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December 2013, 12, Manchester, England, Etihad Stadium.

What is held here today is a highlight of the 19th round of the Premier League this season, Manchester City's home game against Crystal Palace.

Today, the starting rosters of the two sides are as follows:

Home team: Manchester City, coach: Manuel Pellegrini, formation: 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Back four [from left to right]: Clichy, Nastasic, Kompany and Boyata

Double midfielder: Fernandinho and Javi Garcia

Three strikers [left to right]: David Silva, Milner and Keylor Navas

Single striker: Dzeko

Visiting team: Crystal Palace, head coach: Tong Yi, formation: 4-2-1-3

Goalkeeper: Edward

Back four [from left to right]: Alonso, Laporte, Van Dijk and Zhang Linpeng

Double midfielders: Paulinho and Kanter

Single midfielder: Pogba

Three strikers [from left to right]: Zaha, Lukaku and Mane

It can be seen that both sides still attach great importance to this game.Although the Manchester City team has adjusted their lineup, it can be seen that they still have a relatively complete main lineup. They are obviously here for victory in this game.

The same is true for Crystal Palace, which almost maintains an absolute main lineup, with only occasional adjustments.

In this game, both sides are actively involved, and it can be seen that they are all aiming at victory.

This game is worth watching.

Tong Yi, a thug in a suit, sat on the coach's bench and looked at the sky quietly.

It's raining in the sky over Manchester, and it's getting bigger.This is not good news for the players on both sides, and it also adds a lot of variables to this game.

Of course, it's been cold in Manchester this month, and with this intensifying rain, it's even colder.

To be honest, Tong Yi was a little worried.

I am worried that the players of the team will be accidentally injured in this game. Playing football in such weather is really very easy to get injured. I am very worried.

Pellegrini was wearing a raincoat and stood directly on the sidelines.

It can be seen that he still attaches great importance to this game.At least this attitude has been very obvious, and the Manchester City players on the court should be able to see it.So in this game, the Manchester City players should grit their teeth and work hard, right?

Manchester City players will not be so ignorant.

As soon as the game started, the Manchester City team launched a fierce attack and pressed the whole line.

It can be seen that they naturally understood what Pellegrini meant.

However, the players of the Manchester City team soon discovered that it was difficult for them to easily overwhelm the half-court and besiege the goal of Crystal Palace.Because the high pressure of the Crystal Palace is really powerful, which caused a lot of trouble for the Manchester City players.

Especially in this rainy weather, the Manchester City people are even more disadvantaged.

Because of the weather, there was a lot of instability in passing.

The water and mud on the turf will affect the speed of the football rolling on the turf. In normal passing, sometimes the speed of the ball will be faster, and sometimes the speed of the ball will be slower. This is for the Manchester City players. Passing and catching the ball caused great difficulty.

Under the pressure of such a fierce high-position press from the Crystal Palace, the passing of the Manchester City players became even more difficult, and the accuracy was difficult to guarantee in an instant.

No, Crystal Palace, who was oppressed in a high position, suddenly stole the ball in the midfield.

Garcia in the midfielder made a pass error under the high pressure of the Crystal Palace.The football actually accelerated and rolled forward on the water-logged turf, causing his teammates not to catch the football.

The football was broken by Pogba rushing up. After stealing the ball, Pogba did not walk on the ground, but quickly pulled the football back and passed it directly to Kanter who was following up.

After Kanter stopped the ball, he delayed for a while, waiting for Zhang Linpeng from the wing to step up.

Then, he directly kicked a high-altitude oblique long pass and passed the football to Zhang Linpeng.

Zhang Linpeng stopped the football with his left foot, then made a cross with his right foot, and suddenly passed the football into the penalty area of ​​Manchester City.

The football made a wonderful arc, over the head of the jumping Nastasic, and then fell to Lukaku in the penalty area.

Lukaku shook his head and attacked the goal directly.

With a bang, the football whizzed out and flew straight to the upper right corner of the goal.

The fans of the Manchester City team were all dumbfounded. Is this dangerous?

Seeing that the football was about to fly into the goal, Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart flew out sideways and saved the football from the bottom line with a single palm.

call!

The fans of the Manchester City team breathed a sigh of relief. It was really dangerous and dangerous just now!

The fans of the home team Manchester City were stunned.

Is the high-level oppression of the Crystal Palace people really so powerful?

This game has just begun, and our Manchester City team seems to be suppressed!

Seeing this, Pellegrini on the sidelines was also full of worries. This game is indeed very suspenseful.

The tactics of Crystal Palace, coupled with this bad weather, really beat their Manchester City team a bit.

Pellegrini is an offensive football coach who pays attention to control. His tactics are more about passing and controlling, advocating.attack.Unlike the previous Mancini, more defensive counterattacks.

For Pellegrini's offensive football tactics that pay attention to passing and control, the weather is indeed very bad, and it has a great impact on them.

Especially when I met a team with tactics like Crystal Palace.

very dangerous.

