{"id":1399029,"date":"2025-09-14T19:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=features&p=1399029"},"modified":"2025-09-14T19:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:24:10","slug":"post-match-analysis-man-city-vs-man-utd-14-09-25","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/post-match-analysis-man-city-vs-man-utd-14-09-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City vs Man United stats and analysis: How Citizens dominated Red Devils without the ball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Manchester City defeated Manchester United 3-0 at Etihad Stadium. Surprisingly, their best moments in the game happened when they didn’t dominate possession.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is one thing Pep Guardiola sees as a non-negotiable in football, is having possession. The Spanish mastermind wants his teams to be the ‘main characters’ and dictate how the games go 100% of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This season, however, he’s been more flexible in this department. A big example was their 3-0 win over rivals Manchester United this Sunday, in which they did most of their damage without the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Let’s be clear though: City absolutely started the match having the ball for most of the time. This is still their default setting, so to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But unlike in their loss at Brighton, in which they led at the break and upped their possession percentage in the second half, they decided to give the ball to Ruben Amorim’s side. And it paid off big time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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