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January 2016, 1, Manchester, England, Etihad Stadium, the weather is fine.

Today's starting rosters for both teams are as follows:

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

Goalkeeper: Hart

Back four [from left to right]: Kolarov, Demichelis, Otamendi and Zabaleta

Three midfielders [from left to right]: Delph, Fernando and Gretzka

Single midfielder: David Silva

Two strikers: Aguero and Iheanacho

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

Goalkeeper: Alisson

Back four [from left to right]: Robertson, Laporte, Van Dijk and Carvajal

Double midfielders: Casemiro and Kanter

Single midfielder: De Bruyne

Three strikers [from left to right]: Salah, Ignacio and Mane

Pellegrini came to the sidelines and looked in Tong Yi's direction, feeling a little apprehensive in his heart.

He knew very well that this game was not easy to play.

The strength of the Crystal Palace on the opposite side is actually very strong, and their team's current defense is actually problematic, mainly because after Kompany is gone, no one on the team can stand up.

To be honest, this winter, Pellegrini wants to find a newcomer to top Demichelis and take Kompany's class.Pellegrini also found a suitable candidate, and that is Laporte, who started Crystal Palace today.He thinks Laporte is very good and very suitable for Manchester City.

Before this game, he also went to Tong Yi and said that he would introduce Laporte.

Even, Pellagrini contacted Laporte in private. He felt that Laporte would not be able to play the main force in Crystal Palace. After all, Crystal Palace still has Rudiger, Ferdinand and Dias. Pay more attention to Rudiger, and have endless expectations for Dias.

Therefore, Pellegrini hopes that Laporte can transfer to Manchester City.

Moreover, Pellegrini also offered Crystal Palace a very high price.

Unfortunately, Laporte refused.

Laporte didn't hesitate at all. After all, he knew very well that Pellegrini's time in Manchester City is not long, and he will leave Manchester City after the end of this season.Who knows what the new Manchester City coach thinks of Laporte?Will there be one emperor and one courtier?

What's more important is that Laporte feels that his prospects in Crystal Palace are also very good, where he is currently the main force.

There are so many games in Crystal Palace in a season, and he can't finish playing alone. In other words, even if Rudiger is the main player, Rudiger can't finish playing alone.To put it bluntly, there is no shortage of opportunities for Laporte to play in the Crystal Palace.

Moreover, now that he is still the main force of the team, why did he leave Crystal Palace?

Now their Crystal Palace is in such a good state, and they are about to win the Premier League championship. Why did he leave?

And still go to a team as unstable as your Manchester City?

Therefore, Laporte directly rejected Pellegrini.

Pellegrini stared at Tong Yi on the opposite side and sighed for a while. This game is very close.

Pellegrini looked at Laporte in the stadium again. If this guy can join their Manchester City team, their Manchester City team will definitely win this game.

In fact, it was Pellegrini who was worried about Demichelis.

He knew that Demichelis would definitely be targeted by the people of Crystal Palace in this game, but besides Demichelis, he had no one else to use.

So, there is no way.

Pellegrini hopes that in this game they can crush Crystal Palace with offense to win this game.

Pellegrini looked to Aguero, Silva and Gretzka. He pinned his hopes on these people and hoped that you can lead Manchester City to victory in this game.

Boom!

Gretzka, at the front of the penalty area, suddenly blasted the goal heavily, and slammed the football to the upper right corner of the Crystal Palace goal.

The ball is very fast.

Unfortunately, the football was easily caught by Alisson.

The game had just started, and Manchester City used their home advantage to overwhelm Crystal Palace, and got a chance to shoot as soon as they came up.

To be honest, this opportunity is good, but it is a pity that Alisson performed bravely.

The fans of the Manchester City team were very excited and excited, shouting and cheering for the Manchester City team.

Manchester City fans are full of confidence in this game, and Manchester City will win this game.

Alisson threw the ball with a hand and threw the football out, directly to the side.

Mane on the wing received the football, and he immediately passed the football back to Carvajal who was following him. Then he turned around quickly and rushed behind Kolarov who was brought up.

Kolarov was shocked!

Kolarov is not a player who is good at speed. When he saw Mane turn around and accelerate, he became nervous.

Because he stands a bit forward, Mane will definitely not be offside when he rushes over.

Danger!

On the other side, Kolarov reached out and signaled Delph in the frontcourt to interfere with Carvajal who was receiving the ball. He immediately turned around and chased back, and signaled Demichelis in the middle to help him defend.

With a bang, when the three of them were not in place, Carvajal didn't stop the ball and directly slammed the football into Mane who was rushing forward!

"Beautiful! The timing of this through ball is very good. It directly penetrated the entire Manchester City defense. Manchester City is dangerous, too dangerous!" Mortensen immediately roared excitedly.

In fact, he could see very clearly that both Demichelis and Kolarov were out of position.

