Manchester City, who knows the FA Cup best, won t let Crystal Palace start this time

Before the FA Cup final started, Manchester City had a lot of good news. First, Haaland returned from injury, second, Rodri resumed training, and in the Premier League standings, the prospects for the Champions League tickets are also bright.

So in the final, Guardiola and his Blue Moon soldiers naturally long to use victory and championship to bring happiness to the fans.

01. Going to the finals for three consecutive years: This is a retention program for Manchester City to fans

In the past three years, Manchester City has reached the FA Cup finals in a row, and has reached at least the semi-finals for seven consecutive seasons. Since coaching Manchester City, Guardiola has a record of 37 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses in the FA Cup

Manchester City failed to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup last time, which can be traced back to the 2017-18 season, when the team stopped in the fifth round, which was also the only time Guardiola missed the FA Cup semi-finals after coaching Manchester City.

It is worth mentioning that Manchester City has reached the FA Cup finals 14 times in history and has won the championship 7 times before.

We can say that Manchester City has rich experience in the FA Cup finals. Standing on the FA Cup finals at the end of each season seems to have become a tradition for this team and a gift for fans.

02. Facing Crystal Palace this time: Manchester City won't give a phone to start

Judging from the recent confrontation records of the two teams, Manchester City has encountered Crystal Palace in the last five times, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The first encounter this season was tied by the opponent. The second time was that they were 0-2 at the beginning, and then completed a major reversal.

This time we meet again in the finals, Manchester City can no longer give the opponent a chance to start, but must firmly grasp the rhythm of the game. You should know that compared to the last league reversal, Crystal Palace defense players Gee and La Croix have both returned to this game, and their defensive quality will be further improved.

Manchester City can complete a magical reversal of 5-2 after the start of the league, and De Bruyne deserves his first contribution.

At that time, Guardiola asked De Bruyne to play a pseudo-center, and used his ball-making, combined with Marmush's swimming and Gundogan's forward insertion to threaten the core area of ​​the Crystal Palace, achieving good results.

Guardiola played a formation similar to a frontless one after Haaland was injured, and it paid great attention to the liquidity and interlude of the frontcourt.

De Bruyne can be a midfielder or enter the core area to complete some key goals. This time, the goal was first to open up space on the wing, and secondly, to Kovacic in the middle of De Bruyne, and finally completed the shot.

However, after the frontless formation achieved good results and won five consecutive victories, Manchester City was unable to win the league deputy squad leader Southampton in the game.

I don't know if Guardiola will consider returning to his previous smooth system of football, or adapting to Haaland's technical characteristics and giving up part of his team tactics to release his impact advantage.

The choices may directly determine whether Manchester City can win this final successfully.