Manchester City striker Harland has been in decline recently. He has not scored goals in two consecutive Premier League matches. If he adds another Champions League match, Harland has been dumb in three consecutive club matches.
However, in the European preliminary match yesterday morning, Harland played a second game against Cyprus on behalf of Norway, breaking the goal gap. But what is the reason for Harland’s continuous dumb fire in club events?
Roderi absent
The absence of roderi’s suspension may be an important reason for Harland’s decline. Without the direct biography of roderi, Harland seems to be more likely to be restricted.
In the past two Premier League matches, Wolves Zhongwei Dawson and Arsenal Zhongwei saleba have been aggressive in their defense against Harland, pushing him whenever possible.
In the case of being unable to receive high-quality passes from teammates, Harland gradually lost in the physical confrontation with the opposing defender.
So far this season, Harland has scored four of the eight goals in the Premier League from Manchester City’s bottom pass.
For example, the inverted triangle of selgio Gomes against Fulham and the bottom line of Nunes against Nottingham Forest are being passed.
However, Arsenal’s excellent high-ranking force makes it difficult for Manchester City to send out high-quality transmission, and even the number of touches in the attack zone 3 is very small.
As Manchester City player heatmap shows, Arsenal’s forced robbery almost locked Manchester City’s effective attack.
Under such circumstances, Harland would miss roderi’s penetrating through ball very much.
Although he missed the last two games, roderi has sent out 58 progressive passes in the Premier League this season, ranking 5th in the Premier League. In the previous two seasons, roderi also ranked first in this data.
In addition, roderi successfully passed 27.1 times in the attack zone 3, at least 6 times more than other teammates. Such passing helps to keep pressing and force opponents to make mistakes. His absence undoubtedly has a great influence on Manchester City.
Lack of Sprint space
Harland also scored two goals this season from a quick breakthrough and then scored one-on-one against West Ham United and Fulham.
However, in the last two games, Arsenal and Wolves have been very cautious in controlling the ball, trying to minimize the risk of mistakes. They also strangled in midfield as much as possible to delay Manchester City’s attack speed.
In the last round, Harland had only two chances to sprint one by one, but saleba successfully defended Harland twice.
Harland is unlikely to go through a long-term goal shortage. He has never scored in three consecutive Premier League matches.
Manchester City will play Brighton in the next round. With the return of roderi, Harland will definitely get more support.
However, these two defeats will also prompt Guadiola to try to find other ways to create opportunities for Harland. Perhaps we will see Manchester City’s new tactics soon.
(Premier League)
