Why is De Breiner like this… Losing ownership and most mistakes in touch

Why is De Breiner like this… Losing ownership and most mistakes in touch

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▲ Manchester City loses 0-2 to Manchester United ▲ Man City ends undefeated march in 28 games including 21 consecutive wins ▲ De Breiner loses ownership of United Nations (24 times) & most mistakes in ball touch (4 times) ▲ De Breiner, PL before injury 3 goals and 10 assists in 17 matches & 1 assist in 5 matches after injury

[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyun-min = Manchester City (hereinafter referred to as Man City) lost 0-2 to Manchester United (hereinafter referred to as Manchester United), ending 21 consecutive wins and undefeated march in 28 games. Above all, ace Kevin De Brayner is adding to the regret of not showing his previous performance after returning to injury.

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Manchester City lost 0-2 in the Manchester Derby against Manchester United at the home of Etihad Stadium. Along with this, Man City stayed at 65 points, reducing the difference between second-placed Manchester United (54 points) to 11 points.

In this match, Man City came out with a 4-2-3-1 formation instead of the recently used 4-3-3. Gabriel Jessus was the one-top striker in the forefront, and Raheem Sterling and Riyadh Marez, centered on Ace de Breiner, formed a two-point attack line. As Ilkai Guundoan went down the rear, unlike usual, he and Rodri built a double volante (a position term referring to the two defensive midfielders), and Oleksandr Jinchenko and Juan Kanselu were in charge of the left and right defenses. Hubin Dias and John Stones started as central defenders, and the goal was kept by Ederson goalkeeper.

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Manchester City starting lineup vs United

The biggest hole in Manchester United was in Jesus. At the start of the game, Jesus joined the defense because it was unreasonable that three defenders were already in place, but committed a foul against Manchester United front-line striker Anthony Marsial in the penalty box. Eventually, Manchester City gave Manchester United ace Bruno Fernandez a goal first with a penalty kick at the start of the match, signaling an uneasy start.

This is not all. Jesus directed several scenes of being blocked by the dense defense of Manchester United while pursuing a reckless breakthrough. In the 70th minute, coach Pep Guardiola Man City subtracted Jessus and replaced Phil Foden.

Besides Jessus, Sterling’s sluggishness was also noticeable. Sterling also recklessly made a breakthrough and suffered several last minute problems, especially in the 79th and 84th minutes, not being able to take advantage of the decisive scoring opportunity, which contributed to the scoreless defeat. The bigger problem is that he has never won a ball game (0% ball game win rate), and it was a sterling as he was tied up by matchup opponent, Manchester United right-wing defender Aaron Wan-Visaka.

The recent sluggishness of Canselu, who boasts the best performance in Manchester City along with Gundoan, Bernardo Silva, and Foden, was also a disappointment. He dragged the ball dangerously inside Man City’s penalty box on the 3rd minute and was intercepted by Manchester United left-handed defender Luke Shaw (which was blocked by Ederson goalkeeper save). In addition, several times, he exposed the problem of breaking through the overlapping of the show.

Eventually in the process, Man City allowed Shaw to conceded in the 49th minute. Despite being a defender, the win rate for ball competition was 44.4%, which was a disappointing figure. As a result, Guardiola had to remove Cancellu as the first replacement card in the 64th minute and put Kyle Walker into the game.

But what was most disappointing for Man City was De Breiner’s sluggishness. He was a deterrent to Man City’s attack flow, making 24 loss of ownership and 4 ball-touch mistakes among the players. In particular, it was Bryner, who lost ownership of 7 times only 20 minutes after the game started. Even in the 16th minute, he had to make a pass mistake in the danger zone, allowing Rashford to shoot a medium range (saved by Ederson goalkeeper). The ball competition win rate was also only 33.3%.

Who is De Breiner? As Man City’s absolute ace, he was the best player selected by the PFA (PL Players Association) last season. Last season, with 13 goals and 20 assists, he was ranked as the PL helper, and this season, he was still showing off his skills by scoring 3 goals and 10 assists even up to the 19th round of the PL.

Bad things happened to him, who was struggling to win. Injured by Jack Greelish’s tough tackle in a PL game against Aston Villa on January 20th. While he was away, Man City was continuing a record-breaking streak while maximizing Gundoan’s attack power. Returning from three weeks of injuries, he was no longer at the peak he had shown before. Perhaps due to the aftermath of the injury, it is showing an unfavorable sluggishness. In fact, he is only helping one in the last five PL games. It can be said that it is quite different from the previous record of 3 goals and 10 assists in 17 PL games.

Even the fact that Man City ran phenomenal streaks in the games he missed is a burden for him. In fact, Man City boasts a phenomenal win rate of 93% with 13 wins, 1 draw and undefeated in 14 games of the official tournament that De Breiner missed. On the other hand, in the 28 games played by De Breiner, the win rate is only 71.4% with 20 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses.

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Of course, Man City’s goal is not simply to win the PL. Manchester City’s ultimate goal is to win the Champions League. In addition, Man City is aiming to win four tournaments in the heart by advancing to the League Cup final and FA Cup quarterfinals.

I don’t know about other competitions, but in order for Man City to win the Champions League, the ace, Bryner, has to survive. This is why Guardiola is insisting on him as the starting point, even though De Breiner is showing a slump after his return to injury, while taking turns of the players who played the lead roles in the recent streak (Gunduan, Silva, Foden). In order to achieve a bigger cause, he needs to restore his former appearance. Considering this, it is safe to say that the key to Man City’s four-winning challenge lies in the recovery of De Breiner’s skills before injury.

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