# Guardiola — Man City 2022/23 (Treble)

- **Style:** Tiki-Taka
- **Mentality:** Positive
- **Formation (in possession):** 4-3-3 DM
- **Formation (out of possession):** 4-4-2

## Players

| Position | In-possession role | Out-of-possession role |
|---|---|---|
| GK | Ball-Playing Goalkeeper | Sweeper Keeper |
| DR | Full-Back | Full-Back |
| DCR | Centre-Back | Centre-Back |
| DCL | Ball-Playing Centre-Back | Covering Centre-Back |
| DL | Inside Full-Back | Full-Back |
| DM | Deep-Lying Playmaker | Screening DM |
| MCR | Advanced Playmaker | Central Midfielder |
| MCL | Channel Midfielder | Pressing CM |
| AMR | Inside Forward | Tracking Winger |
| AML | Winger | Tracking Winger |
| ST | Poacher | Centre Forward |

## Team instructions — In possession

- **Passing Directness:** Shorter
- **Tempo:** Lower
- **Build-Up Strategy:** Play Through Press
- **Goal Kicks:** Short
- **Patience:** Work Ball Into Box

## Team instructions — Out of possession

- **Line of Engagement:** High Press
- **Defensive Line:** Higher
- **Defensive Transition:** Counter-Press
- **Trigger Press:** More Often