Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[alexmcity]

Not starting Foden and Doku was a mistake. Subbing Savinho off and replacing him with Bernie didn't work either.

Like some of the players, Pep isn't in top form yet :) It's a matter of time. Hopefully we'll be better vs Arsenal but it's likely to be a cagey game.

 

[sh249]

Don‘t think he did much wrong in terms of selection. Against a side like Inter he was never likely to start more than 2 of De Bruyne, Foden, Savinho and Doku behind Haaland for fear of too many turnovers and quick transitions.
Foden is obviously well behind everyone else, and the science guys must have given the nod that De Bruyne would be ok to start again. Not sure it’s on Pep that he struggled so badly. Toss up really on Doku or Savinho on the right. Perhaps a better option might have been to start Gundogan over Grealish, Bernardo right, Doku left. But all a bit hindsight-y.
Changes at half time helped. Gundogan should have won it for us at the end.

 

[Gabriel]

Maybe he thought Internazionale would be a little more expansive, what with it being a one-off game, but they came and did what they have been doing for decades. Last night showed that this team will have problems if the opponent is so disciplined and can break in numbers. I cannot recall a time when we've been so often outnumbered on the counter and those long chases back are draining on the defenders and Rodri. In the first half, possession was regularly being turned over by de Bruyne and Savinho, so Foden and Gundogan made sense.