just so when he does
22:39Come back
22:39And you'll be like
22:39Oh do you see
22:40All those box crashing runs
22:41I made
22:42That you didn't ask
22:43Didn't ask me to do
22:43That was extracurricular
22:44I did do those
22:45So maybe there's a job
22:47For me as an eight
22:47I think it's
22:49Really nice for him
22:51Yeah
22:52That these performances
22:53Get noticed
22:54And he's suddenly
22:54Going to the burnabout
22:55And he's allowed to be
22:56The one in the 3-1-6
22:58And the one in the 4-1-5
23:00Like
23:02Guardiola
23:03Is such a weird manager
23:05To manage for
23:06To manage
23:06Be managed by
23:07Yeah I can do English
23:09That like
23:10There will be times where
23:11I mean look
23:12Mateus Nunes
23:14Literally
23:14Could not get a game
23:16Guardiola
23:17Made some big
23:17Backpedal about
23:18Did I say he was
23:18One of the best players
23:19In the world
23:19Obviously I didn't mean that
23:20Because he's not
23:22And then he's all of a sudden
23:23Just like the first choice
23:24Right back
23:25Yeah
23:25Like you must never know
23:26Where you stand
23:27You must only have
23:28Your own performances
23:28To go off really
23:29And I just think
23:30You're right
23:31Watching him last night
23:31That is a player who
23:33Like has really
23:34Really
23:35Stepped up a couple of levels
23:37And could be
23:38A much longer term fixture
23:40In that city side
23:40Because I wasn't
23:41Convinced by him
23:42And obviously
23:42Neither was Pep
23:43And I think
23:44You know
23:45I actually think
23:45Gonzalez and Rodri
23:46Two stamps
23:48Similar values
23:50I actually think
23:51Nico Gonzalez's
23:52Kind of performances
23:52Are actually going to
23:53Help Rodri
23:54In a perverse kind of way
23:55Go on
23:55Because they're not
23:55Going to need to
23:56Rush Rodri back
23:57As much as they might have
23:57Because it's a
23:59Hamstring injury right
23:59And it's a kind of
24:00Recurring one that he's had
24:01And you might be tempted
24:03If Nico Gonzalez
24:04Wasn't playing particularly well
24:05To go
24:06Rodri
24:07Oh strap it up
24:08You'll be alright
24:08Strap it up
24:09And do him a bit more
24:10Long term damage
24:11I think with this
24:12You can bring Rodri back
24:13In his own time
24:14And you won't really
24:14You won't really miss a beat
24:17Yeah
24:17So that's why
24:17Nico Gonzalez was very good
24:19And the better of the two
24:20Nicos
24:20But it's close
24:21Well yeah
24:22I guess
24:22You know
24:22If we want to do some
24:23Kind of tawdry
24:24Call to action
24:25To artificially manufacture
24:26Some sort of social engagement
24:28Which Nico did you think
24:30Was the best Nico
24:30At the Bernabeau last night
24:31Was it Nico O'Reilly
24:33Like I think
24:34Which is correct
24:34Or Nico Gonzalez
24:35As Archie has simply
24:37Said
24:38I presume for attention
24:39Or something like that
24:40But yes
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24:55Yeah
24:55Where I have not
24:56Planned it yet
24:57But I will be talking
24:58About Liverpool moving
24:59To a diamond midfield
25:00Which I think is very weird
25:01And interesting
25:03Anything on your
25:03Any on your agenda
25:04Mike Penders
25:05Oh yeah
25:06We're doing the
25:07Big Mike Penders
25:07Mad section
25:08If you know
25:09You know
25:09Yes
25:10I've been reliably informed
25:11There's a goalkeeper
25:12Who plays in midfield now
25:13So we'll be talking about that
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25:23So membership stuff
25:25Down below
25:25Man City fans
25:27How do you feel
25:28About the Champions League
25:29Feels like it should be
25:30A trophy
25:30You should be winning
25:31Or at least getting near
25:32To winning every single year
25:33But I'm pretty sure
25:33Pep said
25:34We are not ready
25:35We are
25:35Of course he said that
25:36Words to that effect
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25:40As it is
25:41Archie
25:42If they want to get you
25:43On social media
25:43In a nice way
25:45Where can they do that
25:46Arch underscore underscore
25:47Edits on Instagram
25:48And just Arch Corbett
25:50On Twitter
25:50That's two underscores
25:51It's so
25:52It's horrible
25:52So degrading
25:53You get me
25:54Adam Cleary
25:55C-L-E-O-I
25:56Just on everything
25:57Because I've got
25:58A very SEO friendly name
25:59And I'm old enough
26:00That I got in
26:00On all the websites
26:02Really early
26:03But yes
26:04Until next time
26:04That was Man City
26:05Versus Real Madrid
26:06How long do you think
26:06That was
26:0730 minutes
26:0813
26:093-0
26:10Wow
26:11Okay
26:11I'm shutting up now
26:12Goodbye
26:12Bye
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