Ace Young Marshal

Chapter 907 Retaliate with the way of others

The Japanese applied statistics to the competitive football industry, ranging from running distance to ball possession rate, as well as various subdivision records.

Manchester City has an embarrassing record.

In the last 92 away league games where they trailed at half-time, the final result was 11 draws and 81 losses!
In other words, if Manchester City falls behind at halftime, then the probability of them being able to tie the game in the second half is less than 12%, and then more than 88% of the games are finally lost!
There is no comeback to win!

According to the strength of Manchester City in the past ten years, they won't win more than 120 away games in the league. After all, there are only 19 away league games in a season, and here we have to exclude the half-time draw and half-time lead and finally failed to win. The game, so this embarrassing record is cumulative and finally spans more than 10 years!
This is enough to show that Manchester City's ability to play against the wind in away games in the past ten years is low!

When Liverpool took the lead in the first half at home, Manchester City was in danger!
Judging from this record, they have to equalize at least in the first half to be more hopeful of winning at Anfield or taking away a tie.

Guardiola naturally doesn't take this kind of record to heart. After all, he has only been in Manchester City for half a year, and the embarrassing record of more than ten years in the past has little to do with him.

After Liverpool took the lead in the score, the morale was boosted, and Manchester City did not panic.

In the 28th minute of the game, Liverpool once again played an extremely fast break from the left. Robertson assisted and hit the frontcourt. Under the cover of Sane, he quickly went down to the bottom, and then sent a pass. Gareth Bell, who was about to complete the shot, was kicked out of the baseline by Stones turning around and kicking the ball out of the baseline with irregular movements.

Liverpool took a tactical corner kick. This time it was replaced by Azpilicueta's cross from the side. The half-high ball was sent directly to the right side of the small penalty area, too close to the goal. When Bravo hugged the ball , Mbappe killed in the next step!
Mbappe turned and gave Azpilicueta a thumbs up.

Liverpool's offense is very extreme and tricky. If it is successful, it will definitely be a good chance to score!
Manchester City regrouped. In the 31st minute of the game, Silva moved the ball forward after receiving the left side of the frontcourt. Facing the attack from Azpilicueta and Henderson, Silva's precise pass found the initiative to respond. Aguero, after the latter knocked the ball back, De Bruyne rushed up and made a pass over the top, which was very imaginative!

The football flew straight to the right side of the penalty area!

Sterling turned offside and successfully reached the depth of the right rib of the penalty area and shot directly against the falling football!
All the Manchester City fans in the audience were full of expectations for this offensive opportunity, and Guardiola also held his breath. Under the eyes of everyone, Sterling's shot hit the side net!

Guardiola couldn't help but turned around with his head in his arms, and he let out a long sigh of great melancholy.

"Sterling missed a great opportunity! De Bruyne's pass is really good!

It can be said that Manchester City has De Bruyne and will never lack opportunities!
But the team's ability to seize opportunities needs to be improved!

Sterling was booed wildly by the home team Liverpool at Anfield today, which may have indeed affected his performance!
This is actually a bit puzzling. Maybe the way Sterling left Liverpool was a bit violent. On the other hand, when Mahrez was a guest at Anfield after he transferred to Manchester City, the reaction of Liverpool fans was not violent. "

Situ Yunbing was indeed a little worried because of the dangerous situation in front of the door just now.

It is difficult for Manchester City to play Guardiola's ideal pass and control tactics. In fact, when he coached Bayern Munich, his pass and control skills and tactics have not been able to reach the peak again. After all, this kind of technique and tactics needs to change the way of thinking about playing , It is not possible to see immediate results in the early stage of implementation.

In order to adapt to the current rhythm and situation of the Premier League, Guardiola has actually made more significant improvements in the organization and creation of offensive opportunities, and the offensive thinking has become clearer, instead of following the fate as in the past.

In the 34th minute of the game, Liverpool made a fast break in the frontcourt. Eriksson advanced into the penalty area after cooperating with Sane and Mbappe's triangular pass. At the moment Mbappe sent the pass, if the ball In the past, Eriksson will be able to get a single chance!

But Otamendi destroyed the ball with a shovel!

This made Liverpool's fast break fall short in the end!
The football that was cleared flew to the side. After Krarov stopped the ball and saw Gareth Bale rushing towards him, he immediately passed the ball diagonally to Yaya Toure, who took the initiative to run to meet him. Rixon entered the penalty area and couldn't form a counterattack against him in the first place, so he decisively pushed the ball forward!
Yaya Toure's wave of ball advancement is really eye-catching. Henderson has to step forward and be ready to intercept at any time. Kante keeps up with De Bruyne. The ball was passed, and Situ Yunbing was quite surprised by his lack of stickiness.

