How Hazard's run dismantled Kompany's organization

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Ivanovic puts Chelsea 1 nil up at the Etihad with a goal that took merely 0.7 seconds to hit the back of the net. Kompany walked away in disgust as his team-mates picked the ball up from the net. He did everything he could to make sure no holes opened up. But what went wrong?

Hazard received the ball and went on an amazing run. In the process he shielded the ball from Demichelis and walked right past him, as the Argentinian slowed down with disgust at himself. Kompany at this time was holding the line very well. The players were well positioned and ready to repel Chelsea’s counter-attack.

Hazard came face to face with Yaya Toure, and to avoid trouble, the Belgian poked the ball towards Ramires. Here’s where the problem starts. Demichelis is loitering around at the far end of the field, when he should actually be in the middle, assisting Toure from blocking out Matic and Ramires.

Toure is busy covering Willian , Eto’o and Hazard, as Kompany and Zabaleta have their hands full ( he converts a 2v3 situation into a 3v3) . So Nastasic is forced to press or Ramires has the liberty of taking his own sweet time to pick out a pass or have a pop at goal. Ivanovic at this point smartly makes an entrance.

Hazard knows that he needs to shift the game to the other side, so he tries to make a run in-behind Kolarov which would give Ivanovic more freedom to attack without getting ahead of the play.

The extent of the damage is seen. Red circles denote the City defender covering the Chelsea attacker and the white circles denote the culprits. Toure is standing still when he should be moving towards Ivanovic. What this does is that Kolarov is now concentrating on Hazard and Ivanovic while Nastasic has to cover both Hazard and Ramires.

Nastasic drifts towards Hazard, confidently knowing that Kolarov will cover Ramires. However the poor Serbian is in a dilemma as he has to cover the Brazilian and his fellow countrymen lurking at the edge of the box. The ball is played in by Hazard , the architect again, and Ramires’s shot is blocked by Kompany who throws himself at the ball.

The ball however ricochets off him and we all know what happened.

To end it, Demichelis is the one who acts as the catalyst for Hazard to pull the strings, Toure makes it even worse by making Torres look like an expert in positional play and Ivanovic, well, doing what you would expect a Serbian to do so. The tale of two Belgians, we all know which one wasn’t swearing at his team-mates in the locker-room.

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[CHOULO19 24,332]

Good analysis, the Hazard run was brilliant although, that was not by any means the only time we ruined their defensive organization and out numbered them in and around their box just to go and miss the final ball (story of our season). In fact, even in the goal itself, Hazard played the wrong "final ball" which should have been this:

(WARNING: Extremely bad-ass paint edit!)

But thank fully Iva was there for the brilliant follow up. But City seriously suffered defensively yesterday and often found themselves outnumbered in defense due to the lack of mobility and dynamism or Toure and Dimichelles.

[Jase 43,479]

Already more than 3000+ views in less than 2 hours. Anyway...

*bump*

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Good analysis, the Hazard run was brilliant although, that was not by any means the only time we ruined their defensive organization and out numbered them in and around their box just to go and miss the final ball (story of our season). In fact, even in the goal itself, Hazard played the wrong "final ball" which should have been this:

(WARNING: Extremely bad-ass paint edit!)

But thank fully Iva was there for the brilliant follow up. But City seriously suffered defensively yesterday and often found themselves outnumbered in defense due to the lack of mobility and dynamism or Toure and Dimichelles.

Yeah I did expect him to cross it in first time, but luckily space for Ramires opened up.

[TrippingStep 336]

Good analysis, the Hazard run was brilliant although, that was not by any means the only time we ruined their defensive organization and out numbered them in and around their box just to go and miss the final ball (story of our season). In fact, even in the goal itself, Hazard played the wrong "final ball" which should have been this:

(WARNING: Extremely bad-ass paint edit!)

