i don't want to be king

Chapter 954 Find a better self (4000+ big chapter leader reward plus more)
Mbappe became excited: "Hey, did you see Benjamin (Mendy)?!
If it weren't for your captain, Li would definitely score this goal! "

Mendy replied unconvinced: "It's just a coincidence, and Pep told us that Manchester United will play such an attack--

Lee prefers to play with Alexis (thigh), so they will attack from the left more often! "

In the 30th minute, Xiwa and De Bruyne made continuous passes in the middle. The latter missed the ball to Gundogan behind him at the last moment. The German directly provoked the ball without adjusting——

Xiwa strode into the penalty area and fell to the ground to shoot!

The ball was touched by Bayi and missed the bottom line, Manchester City corner kick!

Amidst the anxious discussions of the Red Devils fans around, Henry said to Adams and Bergkamp: "This is one of their most threatening attack routines!

That's what David (Xiwa) scored against us at the new Wembley (League Cup final) and at the Emirates Stadium! "

De Bruyne took a corner kick, which was not high enough and was easily resolved by the little monster in front. The ball fell to the thigh, and Manchester United immediately launched a counterattack!

During the high-speed advancement of the thigh, he has been observing the running position of his teammates. He cut in continuously and gave the ball to Li Liang in the middle before Gundogan intercepted it.

The audience suddenly exclaimed, the captain of the Red Devils faced the pass and directly pulled the ball with his feet, turned around and dodged Asuka's fierce sliding tackle——

Henry and Bergkamp exclaimed at the same time——

Without waiting for Jing Duoan, who came back to defend, to approach, Li Liang immediately passed the ball diagonally to the left——

The thigh has been waiting in the left space for a long time!
When the Chilean broke through the corner kick forcibly, Walker, who was defending at the back, failed, and the edge of the penalty area forcibly kicked out of the goal——

There was a sound of regret in the audience, and then they began to applaud Li Lianghe's thighs enthusiastically.

Lineker was a little puzzled: "Obviously Manchester City has focused on the defense on the left. Why has Lee been moving the ball to the left?"

Gerrard has the same doubts: "Yes, after Benjamin Mendy's injury, Pep has tried half a dozen different players at the left back position...

At least judging from their performance at Goodison Park in the last round of the league and their performance in these 33 minutes, Benjamin's compatriot Aymeric Laporte may be the most suitable candidate at present-

So I don't understand why Li started to choose the direction of attack to the left——

However, judging from the two attacks just now, Manchester United's captain is still one of the last threats on the field!

This may continue to bring a lot of trouble to Manchester City! "

Both Ferguson and Charlton became focused.

Butt complained: "The big Frenchman was prepared for Lee and Alexis, and Fernandinho and Kompany were both on the left half, why did he forcefully attack the left?!"

Beckham also expressed his puzzlement, and Scholes stroked his chin thoughtfully: "Don't worry, let's see what happens next."

Guardiola gesticulated with his hands in the command area and shouted, even the magic bird on the side heard most of the content: "...Come closer, move closer to the middle, keep a good distance, and speed up the transmission..."

Seeing that the Manchester City players are getting better and better, the quality of pass control is getting higher and higher, Gerrard said worriedly: "Sure enough, it is similar to what I expected. The current Manchester United has no way to imitate Manchester City's style of play at the technical level——

Except for Lee, Ander (Herrera), Nyamar (Matic) and the young Scott (McTominay) do not have the ball-handling ability and skills of Paul (Pogba). Foot technology—"

Lineker nodded and said yes: "Yes, among the starting Manchester United players, few can find their place in Pep's system!"

Under the leadership of Xiwa, Manchester City's midfielder firmly controlled the ball, and constantly accelerated the speed of passing and cutting according to Guardiola's instructions, frequently playing dazzling offensive coordination.

The Red Devils fans became more and more anxious, and began to choose more songs to cheer for the home team.

Old Xu asked, "Xiao Yu, is this always the case at Old Trafford?"

Xiao Yu replied: "Brother Xu, apart from the first derby in the first half of the season, today is the most exciting event!"

In the 36th minute, Manchester City completed their sixth shot in the first half——

De Bruyne received the ball from Xiwa on the left, waded directly past Herrera and shot from the front of the penalty area. The ball was quickly resolved by De Gea, and Manchester City won the third corner kick!
He Wei shook his head: "In addition to not scoring yet, Manchester City's statistics have widened the gap with Manchester United——

The process of the game is very similar to the first contest between the two sides in the first half of the season! "

Xue Yang also answered worriedly: "What's more, Manchester United's defense today is not as tight as it used to be!

