How Pep can ignite Marmoush and Haaland partnership with aggressive shape

How Pep can ignite Marmoush and Haaland partnership with aggressive shape

THE FA Cup is Pep Guardiola’s only realistic chance left to win a trophy this season. Had you said last summer that in March Manchester City would be out of the Champions League, far out of the Premier League title race and nowhere close to the Carabao Cup final, you would have been laughed out of the room. GettyPep Guardiola could find a way to spark a stunning partnership with Erling Haaland and other Man City forwards against Bournemouth[/cap…

In 2017, his first year with the English club, he was eliminated from the Champions League, the FA Cup and the League Cup and placed third in the Premier League. Against Andoni Iraola's surprising Bournemouth, Manchester City will play the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Sunday, the last chance for Pep Guardiola's team to win a tournament this season. Dominant in English soccer in recent years, with six Premier League titles in the last seven co…

Gvardiol, Ederson, Bobb, Stones latest: Man City injury list for Bournemouth clash

Sports Mole rounds up Manchester City's injury and suspension news ahead of their FA Cup quarter-final clash with Bournemouth on Sunday.

FA Cup quarter-finals: Man City, Aston Villa, Preston – and why this year’s competition matters to those left in it

Never, Never, Never, Never, 1938, 1957, 1959, 2023. Those are not just random words and numbers, but the last time this season’s FA Cup quarter-finalists lifted the trophy. And aside from those of a Man City persuasion, for the majority the ultimate success in the world’s oldest cup competition was long before their time – […]

How Counter-Attacking, Transitions and Verticality Are Shaping Modern Premier League Football

With Pep Guardiola acknowledging that transitions are growing in importance, we examine how fast and direct attacks are influencing Premier League football more than ever before. Transitions have long been the enemy of Pep Guardiola. Of all the many tactical aspects of the game, they have always been the thing he fears most. For many of his adversaries over the years, meanwhile, they have proved a very useful weapon. Back when Guardiola was firs…

Man City at AFC Bournemouth (FA Cup) Starting Lineup Predictions

just the third ever FA Cup quarterfinal appearance for AFC Bournemouth, who welcome in, wait for it, Manchester City!