Spotting Ederson off his line when a loose ball pops up 10 yards inside the Wadid half, El Moubarik clips a half-volley that spooked Ederson for a few moments until he successfully backpedalled to catch it.
It is a really interesting, fluid formation from Manchester City. It looks like an extremely attacking 3-3-4 in possession with Nico O’Reilly pushing into midfield and Rayan Cherki and Omar Marmoush as ‘false’ nines. Then without the ball City are pressing in a 4-2-4. Will this be the way ahead for them? Unlikely given Erling Haaland will always play as a more traditional centre-forward but maybe it is a sign of how Pep Guardiola wants to attack this – next – season. It could be very brave if they try this in the Premier League.
Big chance for Wydada after Moufid, playing as a left wing-back, hares past Lewis and sprints to the byline to pull back a pass through the box. Lorch comes sliding in and misses the ball with Ederson scrambling across by about 18 inches. City still look vulnerable on the break playing that high line without Rodri. That hasn’t changed. Amrabat fires a shot from the right side of the box that Reis blocks.
Reijnders is not playing as a No 6, pushing on at every opportunity and his link-up play with Savio down the right results in Marmoush receiving a pass in the pocket to the right of the D and he feints and shimmies to make space to whistle a shot past the post.