From the beginning to the present, Mourinho seems to be very thoughtful in attacking, but unfortunately the effect is not ideal..."

The barrage of the webcast platform is more straightforward:

"What is the level of pass control without pass control?
Dongshi imitates! "

"That's right, Wen Qing got Wen Qing's disease without Wen Qing's life!"

"It's better to be a winger honestly, and just change back to pure crossing tactics!"

"Magic Bird must have completely forgotten how to win the first round!
If the whole team defends well, there may be a chance to rely on Li Liang to steal another game! "

……

Just as Faria was about to speak, the magic bird said suddenly: "I know what you want to say, Rui——

Have you forgotten what Li said that day? "

After a pause, he continued: "If we follow the old method, we have a 30% chance of winning this game——

Of course, it may be less than 30% now...

However, Rui, if we can't find a better version of ourselves, even if we win Manchester City, we won't be able to make it to the end! "

Faria was stunned: "...

……

...José, what's 'go to the end? ! ! ! '"

Magic Bird didn't answer and got up again, walked to the sidelines and shouted: "...run up, keep running, grab the ball back and leave it at our feet!"

Lineker even found it difficult to understand: "Steven, I really can't understand what they (Manchester United) are doing on the field!"

Gerrard is also worried: "It looks like a pre-season tour, but this is facing Manchester City, the strongest in England!"

Seeing his players making mistakes in passing and cutting again and again, and the possession of the ball that he had fought so hard to win fell to the opponent's feet again, boos finally appeared in the camp of the Red Devils fans!
Thigh yelled at Li Liang: "Li, it's not okay to go on like this!"

Li Liang raised his finger to his thigh, and pointed to his eyes: "Trust me, Alexis, you must trust me!"

In the 43rd minute, facing the dazzling cooperation of Manchester City's midfielder, the teenager McTominay had no choice but to bring down Xiwa, who was about to dribble into the penalty area, and gave Manchester City an excellent position while receiving a yellow card free kick!
Amidst the growing boos, Ferguson took off his glasses and wiped them in embarrassment: "What the hell is going on?

Have we become helpless? ! "

Charlton grim: "Lee put together two decent attacks...

But I guess that probably really pissed City off!

Pep has built a complete team and it will be difficult for us to knock them down like we did in the first half of the season..."

Henry asked Bergkamp: "Dennis, sometimes I think I can see you in Lee—

If it were you, what would you do now? "

Seeing that Xiwa and De Bruyne were all standing in front of the ball, Bergkamp replied seriously: "From the coach's point of view, I will immediately withdraw the formation, shorten the distance between the three lines, and compress the formation. Backcourt space.

——In fact, Jose is an expert in this point. I don't understand why he is unwilling to do this!
If I were a player, I would try to change some attack methods, not just staring at Manchester City's left attack..."

Xiao Yu covered her eyes nervously. Immediately after the referee's whistle, she heard the exclamations of Lao Xu and the others, as well as almost everyone around——

When she plucked up the courage to open her eyes, she saw De Bruyne running towards the corner, De Gea was roaring in the penalty area, and almost all Manchester United players were running towards their goalkeeper!
Played back on the big screen, De Bruyne's high-quality arc shot was miraculously saved by De Gea again after Xiwa's screen!

Old Xu said in shock, "You can't always let people make gestures at the door of the house, Liangzi has to fight back!"

……

Li Liang hugged De Gea tightly: "Great, David!
Unparalleled save! "

De Gea pushed his captain away: "They are going to take a corner kick!

Pay attention to defense! "

De Bruyne quickly took a corner kick, Kompany squeezed away the defensive violent header and missed the goal slightly, Manchester United survived the disaster!
De Gea had a fist bump with Li Liang: "Captain, I think I have found the other side of my fear, I have found a better version of myself——

what about you? ! "

Li Liang was taken aback for a moment, then immediately grinned and pointed to his eyes: "Look, David!"

1 minutes of stoppage time in the first half.

Lineker is still sighing: "Usually a wonderful game will make people absolutely time flies!

But this half seemed very long, and all Manchester United fans—

Including the players on the field and the bench, it will definitely feel tormented..."

