onelove168 Owen Hargreaves and Rio Ferdinand, two BT Sport analysts, praised Manchester City’s 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg thrashing Bayern Munich. is one of the forms on the shelf Which, with the experience accumulated into the 7th year, they probably already knew that if they wanted to reach the championship, they had to play defensively as well. onelove168

City scored three goals from Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Braut Haaland, while the defensive unit consisted of John Stones, Manuel Akanji and Ruben Di. As, Nathan Ake, or goalkeeper Ederson Moraes, who instruct them to motivate them, are also neat.  onelove 168

As an alumnus of two institutions like Hargreaves, yesterday’s game at the Etihad Stadium is a case study for ‘The Blues’ said that the offensive-defensive balance is important on the European Club Championship stage. ( onelove168 )

“This is the way to win this title. The defensive performance they showed last night was different from the City they were used to – flawless,” said Hargreaves, who played for Bayern from 2000-2007 and Manchester City from 2011-12. 

“I think you should give Pep some credit.” 

“The truth is that they can play a familiar defensive game. But now the team’s system of play has evolved from a ‘false 9’ to pushing more midfield to create chances.

“Having Akanji and Ake keeping the defensive spaces on the flanks makes sense, Pep is clever in finding a solution.”

On the side of Ferdinand, he admired the City defenders who were able to handle it because at first he was worried about the duel situation. will be burned by speed 

“I think before the game we spoke about Bayern’s threat, especially at the wide area when there are players like Kingsley, Coman or others, but Akanji and Ake got it all.” . 2008 Supplement 

“I was worried about the 1-on-1 duel, but it showed the difference. Both of them played as faster, more square, stronger stoppers than Joao Cancelo or Oleksandr Zinchenko. Excellent performance at the back.” 

“Akanji, Ake was outstanding, Dias was able to block a lot of situations, John Stones was able to take the ball himself from the back. The works that are shown allow everything to be perfect.”

“Last night I saw the Manchester City defenders drive like that. It is no different from art on the grass floor.” 

One standout record is Ake ‘s 3 tackles , 36 of 41 successful passes , 1 interception , 3 duel wins and 6 interceptions .