But thank fully Iva was there for the brilliant follow up. But City seriously suffered defensively yesterday and often found themselves outnumbered in defense due to the lack of mobility and dynamism or Toure and Dimichelles.

I don't see your image.

Can you explain it to me?

For me his cross wasn't meant to Ramires but to Willian behind. Fortnunately, Ramires took it as Willian moved forward.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Yeah I did expect him to cross it in first time, but luckily space for Ramires opened up.

I feel that is something that should be a priority in the coming weeks for Jose and the team: Working on the decision making in the final third. Forget the finishing, I think that this is our biggest issue at the moment that is turning great positions into chances and goals.

I don't see your image.

Can you explain it to me?

For me his cross wasn't meant to Ramires but to Willian behind. Fortnunately, Ramires took it as Willian moved forward.

I meant a first time ball across the six-yard box because Eto'o was a yard ahead of Kompany and there was no one to block the cross. Would have been a tap in at the far post for Eto'o

[TrippingStep 336]

I feel that is something that should be a priority in the coming weeks for Jose and the team: Working on the decision making in the final third. Forget the finishing, I think that this is our biggest issue at the moment that is turning great positions into chances and goals.

I meant a first time ball across the six-yard box because Eto'o was a yard ahead of Kompany and there was no one to block the cross. Would have been a tap in at the far post for Eto'o

Don't forget that he comes from the left, when making his run towards the right, what is happening on the left is on his back. It's not like he was already on the right with the play in front of him.

His decision wasn't that bad, Ramires running near first post and if Willian had stayed before the cross and Willian didn't move before he hits it he was in very good position to attack the ball with the goal in front.

Look at the picture, Kompany is going deep to cover across the goal, Toure is out of position and not close to willian.

And it's not like he took a huge time, before he's facing the left and control, he checks.

And Kolarov it was just that he was against 2-1 on his right, once Ivanovic passed it he was out, it's not like the play was in very slow motion either.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Don't forget that he comes from the left, when making his run towards the right, what is happening on the left is on his back. It's not like he was already on the right with the play in front of him.

His decision wasn't that bad, Ramires running near first post and if Willian had stayed before the cross and Willian didn't move before he hits it he was in very good position to attack the ball with the goal in front.

Look at the picture, Kompany is going deep to cover across the goal, Toure is out of position and not close to willian.

And it's not like he took a huge time, before he's facing the left and control, he checks.

And Kolarov it was just that he was against 2-1 on his right, once Ivanovic passed it he was out, it's not like the play was in very slow motion either.

If you could see the pic you'd know exactly what I meant.

It wasn't a terrible decision, in fact he did well to pick out Rami, but it just wasn't the best decision. I know it's a silly thing to pick out in this particular case, but it's not about this case only or about Eden alone, but it's just the theme of our season so far: Poor decision making and execution in the final third.

[thekid9 418]

Come on , we all know Eto'o would have skied it !

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Come on , we all know Eto'o would have skied it !

Or managed to score another hat-trick unlike someone...

[thekid9 418]

Or managed to score another hat-trick unlike someone...

Always got to bring someone else into it when i was talking about one person, Torres scored an away hatrick against QPR one of our biggest rivals.

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Always got to bring someone else into it when i was talking about one person, Torres scored an away hatrick against QPR one of our biggest rivals.

The mighty QPR eh?

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Come on , we all know Eto'o would have skied it !

Oh FFS give it a rest will you.

Every chance you get you bitch about Eto'o while being a clear Torres fan. It's freaking annoying.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Always got to bring someone else into it when i was talking about one person, Torres scored an away hatrick against QPR one of our biggest rivals.

That's hilarious because you're the one who wanted to have a jab at Eto'o even though he had nothing to do with the discussion. And QPR?! :lol:

[hjperdeath 2,226]

That's hilarious because you're the one who wanted to have a jab at Eto'o even though he had nothing to do with the discussion. And QPR?! :lol:

People can fuck around anywhere on the forum, but not in my territory.