goal goal

Chapter 251
This game against Crystal Palace also attracted unprecedented media attention after the game. There is no way, the biggest upset so far this season.

"You know, Crystal Palace has never scored more than 2 goals in a single game this season, and the first time they scored 2 goals, it turned out to be against Manchester City!"

"The loss of this game directly caused Manchester City to fall behind Liverpool by as much as 5 points, and Liverpool's state has been getting better and better recently, often ending the suspense of the game in the first half. On the other hand, Manchester City first drew with Chelsea. Now I lost to the bottom No.3 again, oh no, now because I won Manchester City, I have already risen to 13th Crystal Palace."

Such a bad mood surrounds the Manchester City team.

But the schedule is very tight. Just three days after losing to Crystal Palace, Manchester City will go to another away game, the King Power Stadium, to challenge Leicester City.

Leicester City's performance this season is good, ranking fifth in the league, and because on October 10, Leicester City's owner Thai Vichai died in a helicopter crash, that is, more than a month after that However, the players of Leicester City seem to turn their grief and anger into strength. In this more than a month, they have won all the games with all victories.

Today, the Manchester City team will encounter such a mourner.

Just three hours into the game, Liverpool thrashed Newcastle 4-0.

Therefore, the pressure on the Manchester City team has come up again, and they dare not think about what will happen if they don't win this game.

After all, Liverpool are in great shape right now.

Guardiola sighed, how can he play in such a state.

He observed for a while, and the whole team looked normal, namely Wang Yi and De Bruyne.

So, he still said a few words before leaving the door of the locker room.

But judging from the score in the first half of the intermission, Guardiola's words are actually useless.

Because, the score in the first half was 1-0, and the home team Leicester City led by 1 goal.

Speaking of this goal, Manchester City is also a bit back.

Just 1 minute after the opening, Leicester City had the ball and made a pass from the wing. Vardy in the center made a direct kick from a distance of 30 meters from the goal. As a result, the ball hit Laporte and rebounded into the goal.

Laporte was sitting on the floor of the dressing room with a self-blaming expression on his face.

Wang Yi walked over and patted Laporte on the head.

"Come on, what does it have to do with you? Let's fight back in the second half!"

Laporte nodded, but his head was still down.

Wang Yi's words to comfort others are beautiful, but he himself is a bit uncertain.

The state of the team has declined sharply recently.

In fact, Wang Yi feels that one of the reasons is his own state. Recently, Wang Yi’s foot style has not been very smooth. Although he is still No.1 in the scorer list and has scored 20 goals, if Wang Yi’s idea is If other players know about it, they will definitely complain about him.

But Wang Yi still feels that he has made several shots recently. In the past, he could feel the goal immediately after shooting, and in the end he really scored.

But recently, after he felt this way several times, he either left the door or was destroyed by the goalkeeper.

For a top shooter, the sense of smell in front of the goal cannot be defined by data or science. He is just a feeling.

Wang Yi didn't have it before, but he did it step by step, but he doesn't know what's going on recently, is he in a bad state?or how?

Just then, the staff came calling.

As soon as Wang was ready, he walked out of the locker room first.

At the beginning of the second half, the players of Leicester City were very excited, because in a game of this round of the league that ended at halftime, the fourth-ranked Chelsea team lost, and for the fifth-ranked Leicester City In other words, as long as this game is won, it will steadily surpass Chelsea by 1 point and enter the Champions League.

So the Leicester City players were even more excited than in the first half.

This made it even more difficult for Manchester City players to adapt.

Although in the last 10 minutes of the first half, Manchester City had the advantage on the field and gradually grasped possession of the ball, but for most of the other time, Leicester City controlled the game.

The second half looked the same.

Until the last minute of stoppage time, Leicester City still maintained a 1-1 lead.

In the end, Manchester City lost the game weakly.

After this campaign, Manchester City has fallen behind Liverpool by as much as 8 points.

This can already be said to be a bit of a huge gap, which inevitably made Guardiola feel a sense of despair.

"Why? The team is clearly in good condition during training, obviously the physical data of the starting players is all right, and there is obviously no problem with my tactics? Why did they lose three games like this!"

Guardiola asked the sky and the earth in his own office, but there was no response.

After being decadent for 10 minutes, Guardiola sat back to his desk silently.

He is going to watch the video of the 3 losses carefully and seriously, and he is going to watch carefully every minute.

And the next day, it was a rest day, and Guardiola, who was supposed to be at home, appeared at the training base with dark circles under his eyes.

At this time, the training base was extremely quiet, but there were still staff from the coaching staff coming to work.

Anderson is, he already regards football as part of his life, and his family is in Germany, and he only rents a house in Manchester, so it is boring at home, and he doesn’t want to go back to Germany after only one day off, it’s too troublesome.

So he chose to go to the training base.

And he found Guardiola as soon as he arrived today.

So the two chatted in the conference room.

Talking about chatting is also looking for the reason for the recent downturn in the team.

But obviously, Guardiola's actions last night had no effect, and then the two looked at the next schedule.

"On December 12th, I'm going to an away game against Southampton. Southampton's performance this season is mediocre, and they are currently ranked 30th. And 15 days after this game, on January 5th is the game against Liverpool. This game is very important to us. It is too important now. If we can win this game, we can narrow the gap with Liverpool. This is not just a 1-point game. This is the first and No.4 game. This is a decision The race to go all season!"

"Pep, I just found out that the first match of the Chinese team in the Asian Cup is actually on January 1th!"

"what!"

Guardiola looked directly at his assistant coach Anderson.

"You mean Wang Yi may not be able to participate in this competition?"

"It is reasonable to say that I will participate in the game against Liverpool on January 1, and leave that night. On the 4th, I should be able to go to the host country of the Asian Cup. Er, yes, let me see, oh! It's the United Arab Emirates!"

Anderson's voice became weaker as he spoke. He only returned to the team one day before the start of the Asian Cup. Although Anderson and Guardiola both thought that the Asian Cup was something, they both knew that Wang Yipair won this Asian Cup. Championship desire.

"The schedule for the Asian Cup will be announced in August, why not arrange it earlier—"

Guardiola said it, and felt that what he said made no sense.

"The Premier League schedule was not announced at the beginning. For example, this game against Liverpool was only announced in October. At that time, we were the best. Although Liverpool followed closely, but-"

Guardiola can only discuss with Wang Yi now.

After all, the Asian Cup is also an official competition. Once the Chinese Football Association asks Wang to go back, the club can't keep him.

(End of this chapter)