Julian Alvarez, a rising star in Manchester City's team, is causing problems for opposition coaches with his effective performances. Despite a quieter game in the recent derby, Alvarez's impact on the team's tactics was revealed by United manager Erik ten Hag.
Ederson was a game-changer in terms of how analysis teams tried to stop Pep Guardiola's side as they quickly realised that pressing the goalkeeper is a dangerous exercise but so is letting him have the ball to land it on any sixpence that he wants. Rodri can often be man-marked in an attempt to stop the flow of City's game, while it is unusual for Erling Haaland to have multiple players watching for where he goes.
The Argentine, who came in seventh place in the Ballon d'Or rankings announced on Monday in Paris, appeared to have one of his quieter games of the campaign in the derby as Jack Grealish and Bernardo Silva marauded down the left flank at Old Trafford in the 3-0 romp. However, United manager Erik ten Hag revealed after the game that Alvarez had been central to his peculiar decision to select Jonny Evans and Harry Maguire in the centre of his defence over World Cup winner Raphael Varane.
Needless to say, Amrabat was hooked at half-time and the defence left Haaland in acres of space on multiple occasions as City's gameplan trumped United's convincingly. Even before the game had started, Alvarez had caused United a headache.
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