Scored 35 goals in the first 10 rounds of the league, leading by 5 points, won all 4 games in the Champions League group stage and advanced 2 rounds in advance, and scored 49 goals in 16 games in the new season......

Manchester City's performance in the opening stage of this season is undoubtedly fantastic, there is a saying that Manchester City is already the strongest team in Europe at the moment, but in fact, in the eyes of insiders, the seemingly incomparably strong "Bank Universe Team" still has 3 positions to be strengthened.

First of all, there are central defenders, with Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones being untouchable centre-backs and getting better and better. Early in the season, Josep Guardiola experimented with a three-centre-back tactic of Otamendi, John Stones and Vincent Kompany.

But with the injury-prone physique of Manchester City's captain, the hidden dangers of Manchester City's defence have also been magnified. With Elijaem Mangala, the team's lone substitute centre-back, making a number of low-level mistakes against Wolves in the Carabao Cup, certainly not getting the most important thing, while 19-year-old youth centre-back Tosin Adarabiola lacks first-team experience, and it is clear that the multi-fronted Manchester City will certainly bring in fresh blood to strengthen the defence in the winter window.

The second is the left-back position, Manchester City let go of two left-backs at once this summer, but only brought in a full-time left-back from France international Boonjarman Mendy at a high price.

As a result, after only five games for Manchester City, Mendy was seriously injured and suspended for half a year, and when he returned, the season was over.

Although Danilo, who was brought in from Real Madrid, could play at left-back, it didn't work out well, and Pep Guardiola's whimsical move to Ukrainian striker Aleksandr Zinchenko at left-back also didn't perform well, ultimately opting for Fabian Delph to make a cameo.

Because he has been playing in the midfield, in addition to the passing ability of the guest left-back, Delph is not familiar with the position, and the left side he defends often becomes the focus of the opponent's attack, and the goal conceded by Manchester City on the left side in the first half is because Delph cannot return to the left-back position after conceding the goal.

Therefore, Manchester City must bring in a reliable left-back in January next year, otherwise, as the season deepens and the opponent understands and adapts to Manchester City's tactical system, the left side will become a corridor for the enemy to burst.

The last position is the midfielder.

Fernandinho is the main force of Manchester City's thunder this season, although the 34-year-old Yaya Toure has renewed his contract with Manchester City for one year this summer, but he has played very little time this season, the slow pace of the Ivorian has not adapted to Guardiola's high-pressure system that requires a lot of running, and the "bird" is also 32 years old, so Manchester City needs to strengthen the midfield position.

Some people say that if Manchester City buy a left-back, won't Delph be able to play in the central midfield position?

And there is also Ilkay Gungun, who can also play in the back.

Wrong, Delph is an all-round midfielder, not a full-time midfielder, and his defensive ability is actually average.

JD An is an organizational midfielder, he, like Delph, can only survive in the double back system, but in this season's tactical system dominated by the 4141 formation and only one back midfielder, he is simply not competent.

After all, Guardiola has high requirements for this position, and there will be a lot of defensive pressure as a single midfielder, which requires players to have the ability to sweep in a wide area, not only hard but also diligent in running.

Wait, this seems to be Tan Xibi.

Perhaps only by strengthening in these three positions can Manchester City truly become an invincible battleship.

Tan Xibi is well aware of City's weaknesses, so his long ball landed on the left side of Manchester City, so Alexandre Lacazette and Theo Walcott sprinted in the right direction.

Since Fernandinho was given the task of marking Tan Xibi, so after the Brazilian midfielder went to the front, because Delph was replaced, in order to prevent the disconnection of the third line and make up for the gap left between the back line and the midfield, Manchester City's response was that Stones moved forward to the back position, and Kyle Walker and Otamendi had to pay attention to the opponent's counterattack.

With Gabriel Jesus on the pitch, Otamendi didn't have to go as deep up front as he did in the first half, but the area to the left of his back was a key hit for Arsenal.

Tan Xibi's long pass landed right at the feet of Walcott, who raised his speed, and the little tiger soared up to speed, and he couldn't catch up with another Otamendi, not to mention that he was not a central defender with speed.

Another familiar scene, Walker and Alexandre Lacazette, Otamendi and Theo Walcott, although he couldn't catch up, he was smart enough to jam Walcott's path of cutting and crossing.

However, unlike the counterattack situation of conceding the second goal in the first half, Stones immediately ran back after seeing the ball flying in the air, but he ran to a very smart position, stuck between Walcott and Lacazette, different from the first half's two-on-two, but three-on-two, although there are Arsenal players who are forward to support and teammates who are chasing back, but far from quenching their thirst, this counterattack and anti-counterattack battle, the protagonists are the five of them, and Tan Xibi is cheering behind.

Although he sprinted on the wing with the ball and shook off Otamendi in a position, Walcott did not feel happy in his heart, because after running inside on the edge of the penalty area, he was stuck in the position by the short Argentine, whether it was cutting inside or crossing, it was not the best choice.

If there is no vacancy, the counterattack will fail, if you don't lose the ball, you can only wait for your teammates to settle down, fall into the positional battle, and the opponent will fight a tough battle.

But without Mesut Ozil and Alex Sanchez, no one can pass penetrating dangerous balls and dangerous dribble breaks, and Arsenal will have to fight against a strong team like Manchester City, and can only play a dangerous counter-attack as soon as the opponent gets the ball.

Manchester City's top six attackers are not vegetarians, and the stats of averaging more than three goals per game could overtake Arsenal, who are currently leading by only one goal, at any time.

Therefore, Walcott, who could not cut inside and cross, could only choose to control the ball cautiously, wait for his teammates to come up and forward, and then slowly maneuver with the opponent.

Lacazette in the middle could only shake his head helplessly, he couldn't blame Walcott's choice, after all, this counterattack was different from the first half, Stoneska was between the two of them, Walcott's choice to protect the ball was undoubtedly correct, after all, he also knew that once this was lost the ball, the teammates behind him exposed the vacancy in the backfield, once Manchester City counterattacked, Arsenal is very likely to concede the goal again, because the six front-court generals of the blue moon can all score, and Tan Xibi has only one.

"Theo did a good job, he didn't have a chance, he protected the ball instead of giving it to the opponent easily." Wenger nodded secretly, at least in this game, Walcott still used his brains and did not have an impulsive cross.

The ball returned to the feet of Tan Xibi, who was pressed to the middle line, and Manchester City's high pressing tactics could not be carried out continuously, and it was not a robot, and the energy was always full.

This time was the 55th minute of the second half, Tan Xibi was in the middle circle arc of the opponent's half, glanced ahead, and then swung his thighs and kicked the goal.

"Wow, super long-range blast!"

A fan in the stands exclaimed.