Especially Demichelis, if this guy rushes out to help Kolarov defend, then it means that Demichelis can't go back.Had Fernando in midfield been slower to fill in the gaps in the defense, there would have been huge gaps in City's box.

Moreover, once Mane with the ball passes Demichelis, it will be even more dangerous.

Therefore, the Manchester City team is very dangerous.

The Manchester City fans at the scene were no longer ball blind, and they could see the problem at a glance, and they were so nervous that their hairs stood on end.

Dangerous, too dangerous!

"Beautiful! Carvajal's direct pass is also very good, very precise! This pass is very skillful, both in line and strength. Hey, Manchester City is dangerous It's over!" Neville also exclaimed when he saw this.

I have to say that Carvajal's pass is really powerful.

Kolarov, Delph and Demichelis couldn't touch the ball because he sent it to the best line.More importantly, it is very easy for Mane to catch the ball. There is no need to accelerate or decelerate at all. There is no defense in place.

This pass made Demichelis the most uncomfortable. Now he really can't go up, and he can't go back. It's very embarrassing in the middle halfway.

But at this time, Mane had no choice but to speed up his breakthrough there casually.

The more important thing is that if Mane kicks the pass directly, the huge space behind him is completely exposed to the offensive players of Crystal Palace.

Demichelis despaired at the thought that Crystal Palace started today with center Ignacio.

Dangerous, very dangerous!

Pellegrini on the sidelines felt his heart skip a beat when he saw this. Could it be that the gap between me and Tong Yi is really that big?This game has just begun!

"Cross! Mane didn't make any extra moves, just kicked the pass!" Mortensen roared excitedly.

"Dangerous! Manchester City is in danger. The middle lane is already empty. Ignacio rushed to the position that originally belonged to Demichelis. Now it is empty, dangerous, very dangerous!" Neville saw the rush In the past, Ignacio, he has already begun to mourn the Manchester City team in his heart.

The ball is almost gone!

Although Fernando chased back frantically at the first time, to fill the gap that Demichelis rushed out.But obviously, it was too late, he was left far behind by Ignacio.Moreover, it can be said that Mane made the cross at the first time, and there was no time for him to chase back. Fernando could only run while staring desperately at Ignacio who rushed in.

And Otamendi also rushed over immediately, but it was obviously too late.

Ignacio quickly rushed into the space in the penalty area to the left of the penalty spot, and the football passed by Mane directly bypassed Demichelis at the previous point, and then quickly drew an arc and fell towards The head of the rushing Ignacio.

The ball was passed very accurately!

In other words, the passing and running of the ball between the two were very in harmony, and both of them were in the best rhythm.

Ignacio, who rushed over quickly, didn't need to take off at all. With the help of the impact of the extremely fast rush, he shook his head at the ball and quickly threw the football to the right side of the goal.

"Head shake! Ignacio head shake!" Mortensen roared excitedly.

The Crystal Palace fans who came from afar immediately got up, leaned forward, and stared at the flying football.

"Beautiful head shake! Ignacio, perfect!" Neville was very excited when he saw this head shake, roaring excitedly!

This kind of header without defense, Ignacio is actually not much different from kicking a penalty.

Ignacio hit the ball very accurately, and more importantly, with the help of the huge impact, the football ball rushed out by him was very fast, like a shell fired.

More importantly, seeing Ignacio slanting from the right side of the penalty area to the left side of the penalty area, the goalkeeper Hart also quickly followed from the right side of the goal. the left side of the goal.

Therefore, Ignacio directly hit Hart with a backhand.

Hart's body couldn't stop under the huge inertia. Even if he stopped suddenly, his body was still moving to the left side of the goal.

But the football rushed towards the lower right corner of the goal like a fired shell.

Hart had no chance at all. He could only turn his head and watch the football fly into the goal he was guarding.

"The goal is in! The goal is in! Ignacio, Ignacio opened the goal of the home team Manchester City just 3 minutes into the game, one to zero! Beautiful head The ball hits the goal, and the counterattack is beautiful. The speed of the counterattack is too fast, just two or three passes. Crystal Palace's counterattack efficiency is really too high! And every link is done to the extreme, really too Great. Manchester City conceded the goal well!" Mortensen praised Crystal Palace's offense vigorously, and he was also very excited.

The Crystal Palace fans who came from afar almost turned this place into the Crystal Palace's home court, roaring excitedly.

And the Manchester City fans were livid!

They really didn't expect that the game had just begun, and they were the ones who conceded the goal.

Pellegrini on the sidelines also closed his eyes in despair when he saw this. Sure enough, he was coming to Demichelis' side.Of course, Demichelis cannot be blamed for conceding the goal this time, it is not his problem.It was the position of the entire Manchester City team. They were careless at the beginning of the game, and their position was a bit too high, and they were seized by the Crystal Palace.It was Pellegrini's fault!