The Manchester derby: a system-less striker against a striker-less system
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
In their Champions League meeting in September, with Paris Saint-Germain’s midfield sitting very deep and their forward line barely bothering to track back, Manchester City repeatedly got the ball in space about 40 yards from their opponents’ goal. With a front three of Riyad Mahrez, Raheem Sterling and Jack Grealish, they kept trying to pass and dribble their way through, and kept running into a wall off Idrissa Gueye, Marco Verratti and Ander Herrera. If only, the thought occurred, they’d
