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Champions League Quarter-Final breakdown

The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast

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City's Counter-Tacking Style in the Champions League

City's field tilt was just 42% last night, which is their lowest in the Champions League in the last five seasons. And I think the point on their counter-tacking style and having Harland is that it's something we've spoken about on this podcast of how Pep Guardiola's sides are really good in the league for being able to dominate possession. The minute the game becomes too transitional, too chaotic, as we saw last season, it does seem like they sort of fall like a deck of cards. This was them actually using the transitional moments for the goal to their advantage. It worked really well against the light ticket in the home game. Works in the first, like, really

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