How City and Guardiola are trying to use goalkeeper Ederson as the 'free' player against teams who mark man-to-man
Gundogan slides a pass wide to Walker and City are away:Here, in the second leg a week later, Karim Benzema chases down Ederson after a backpass by Stones:
“When you play teams that play man-to-man, the man that’s free is the ’keeper,” Guardiola said after the Burnley match. “With the quality of the ’keepers we have, with the quality of strikers we have, it’s another weapon we have to use.” Ederson used that approach regularly in the second half but generally from a deeper position, which stretched the pitch and gave Haaland the space and opportunity to go one-versus-one against Beyer. Intelligent movement by Alvarez and Foden, who dragged the other two Burnley centre-backs nearer to the City goal, played a part in that too.
By the time Walker returns the ball to Ederson, six Burnley shirts have been enticed well up the pitch:One pass from Ederson – and it is a pass, not a punt – and Haaland is through on goal.Less than three minutes later, Ederson strikes another ball to him from deep.
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