{"id":1122847,"date":"2019-12-29T20:31:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T20:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1122847"},"modified":"2020-02-12T14:11:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:11:59","slug":"man-city-sheffield-utd-wilder-stock-enhanced-guardiola","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/man-city-sheffield-utd-wilder-stock-enhanced-guardiola\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;No less complete than Man City&#8221; \u2013 Wilder emerges from Guardiola duel with his stock enhanced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a tense evening of football, <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-4k51mlimydo7ww6mohekxkw20sv3lvb0\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Manchester City<\/span> beat <span id=\"urn:enhancement-95eb1640-f8ae-a4fa-5f24-919756993bcb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> 2-0 at the Etihad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the face of it, yeah, it makes sense that <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-ozgo1xcaouvpt75ozluuh2kkdcw0iqk4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Manchester City<\/span> beat <span id=\"urn:enhancement-da960667-2216-b330-771a-eb2fa2893206\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> at home. They&#8217;re a better team with the bigger budget and so this result makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>But if you watched the game you will have seen a match where <span id=\"urn:enhancement-016b9574-5685-00b3-03a6-9d38e9b72fa6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> basically matched their hosts in terms of attacking impact. In terms of the battle between <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-sp3qkexbdi9j1zdjwoat4c18lcsp7g56\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Pep Guardiola<\/span> and <span id=\"urn:enhancement-f86d2036-6294-8d30-1535-c492d992fd83\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chris_wilder\">Chris Wilder<\/span>, you couldn&#8217;t say the Catalan had come out a clear winner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7462485\/embed\/v4?image_option=fullsq\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Obviously <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-n27huvf4m1o9vr7h3h63gh0s4rau8xt8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Pep<\/span> was a winner in the literal sense, but <span id=\"urn:enhancement-afc296d0-a916-a950-7d96-ad2063680936\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chris_wilder\">Wilder<\/span> showed here that his system of play is no less coherent and complete. That his team don&#8217;t just play in the typical promoted side&#8217;s manner, all scrap and pluck, but are in fact as cultured and measured as <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-cuao5yl701guwiqqwyddoylun47kkne2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Man City<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Moreso, if we&#8217;re being honest. Three years of high intensity coaching and particularly two years of winning basically everything under the sun (domestically) has left <span id=\"urn:enhancement-37656feb-bd8c-4dee-2dff-80b297959d60\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> looking a little bewildered at times. Going forward they are still an excellent side, but in trying to marry the attacking qualities of <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-u2itmyr8kvih8nc58vpeacx232yseqq0\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/kevin_de_bruyne\">Kevin de Bruyne<\/span>, Bernardo Silva and <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-z9st8opnpontc7x50mnubjnhxku1d50e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/raheem_sterling\">Raheem Sterling<\/span>, <span id=\"urn:enhancement-72989d0d-33f4-e8b9-0e0e-90a78b8d7545\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> seem to have forgotten how to defend counters.<\/p>\n<p>They had done this previously through Fernandinho&#8217;s excellence at covering space and his mastery of the dark arts. But their lack of defensive reinforcements has seen the Brazilian drawn into the back four, meaning the midfield has often had Rodri or Ilkay Gundogan at the base. And those two are supreme passers but lack the athleticism and skill to defend like Fernandinho.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fewest games needed to reach 100 wins in the Premier League:<\/p>\n<p>?? Pep Guardiola<br \/>?? Jos\u00e9 Mourinho<br \/>?? J\u00fcrgen Klopp<br \/>??????? Sir Alex Ferguson<\/p>\n<p>Pep tops a list of greats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K5w68rB51w\">pic.twitter.com\/K5w68rB51w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coral (@Coral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Coral\/status\/1211374215963783168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So <span id=\"urn:enhancement-5f2eab12-3fb6-5817-c1a2-1f4f5efa9562\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> don&#8217;t have anything like the same kind of solidity they&#8217;ve had in previous years, which is why they&#8217;ve dropped so many points already this season and why <span id=\"urn:enhancement-d6bce55f-12af-eaac-2e97-147c6b301fba\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> were able to go toe-to-toe with them at the Etihad.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:enhancement-8a221a16-c395-bdb2-9f4e-8ce2b9f72f54\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chris_wilder\">Wilder<\/span>&#8216;s men matched <span id=\"urn:enhancement-ead2d80c-41fc-d205-1fba-8e4bcd00ccaf\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> and were it not for a couple of awful VAR decisions (one ruling out Lys Mousset&#8217;s goal for another nonsense precision offside, and the other allowing Sergio Aguero&#8217;s goal to stand even though the referee accidentally helped <span id=\"urn:enhancement-27465ec8-5144-f50f-6980-13a39721d548\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> win the ball back) they could have even won.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018De Bruyne?!\u2019 Manchester City fans quizzed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8PGx6Im8utU?start=134&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And when you look at <span id=\"urn:enhancement-4e4fa8b9-6e1a-0a21-9a12-f1272a07f2fd\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> and their team of misfits and cast-offs, the fact that only nonsensical refereeing stopped them from winning against the defending <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-a6ubvgmg9s4q2uyz9qotl8rx9rnragpi\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/premier_league_2\">Premier League<\/span> champions in their own back yard is remarkable.