At 22:00 on August 24th, Manchester City will host newly promoted Ipswich Town in the second round of the Premier League. Today, media personality Ao Ming posted his prediction for the match on his social media.
Ipswich’s total team value is one-tenth of Manchester City’s, with the most expensive player being midfielder Phillips, who was on loan from City and didn’t appear in the first game. The newly promoted team also has players with tens of thousands of pounds in value. How can they compete with defending champions Manchester City?
Ipswich played remarkably well in the first half of their opening match against Liverpool. However, don’t be fooled, Liverpool’s big boys were just playing casually, laying back. After half-time, Klopp instructed them to take control, and Liverpool dominated, leaving Ipswich overwhelmed.
I’m curious to see what tactical challenge young manager McKenna will come up with against Manchester City. Parking the bus is definitely not an option. You’ll be exhausted and defend for 60 minutes only to be riddled like a beehive for the last 30. Pressing high? Man City is the least afraid of being pressed, they’ll whip out a few short passes, launch a counter-attack, Haaland scores, what do you do?
Since it’s a dead end either way, why not just go for 45-degree long balls? Take a chance, hit the space behind the Man City defense, have a go. What if they make a mistake, right?
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