The Manchester City Game against Roma showed that Manchester City can cope without Yaya You're when he departs for the African Cup of Nations. No doubt, Yaya has been immense to the club but I feel he is a defensive liability. He adds to the team in other ways. His simple passes, his long balls. His breath taking runs and his sublime finishing.
Yaya Toure is up there with the greats of today's football game. I feel he has gotten bored of the defensive role and prefers contributing to the number of goals the club scored.
In the game against QPR, Coach Pellegrini listed a five man midfield with Yaya, Fernando and Fernandinho. With this kind of formation, Fernando and Fernandinho can shield the defence and Yaya can play as a box to box midfielder with the liability to attack. This will give Yaya less defensive concern and allow him focus on his offensive play.
I hope Coach Pellegrini experiments with the 4-5-1 formation in more games. I see this working.
It is nice the Cityzens made it out of such a tough group in the Champions league. I hope we get a favorable draw and I pray the form continues.
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