His words were immediately interrupted by Gerrard: "Beautiful!

plum! "

After breaking through Jesus' on-the-spot counterattack in the frontcourt, Li Liang crossed the ball to Herrera.

The cheers from the Manchester United fans in the stands were obviously not as loud as before. The only thing that made them gratified was that they could finally keep the ball out of the control of the increasingly terrifying opponents for a short time——

The thighs that had always been obviously dissatisfied still ran forward along the left side with dedication. This was also the request of his captain more than 20 minutes ago: "As long as I get the ball, Alexis, attack them from the left side!"

Herrera sent the ball back to Li Liang in time before Xiwa stepped forward.

Manchester City's midfield has formed a defensive layer in an orderly manner. De Bruyne and Gundogan can't catch up with Li Liang. Asuka is focusing on choosing a defensive position so that the Manchester United captain can fall into the most effective pincer attack——

Laporte slowed down. On the one hand, he saw the stoppage time on the big screen showing that stoppage time was about to run out. The more exaggerated high-strength game defense rhythm still feels a bit difficult——

What's more, he is a big man with a height of 1 meters, and the running of the fullback in 91 minutes has almost reached his limit!
Guardiola's roar and Li Liang's oblique pass from the three-man attack happened at the same time——

Before all the fans could exclaim, they saw that the ball had gone straight behind Laporte who had slowed down!
Otamendi has already reacted, and immediately rushed towards the thigh that was about to catch up with the ball at an astonishing speed regardless of the little monster behind him——

Faria jumped up from the bench and yelled: "—find the other side of anger, nervousness and fear—"

Facing the Argentine central defender's sliding thigh, he poked the ball first, jumped high, crossed Otamendi and went straight to the penalty area——

Mr. Wu was shocked to see that the fans who seemed frustrated just a second ago finally realized what had happened, and the Dream Theater erupted in an instant!
Faria's hoarse roar was almost drowned out: "—find a better self—"

The thighs that had just landed had already seen Edson, who had abandoned the door and was getting closer to him, and began to quickly adjust his steps——

Li Liang sat up and looked nervously at the restricted area——

He said silently in his heart: "—Enjoy our game——"

The toe of the thigh bounced off the Brazilian goalkeeper!
The magic bird raised its arms high and roared: "Win our war——"

——The little monster appeared in front of the ball amid the almost crazy roar of the audience, and Kompany was desperate to fill the position, and it was beyond his reach——

The little monster pushed the ball steadily into the empty goal with his left foot!
At the last moment of stoppage time in the first half, the home team finally broke through the opponent's goal, 1:0!

The entire Dream Theater shook instantly, and even the air trembled——

After scoring the goal, the little monster ran all the way to the stands of the Red Devils loyalists, leaped high and roared in the air!

Li Liang first clenched his fists, then immediately turned over and jumped towards his teammates——

The magic bird stood motionless on the sidelines with its head held high, as if it was disdainful of everything——

Faria has rushed over with his arms raised, and the substitutes are already cheering behind him!
There was chaos in the commentary booth, and Lineker and Gerrard shouted at the same time: "goal————"

"Oh, God!"

"Manchester United scored first!"

Ferguson and Charlton stood up in surprise, clapped vigorously, and looked at each other with incredible expressions on their faces!

Scholes, Beckham and Butt all jumped up and roared—

Adams punched and shouted: "I knew it would be like this!" Henry and Bergkamp on the side couldn't help but marvel——

Witnessing the Manchester United players celebrating wildly under their own stands, the Red Devils diehards fell into extreme excitement.

The little monster broke free from the arms of other teammates and embraced Li Liang tightly: "Captain——

Really left! "

The thigh laughed and rushed over and jumped on the two of them: "Li, you really did it!"

The roar of the magic bird on the sidelines and the reminders of the diehards woke up the Manchester United players, and everyone ran back to halftime to prepare for the kick-off again.

Gabriel Jesus kicked the ball back at the kick-off point, and Xiwa, who received the ball, took a few steps with a rare face of annoyance and directly slammed the goal with his big feet!

While the ball flew high out of bounds, the referee blew the whistle for halftime.

With a score of 1:0, in the exclusive huge song "We shall not be moved" after the home goal, the Manchester United players were full of spirits, and almost all of them strode towards the player channel with smiles on their faces.

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