Pellegrini looked up at the sky and kept shaking his head, not even God was on their side.

Manchester City is dangerous in this game.

The speed of Keylor Navas on the wing can't be played out either, and their Manchester City team has no chance to play out this explosive point, so Manchester City is very passive now.

Pellegrini felt that their Manchester City team was in danger in this game.

And when Tong Yi saw the weather, he knew that their Crystal Palace team had a great chance in this game.

Manchester City's offense in this game will be very constipated, and under their high pressure, Manchester City's offense is likely to be unable to play.

Sure enough, now Manchester City's offense really can't be played.

Near the midfield, Manchester City's possession of the ball was cut off by the high-oppressed Crystal Palace, and then quickly launched a counterattack.

And the people of Crystal Palace are also very smart.

They know that the condition of the turf is not particularly good. If they walk on the ground for a long time to break through with the ball, the turnover rate is very high.Therefore, the counterattack of the Crystal Palace people is more often a high-altitude ball.Then use a short pass to quickly send the football to Manchester City's penalty area, threatening Manchester City's goal. This threat is really full.

During this time, Manchester City fans were very nervous.

They could all see that this game was too dangerous.

After stealing the ball, Pogba kicked an arc and quickly shot the football towards the far sideline.After the forward Mane stopped the ball, he directly kicked the ball and passed the football into the Manchester City penalty area.

In the penalty area, Lukaku headed from the front point and rubbed back, quickly ferrying the football to the back point.

Salah, who was thicker and kept up, volleyed directly, and the football roared and flew towards Manchester City's goal.

The speed of the ball was too fast, and the defensive players in front of the goal did not react.

Fortunately, Joe Hart's spirit was highly concentrated, and he reached out his hand like lightning, blocking the football from the bottom line, otherwise their Manchester City team would have conceded the ball.

Pellegrini on the sidelines looked very aggrieved.

He knew that Tong Yi had conducted detailed research and arrangements for this game.Otherwise, their Manchester City team would not have been so clearly targeted.Navas, the offensive hotspot of their Manchester City team, was specially taken care of, so that Navas' speed advantage could not be brought into play at all, and it was even more impossible to send a good ball for Dzeko's cross.

Navas' cross was also targeted.

Pellegrini sighed and shook his head: "Young Tong Yi is really good. He prepared too hard for this game. We are very close!"

Pellegrini immediately turned his head to look at Tong Yi, his eyes were full of shock.

corner kick!

Crystal Palace won the corner, Alonso went straight to the corner, and he took the ball.

The fans of the Manchester City team at the scene did not dare to show their atmosphere at this time. They watched the stadium quietly and silently cheered for their players.They could see that their Manchester City team was really dangerous in this game.

At this moment, Alonso kicked the ball directly to the rear of the penalty area.

Van Dijk, who rushed up from the back point, jumped high and flew the header directly.

Yes, Van Dijk flew the header directly, and did not directly head the goal.This is beyond all Manchester City's expectations, because Van Dijk is so close at hand, how could he not directly head the goal?

So no one noticed the middle road at all. Laporte jumped high in the middle road, Mount Taishan was on top, and smashed the football into the Manchester City goal.

One to zero!

Because, Joe Hart also went to block Van Dijk's header "attack".

He also didn't expect that Van Dijk didn't head the goal directly, but diverted the header.It was too late for him to react, the football had already flown into Manchester City's goal.

The Etihad Stadium is dead silent!

All Manchester City fans did not expect that Crystal Palace would be the first to score in this game, and they couldn't accept it.Of course, what is more unacceptable than them is the media reporters in the stands. Didn't they crazily clamor before the game that the Crystal Palace has collapsed?

Why, looking at this game, it seems that Crystal Palace is going to beat Manchester City, and they are going to counterattack.

Of course, this bad weather is a huge factor in the advantage of the Crystal Palace people.

Hmph, your Crystal Palace is just lucky, what's so great about it?

After conceding the ball, the Manchester City players obviously strengthened their offense, and they naturally couldn't accept this situation.If they want to win, Crystal Palace is not their opponent at all. This game will definitely not allow Crystal Palace to win.

Here, Manchester City's backcourt Kompany directly made a long pass to find Dzeko in front.

But he jumped up high and Dzeko was directly suppressed by Van Dijk, and the football was pushed out.

Fortunately, the football fell to Milner's feet, but as soon as Milner received the ball, Kanter had already jumped in front of him.Milner had to cross in a panic, trying to pass the football to his teammates on the wing.Unexpectedly, the football was cut off by Zhang Linpeng who rushed up.

Zhang Linpeng directly kicked a long pass and passed the football to the direction of Salah's forward move.

After Salah caught up with the football, he didn't attack with the ball at all.Instead, he just passed the football into Manchester City's penalty area with an arc directly. Lukaku from the front point made a feint, and the football fell directly to Mane who rushed in from the back point.

Mane volleyed and slammed the football into the Manchester City goal post.

Then, the football bounced straight into the Manchester City goal.