He still remembers that in the past two seasons, Yaya Toure's offensive performance can be called Manchester City's thigh-level role. It is no exaggeration to say that he used offensive contributions to cover up his defensive slack.

The contradiction between him and Guardiola this season, it seems that Yaya Toure, who returned to the main lineup, won, but now, Yaya Toure is playing in the middle of the game without losing his defensive position. Definitely the picture Guardiola would most like to see.

Which of them won?
It probably doesn't matter anymore.

Yaya Toure's pass went to Silva's feet, and the latter diverted the ball towards the center of the front of the penalty area, which forced Kante to defend him.

Van Dijk defended Aguero when he moved to the middle, and Sterling, who had shown an inside threat before, also needed Coulibaly to pay special attention.

When Silva passed the ball short to De Bruyne's feet, De Bruyne controlled the ball and turned to face the right rib area of ​​​​the penalty area. Seeing that his foot was going to pass the ball, Sterling was also making a quick inward cut!

Anyone must think that even if De Bruyne's kick is not for Sterling, it is definitely for Aguero!

At the moment when Liverpool's defense tilted, De Bruyne's pass was sent!

One foot sticks to the ground and plugs obliquely!
But the football did not roll to the right side of the penalty area, but rolled from the front of Van Dijk to behind him, the left side of the penalty area!

Van Dijk was caught off guard!
Because the center of gravity of his body is following Aguero who is running, he can't make an emergency stop immediately and then stretch his legs to intercept. He can only turn around decisively and then cover the left rib of the penalty area.

Liverpool's defense has been pierced!
The entire audience was shocked by De Bruyne's scalpel-like through pass and full of visual reversal passes!
The man who hit the left rib of Liverpool's penalty area and formed an excellent chance to attack is David Silva!
Situ Yunbing suddenly showed a wry smile at the corner of his mouth.

What a match.

When Liverpool hid Gareth Bale's point and created the threat of surprise, Manchester City almost retaliated against him in their own way!

Silva entered the Liverpool penalty area for the first time and formed a single-handed opportunity!

Without the slightest hesitation, the Spanish star calmly pushed the ball towards the near corner of the goal.

Ter Stegen swooped as he moved in a hurry. He swooped to the limit but failed to touch the football.

When the football rolled into the Liverpool goal, the Manchester City fans roared wildly with excitement!

Guardiola also excitedly raised his fists and clapped his hands again.

Silva ran to the corner flag area to celebrate the goal, Manchester City will flock to.

Van Dijk stood in the penalty area with his hands on his hips, looking at the crowd of Manchester City celebrating with some unwilling eyes. Among the crowd, De Bruyne was the one who was locked by Van Dijk.

As a teammate in Hamburg in the past, Van Dijk knew De Bruyne's strength very well. After many years, De Bruyne has a temperament that is more weight-lifting than before. A complete transformation!
Van Dijk stepped forward and briefly communicated with Kanter. Kanter also understood De Bruyne's strength. Now in order to contain De Bruyne, Kanter must adopt a higher intensity of blockade and restrictions on him!
"Silva pushed and scored! De Bruyne's magical assist!

Manchester City's counterattack was extremely fast. At the same time, De Bruyne's legendary cooperation with Silva also successfully penetrated Liverpool's defense!

I think many viewers, like me, expected that De Bruyne would send a through pass to Sterling or Aguero at the moment of passing the ball, but no one thought that De Bruyne's foot flicked, but the football was After the counter-cut line and looking for Silva who advanced forward, many Liverpool defensive players stood still as if they were petrified at that moment.

Even though Van Dijk reacted quickly, he could only look at the ball and sigh after turning around!

Manchester City has shown their strength this time. They are not inferior to the defending champion Liverpool in terms of offensive creativity, advancement, or player personal ability.

The good news is that they equalized the score. If they can keep from conceding goals, then at least they don't have to consider that embarrassing record.

With Liverpool's lead wiped out, can they play something new in attack? "

Guardiola finally settled down after this goal appeared.

And he expects the team to make persistent efforts, but this does not mean that the team should relax their defense, so he gestured to the generals on the sidelines, telling them to be vigilant and be careful of Liverpool's crazy counterattack!
Guardiola knows very well that sometimes Situ Yunbing's team is like a pack of ferocious wolves!

If you don't resist, obediently let them take away the victory. They are just scaring you and won't hurt you too deeply.

But if you dare to resist, the wolves will get angry, and then you will be faced with the crazy slaughter of these wolves!
(End of this chapter)