How Pep used the world’s best striker Erling Haaland as a decoy to set up Marmoush masterclass

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PEP GUARDIOLA’S caller signings tin marque a Real quality successful Madrid arsenic Manchester City’s ‘mini Rodri’ and Omar Marmoush look acceptable to start.

It was a lawsuit of Marmoush? You can’t grip Marmoush… for Newcastle astatine the weekend.

Manchester City players celebrating a goal.

Erling Haaland played a supporting relation arsenic Omar Marmoush helped himself to a hat-trick against Newcastle[/caption]

Omar Marmoush of Manchester City celebrating a hat-trick goal.

The stand-in skipper thrived successful his antithetic relation arsenic sidekick[/caption]

Omar Marmoush of Manchester City scoring a goal.

Marmoush turned connected the benignant with his quickfire treble[/caption]

Here, Dean Scoggins from our superb Tactics Exposed show, explains how Pep destroyed Newcastle and what that means for the Champions League 2nd limb connected Wednesday.

HAALAND’S THE DECOY

Seems astonishing – utilizing the world’s champion striker to beryllium a decoy runner.

But that’s precisely what Guardiola did against Newcastle arsenic Marmoush bagged a hat-trick.

Unselfish skipper for the time Erling Haaland dragged Newcastle’s defence upfield and they kindly followed him to let flying Egyptian Marmoush to tally successful down for his archetypal goal.

His 3rd was much bully enactment from Haaland – who cleverly took the defenders to the backmost post, allowing abstraction successful beforehand of Marmoush for Savinho’s transverse to find him.

Haaland whitethorn not person scored – but City deed four.

Illustration of Manchester City's shot squad formation.

Haaland started arsenic the lone striker supported by Marmoush, Phil Foden and Savinho[/caption]

When Haaland dropped in, the defenders followed and allowed Marmoush to tally successful behind[/caption]

Diagram of a shot crippled showing subordinate positions and a highlighted country of the field.

Those runs created abstraction for his team-mates[/caption]

Illustration of a shot play showing Haaland and Trippier adjacent the goal.

Haaland would usually tally towards the punishment spot[/caption]

Illustration of a shot play showing Haaland passing to Trippier.

By going extracurricular his marker, Marmoush could determination into the gap[/caption]

Omar Marmoush heatmap from Man City vs Newcastle match, showing 40 touches.

Marmoush operated connected the near but came successful with devastating impact[/caption]

Haaland's heatmap from Man City's 4-0 triumph implicit Newcastle, showing 22 touches.

Haaland made 22 touches successful the match[/caption]

MINI RODRI GLUES CITY TOGETHER

Nico Gonzalez gave a midfield masterclass that Rodri would beryllium arrogant of, and Pep labelled him ‘mini Rodri’ aft the game.

He’s not precise mini astatine implicit 6ft and was ascendant against a carnal Toon.

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But it was his quality to work the crippled that was truthful awesome – helium is astir 1 walk up of everyone else.

He work wherever the adjacent Newcastle walk was going and was determination to property oregon chopped it out.

Manchester City's Nico Gonzalez playing soccer.

Nico Gonzalez was dubbed ‘mini Rodri’ by Guardiola[/caption]

Illustration of a shot play showing Gonzalez's walk being intercepted.

Gonzalez cuts retired the passing lines arsenic portion of the press[/caption]

Soccer crippled investigation showing Gonzalez's walk being intercepted.

This helps Manchester City triumph the shot back[/caption]

Gonzales anticipating the shot during a shot game.

Gonzalez is besides comfy connected the shot truthful tin play the ‘2-in-1’ role[/caption]

Illustration of Nico Gonzalez's lucifer statistic against Newcastle.

His stats marque for awesome reading[/caption]

Exactly 100 completed passes knitted City backmost unneurotic and kept them going guardant against a stretched Newcastle.

EDERSON VOLLEYS

Another assistance for City keeper Ederson showed his value, with that assistance from Haaland’s run.

But Ederson besides deed immoderate large passes retired of his hands to the chests of the City widemen who maintained their width to agelong Newcastle sideways and loosen their grip connected midfield.

The keeper besides stepped into the antiaircraft enactment to make an overload which meant Newcastle, who property 1v1, didn’t cognize whether to instrumentality oregon twist.

Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson smiling.

Ederson picked up yet different assist[/caption]

Illustration of a shot play showing Ederson and his teammates' positions connected the field.

The goalkeeper is blessed to measurement retired arsenic the escaped antheral and prime his pass[/caption]

Premier League goalkeepers with the astir assists.

He is present wide astatine the apical of the all-time assistance database among Prem goalkeepers[/caption]

NOW A REAL CHALLENGE

City acceptable up successful onslaught with a 2-3-5 shape, with the right-back inverting into midfield to springiness them much dominance and Josko Gvardiol providing attacking width connected the left.

But that often leaves them exposed defensively, arsenic Real showed successful the last 10 minutes of the 3-2 decision successful the archetypal leg.

With the emergence of Nico and Marmoush, who were some subs successful the game, Pep could opt to marque it a much 3-2-5 signifier with Stones staying successful defence from right-back to regenerate the injured Manuel Akanji.

Nico could beryllium trusted to play the ‘2-in-1’ relation that Rodri plays successful onslaught and defence and it could beryllium Kevin De Bruyne who misses retired successful onslaught to let Marmoush to play successful onslaught for nonstop balls with Haaland again.

But it’s a big telephone for a large game!