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:enhancement-a60f3e8d-2e60-60ae-2ac2-26730e792155\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> really are something to behold, their overlapping centre-backs seem quaint but it genuinely allows them to overwhelm opponents in key zones of the pitch and their ability to go back-to-front is so important as it destabilises opponents.<\/p>\n<p>John Fleck&#8217;s pass to Mousset was so good it appeared to bend space and time but at its core it followed the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-33f371ee-189b-7630-1781-3244a8078542\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> pattern in that it was a forward pass that broke lines quickly. <span id=\"urn:enhancement-afca1fad-3406-f5df-0c96-41b5037763f4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> couldn&#8217;t adjust and Mousset finished calmly, only for VAR to rule it out.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"urn:enhancement-0edfde1b-3764-57f3-45a7-def60a8bedfc\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chris_wilder\">Wilder<\/span>&#8216;s system even has <span id=\"urn:enhancement-dd4e5899-b1ca-78ec-5357-e3405b29615b\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> passing out of the back, although this is how <span id=\"urn:enhancement-2ddc3de0-6c97-480b-3314-83cc1e3e4bb2\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> scored their opening goal. It didn&#8217;t come from any <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-n5zwthauabecxht4webk8rs2une3lsui\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Guardiola<\/span> counter-pressing but referee Chris Kavanaugh leaping in front of a <span id=\"urn:enhancement-be558a6b-9302-11fa-fc6b-9f56b248654e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> player.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1122966\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/man-city-sheffield-united-aguero-de-bruyne-winners-losers\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1122966\" class=\"wp-image-1122966 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29195630\/man-city-sheffield-united-result-graphic.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1122966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/man-city-sheffield-united-aguero-de-bruyne-winners-losers\">Five things learned as Wilder finally suffers away defeat<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>See, the goal starts as Oleksandr Zinchenko tries to thread a pass into the heart of the defence but John Egan cuts it out. The ball then falls to Oliver Norwood who takes a touch to draw pressure before passing it to Fleck so that the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-a8251154-4845-0c25-3396-9b21499eee5a\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> counter could begin in earnest. After all, the next pass in the chain was an obvious one in to Mousset and the visitors would be away.<\/p>\n<p>But no, Kavanaugh loped in front of Fleck like a clueless antelope and so Fleck, now off-balance, miscontrolled the ball and it fell to <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-bwxz6xfx47a2f5mwdep18l8hgf6t526e\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/kevin_de_bruyne\">De Bruyne<\/span>. The Belgian took a couple touches then slid in Aguero, who duly slammed it home. So, 1-0 <span id=\"urn:enhancement-f4e85518-b5fa-ad19-7816-7e8fc2e48cf6\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> because the referee wasn&#8217;t looking where he was going and broke up what was a perfectly fine <span id=\"urn:enhancement-e29a1516-a7cf-595c-b9fa-6d73bb8dcbfe\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> counter-attack in a way that would make Fernandinho jealous.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1122981 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29201516\/wilder-guardiola-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"Wilder-Guardiola\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29201516\/wilder-guardiola.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29201516\/wilder-guardiola-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29201516\/wilder-guardiola-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/12\/29201516\/wilder-guardiola-66x46.jpg 66w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, the rule is that if a referee touches the ball causing a turnover of possession, then the game must be restarted with a drop-ball. Of course as Kavanaugh didn&#8217;t touch the ball, VAR <em>technically<\/em> had nothing to rule on. But that&#8217;s clearly nonsense, as Kavanaugh caused the turnover of possession and if he didn&#8217;t have the guts to call it back, VAR certainly should have done.<\/p>\n<p>All that was heartbreaking and essentially condemned <span id=\"urn:enhancement-5892ec46-98c2-ee52-0e51-73e4449357bb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> to defeat. <span id=\"urn:enhancement-5b6a0a85-ac56-9db3-0ed8-44e066a5844c\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_city\">Man City<\/span> scored a second late on the break and <span id=\"urn:enhancement-aed345b5-4243-71fe-096e-0679ceaa4bc1\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> hit the post with a header. It just wasn&#8217;t meant to be and the result will appear to confirm the ability level of both sides, but the performance itself was a testament to <span id=\"urn:enhancement-dcb2db13-97d5-82a0-d84b-d39e6115f6af\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/chris_wilder\">Wilder<\/span>&#8216;s managerial brilliance.<\/p>\n<p>He took his &#8216;lowly&#8217;\u00a0<span id=\"urn:enhancement-c3aaca99-def0-f8ce-6667-cdb2619d63a4\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/sheffield_united\">Sheffield United<\/span> side to the home of the champions and had them playing with more confidence and coherence than\u00a0<span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-7zkws5iolzo1wrk4g6hph48n608x64d9\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Guardiola<\/span>&#8216;s <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fpd7or0yif6c60mv6nj1mtgncmy7p5wb\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Man City<\/span>. And when you can pull that off, then you have to be a serious shout for Manager of the Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a tense evening of football, Manchester City beat Sheffield United 2-0 at the Etihad. On the face of it, yeah, it makes sense that Manchester City beat Sheffield United at home. They&#8217;re a better team with the bigger budget and so this result makes sense. 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