Mourinho disdains Manchester City's ridicule: Only Manchester United is still chasing Manchester City in the Premier League. What do you think?

When Mourinho first came to the Premier League more than 10 years ago, the first thing he did was to customize a coat in Savile Row (the mecca of handmade suits). Just like the clothing, Mourinho also likes his team to be customized according to his own preferences.

Manchester City veteran Mills admitted in an interview this week that Mourinho is better than Guardiola purely from the perspective of preparing for a game. Last season, Mourinho's tactics in Manchester United's 2-0 home victory over Chelsea made people joke that maybe Ferguson acted as a consultant for this game.

In that game, Manchester United's top scorer Ibrahimovic, who scored 28 goals, served as a substitute, Lingard became the forward, Mkhitaryan was abandoned, and Ashley Young became the team captain. . After winning the game, Mourinho pointed to the Manchester United emblem on his chest with satisfaction and responded to Conte, who has been provoking all season.

However, Conte should also be credited with his role in Manchester United's resurgence. The three-back formation he introduced last season changed the tactical trend of English football. Mourinho also changed his lineup according to the new trend. Array. Manchester United has played against Top 6 teams 4 times this season, using three defenders in 3 games, with 2 wins and 1 loss, and only lost to Chelsea.

If nothing unexpected happens, Mourinho will also use his 343 or 3412 formation against Manchester City on Sunday. This tactic can allow the wing backs to retreat to the defense line and become five defenders to ensure defense. A central defender, such as Lindelof, moves forward into the midfield to strengthen the midfield competition.

Rival Manchester City has not used three central defenders since left back Mendy was injured in September. Although this has weakened the fullback assists, the status of wingers Sane and Sterling ensures that Guardiola is not worried. wing. Moreover, Pep Guardiola's central defender options are very limited, Stones is definitely missing due to serious injury, and Kompany is also doubtful in this game. If Mangala is allowed to play and face Lukaku and Martial, Manchester City may not be at ease.

Dual forwards seem to be a tactic of the last century, but Mourinho is trying to revive this style of play. Against Tottenham and Chelsea, Rashford's new starting lineup and Lukaku didn't work well together; but Mourinho also has Martial, and he and Lukaku are also a dark pair. He scored the winning goal against Tottenham and also performed well against Arsenal last week.

Speed ??is their advantage when facing Kompany, Otamendi or Mangala. The "Manchester Evening News" said that the confrontation between the two teams in this link is like an Olympic athlete vs. a school team athlete.

Last season against Chelsea, Mourinho used Ander Herrera to freeze Hazard. The former also found time to assist Rashford, taking advantage of David Luiz's defensive weakness; and Linga Germany's running confused Matic, who was still part of the Blues at the time, and with Pogba dealing with Kante, Manchester United completely suppressed Chelsea and played a complete victory.

In last week's game against West Ham, Guardiola arranged for Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho to rest. This may be a decision made after studying Herrera's performance. Because the Brazilian midfielder has four yellow cards and any further yellow cards will result in automatic suspension, it will be difficult for the Manchester City midfielder to cope with Lingard's movement.

Although Herrera is not as good as last year this season, he was replaced early against CSKA Moscow in the Champions League, which means that the Basque is almost certain to start against Manchester City.

Mourinho has long been aware of Guardiola’s weaknesses. The tactics of several recent Premier League teams have confirmed the feasibility of this approach. Huddersfield, Southampton and West Ham have all used Blue Moon. We were forced into a situation where we almost couldn't win the ball. Mourinho also used a similar method to deal with Manchester City last season. When he was 0-2 behind in the derby, he played a direct, simple and rough game. After the game, Mourinho admitted: My opponent's substitutions were really good. They let Pogba and Fellay Ni's position is further forward. With long passes and 45-degree passes, it is almost impossible for us to fight for the landing spot. Herrera is responsible for controlling the second point well.

Both Pep Guardiola and Liverpool's Klopp like to remind people that Manchester United always plays long balls and try to use anti-football public opinion to put pressure, but this reflects that they feel that Manchester United's style makes them uncomfortable. Both Manchester City and Liverpool have conceded goals due to Manchester United's high-altitude balls. Even without Pogba, Mourinho's giant country will still have an advantage in set pieces.

Guardian’s response was to give the opponent less set kicks. Against Hussein, Saints and Hammers, they only sent 14 corner kicks, but still conceded 2 goals. Another goal they conceded was a high ball pass from Southampton from the left. Delph made a mistake in judging the placement, and the Saints knocked Romeu back from the right and scored in the middle.

We talked a lot about setting-piece defense, but our opponents were higher than us. After narrowly defeating West Ham, Pep Guardiola said that this will still be the case against Manchester United next week, and we must strive to concede less set-pieces.

Strong defense and attacking Manchester City through long passes, crosses and set pieces will be Mourinho's tactical idea. The final result depends on Manchester United's on-the-spot execution.