OR, MORE LIKELY, the history is repeating:
1. Pep came to Barca. He shocked the world for 2-3 seasons and then managers and teams have figured out how to defend and counter against his tactics.
And then Barca stopped dominating.
2. Spain did the same. They shocked the world for a few years and then it all stopped, exactly the same as in Barca's case.
3. now Pep came to England. Teams in England are even less familiar with his technical style.
He has totally shocked them and dominated them in the last season, but other managers usually have IQ and are able to learn on their mistakes and evolve.
Lately, teams are defending better and better against City and City is without ideas.
And since Pep is stubborn and unwilling to change anything, current results are not a huge surprise.
Btw, City's gameplan in the last 2 matches was:
1. pass the ball around the box till death, the same as Barca.
The opponents parked 2 buses around their box and City can't break them through the middle.
2. then the only other options are: counters or crosses.
But City is also slow and are forcing too much possession play so they don't have too many counters.
So, the only thing which they can do is: crosses.
And then they start to cross like crazy, and then in the box they have Barca's DNA Cfs in Jesus and Aguero
And then, City gets what they deserve=defeats due to Pep's stubborness.
Btw, what is Pep/City's plan B?
= there is no Plan B.
Pep's plan B was always=repeat a Plan A for 1000 times in row again and again and hope that it will start to work
So, let's sit down and see.
I have told numerous times that Barca's TikiTaka from 2008-2011 is outdated and figured out.
People here replied: NOOO! It is not figured out, we just HAVEN'T EXECUTED it properly
Well, now you guys will have your "father" Pep.
He will execute it properly, right?
Let's see whether the opponents will STILL neutralize him inspite of him executing it properly.
The point of a story: you can't sell the same shit for 10 years in a row.
You need to evolve.
And people here are acting as if Pep's style is some divine style which will never get figured out and neutralized, AS LONG AS you are executing it properly, lol.