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What Man City can learn about Leeds United from Champions League thriller
28.04.2022 - 09:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
On Saturday Manchester City will make the short trip across the Pennines to face Leeds United, as the Premier League title race enters its final stages.
City are in a situation where they know victory in each of their final five league fixtures will guarantee them the title, regardless of what Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool do. But as Pep Guardiola has often pointed out, he and his squad will be focused on the task at hand.
City thrashed Leeds 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium back in December, but quite a lot has changed since then. Jesse Marsch replaced Marcelo Bielsa as manager back in February, and his side are now on a five-game unbeaten run.
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Guardiola and Marsch have met once already this season - in September City defeated Marsch's RB Leipzig 6-3 in a Champions League thriller. Based on prior experience and how he has shaped his Leeds team over the past two months, what can City expect on Saturday?
When City met RB Leipzig in their opening game of the Champions League group stage, the visitors began the game in a 4-2-3-1 formation. There's nothing particularly offensive or out of the ordinary about that, but sides who try to combat City's attack with a flat back four can find themselves pulled side-to-side and exposed down the flanks.
That's because City often attack with five players - the two wingers, false nine and two eights - meaning that there is already a numerical advantage. When one of City's wingers has the ball the defenders shuffle over so that they are each marking a man, but that leaves the winger on the opposite flank open to receive a quick switch of play.
City did this against Leipzig, and it was a big factor in their 5-1 thrashing of
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