5 goals in 7 games! Manchester City’s abandonment is too sharp, 1 data dominates the Premier League, does Guardiola regret it?

The Premier League has gone on for 7 rounds, and there is no team that performs extremely well in the championship group. The gap between the top five teams is very small. The top team is Arsenal, with 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and scored 16 points. Ranked second is Liverpool, with 15 points, only 1 point behind. Tottenham and Bournemouth both have 14 points. Ranked fifth is Manchester City, with 13 points, only 3 points behind Arsenal at the top. As for Manchester United, their results are still not ideal, with 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, and only 10 points, ranking 10th.

Manchester City lost all four major players last season, which was the most unsuccessful season in Guardiola's coaching career. Naturally, he didn't want such an embarrassing situation to happen again this season, which directly caused his tactical choices to change and become much more conservative. In the match between Manchester City and Arsenal, Manchester City's ball possession rate was as low as only 33%, which is extremely rare. In the match between Manchester City and Brentford, Manchester City became conservative even when they were leading, which led to dangers behind them. Obviously, Guardiola compromised for the sake of performance and no longer blindly pursues beautiful football.

Guardiola's more cautious and conservative tactical adjustments have made Manchester City's best results more stable. They have been unbeaten in 7 consecutive games in all competitions. Of course, to achieve such an unbeaten record, the performance of new aid Donnarumma is crucial. He played 6 times, made 8 saves and 10 clearances. Donnarumma started 6 games and contributed 3 clean sheets. Before Manchester City bought Donnarumma, another new goalkeeper, Trafford, lost 2 of his first 3 games. Donnarumma quickly proved his ability.

Manchester City bought top players like Donnarumma, but at the same time, it also let go of players with good strength. I wonder if it was the right decision. Grealish is one of them. Grealish gradually lost Guardiola's trust last season. He played 32 times and only started 16 times, scoring 3 goals and providing 5 assists. As a result, he was loaned to Everton by Manchester City. This season at Everton, Grealish has played at a top level. He has scored 5 goals in 7 league games, including 1 goal and 4 assists.

In Everton's match against Brighton, Grealish sent 2 assists, helping Everton win the game 2-0. Everton played against Wolves, Grealish once again sent 2 assists, helping Everton win 3-2. In the match between Everton and Crystal Palace, Grealish scored the winning goal in stoppage time to help Everton narrowly beat Crystal Palace. Grealish played a decisive role in all three league games, which was very impressive.

At the same time, Grealish has one statistic that dominates the Premier League, and that is the number of key passes. He has sent a total of 19 key passes, the most in the Premier League. The player with the most key passes in the Manchester City team is Doku. He only sent 12 key passes, which is far behind Grealish. I didn't expect Grealish to play at such a high level after leaving Guardiola. Does Guardiola regret it?