In Guardiola s philosophy, his persistence in Haaland is a fatal point that he is difficult to break through

Southampton 0-0 Manchester City pushed Manchester City to the edge of the cliff, because there are only two rounds left before the end of the Premier League this season. Manchester City must win two consecutive victories in the last two rounds to gain the initiative in Champions League qualification. However, the most confident and promising game is the game against Southampton, which actually hit 0-0. This is an unacceptable situation for Manchester City.

Summary of this game, both sides 0-0. Southampton used a very obvious tactic in the game, which is the Iron Barrel Formation. For Guardiola, from Barcelona to Bayern, from Bayern to Manchester City, he should be very familiar with the Iron Barrel Formation, because throughout his coaching career, Guardiola led strong teams, so Guardiola should have a better solution to the problem, but this game has allowed us to see Guardiola's powerless side.

How to solve the iron barrel array is something that Guardiola really wants to know, because this is the last perfect territory in Guardiola's philosophy. If a solution to the iron barrel array is found, then Guardiola's transmission and control system is perfect, but any system and any play will have shortcomings. The so-called shortcomings are beauty. Perhaps there have never been any shortcomings in Guardiola's dictionary, and he does not want such shortcomings. So his persistent philosophy is like this. From Barcelona to Bayern, from Bayern to Manchester City, he has been looking for a solution to his shortcomings.

It was not until Haaland's arrival that Guardiola understood that this flaw in the past could find a breakthrough in Haaland, but it was impossible. In Guardiola's philosophy, his persistence in Haaland was a fatal point that he could not break through.

The transmission and control system seems to be a disadvantage for the high center forward. If you want to use the transmission and control system, then the high center forward cannot coexist with the transmission and control system. Otherwise, it is like playing one less person. When 10 people are passing and cooperating, the high center forward and others are receiving the ball on the spot, and all the frequencies and rhythms are not on the same line as the other 10 people, then the high center forward is out of touch with these 10 people. So the results are not particularly ideal.

If you want the high center to participate, you must give up the pass control system. Then in the pass control system, Haaland's existence is not as comfortable as players like Aguero or Alvarez who can move smoothly in the frontcourt. After all, the high center is just for heading and fighting for the top, either 10 to 11, or give up the high center to let players like Alvarez and Aguero appear on the center line.

Summary

Summary, Guardiola's persistence lies in Haaland, because he hopes to find a high center forward who can compete for a header in the iron barrel formation. Haaland is the best choice, but in Guardiola's system, Haaland is not the most suitable one. So in Guardiola's philosophy, the appearance of high center forwards in the pass control system may be a false proposition in itself, and it has been proved through many ways, such as Ibrahimovic and Haaland now, so Guardiola can no longer be persistent.