From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 535 Unstoppable

Guardiola looked unhappy. He signaled his assistant to hang up the tactical board, and then he began to speak.

"I know a lot of people were unhappy with the referee's enforcement in the first half," Guardiola said. "I was unhappy too, but there is one thing I want to say: the referee's enforcement was not the reason why we fell behind 0:2 in the first half!"

"Our opponent is Manchester United, one of the greatest teams on the planet. Many people may not like to hear this, but you cannot deny that this is the reality. We need to do a lot to beat them, replace them and become the greatest team in the Premier League and even the world. The unfair penalty of the referee? That's nothing! Be a man, fight in the second half and use victory to tell the world that Manchester City's rise is unstoppable, not even the referee!"

Guardiola was very passionate. He had been thinking about these words in his mind for a long time, and he was so moved by what he said.

He glanced at the players and the effect was pretty good. At least the team's forward Aguero looked moved.

Although his relationship with Aguero is strained, Guardiola has to admit that Aguero is the flag of Manchester City. As long as this man is here, even if Guardiola dislikes Aguero, he can only recognize this point, because this man has always been demanding himself according to the requirements of the flag of Manchester City and is willing to fight for Manchester City.

"The coach is right." Aguero stood up and encouraged his teammates, "Don't think about the accidents in the first half. In the second half, we will take back the victory that belongs to us!"

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The atmosphere in the away dressing room at Old Trafford returned to normal.

Guardiola and Aguero don't get along with each other, but at critical moments, both of them can temporarily put aside their differences and reach a delicate consensus and balance.

Guardiola began to give instructions and adjustments to the tactics for the second half of the game.

"The flanks, our flanks were completely paralyzed in the first half of the game! Manchester United's flanks are very threatening. In this situation, only if our own flanks are up can we curb the opponent's flank offensive!"

"Oleksandr, you were suppressed in the first half of the game and retreated too much. Our left side was basically paralyzed."

Zinchenko had no words to say. Facing Mbappe, he was really powerless, but at this moment he could only say: "Coach, I understand. I will perform well in the second half of the game."

Looking at Zinchenko clenching his fist to express his opinion, Guardiola nodded.

"David Silva." Guardiola called David Silva's name again, "You need to speed up!"

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At the same time, in the home team locker room at Old Trafford on the other side, the atmosphere was very good.

After discussing the situation in the first half with his players, Mourinho began to arrange things to pay attention to in the second half.

"Kylian, how did you feel about your match against Zinchenko in the first half?" Mourinho called out Mbappe.

"He was a little nervous, flustered and seemed inexperienced," Mbappe said.

"Very good. In the second half, keep attacking here," Mourinho said. "Make him scared when he sees you dribbling the ball."

"No problem," Mbappe said loudly.

Mourinho drew a circle on the names of the two men on the tactical board, then pointed to the middle connecting area between the two circles and said murderously: "David Silva and Fernandinho, the junction between these two men, focus on attacking here in the midfield!"

After a pause, Mourinho continued: "Even if Manchester City scored the first goal in the second half, don't panic. Play according to our established plan. We are leading 2:0 in this game, plus the 2:2 in the first leg away from home, we have achieved a brilliant result."

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SHIT!

Mourinho cursed and found himself to be a real jinx.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLL!!!!!!"

Amid the loud shouts of commentators supporting Manchester City, Aguero ran in celebration and hugged De Bruyne who passed the ball to him.

While the home fans at Old Trafford fell into brief silence, the few Manchester City fans in the stands cheered and jumped for joy.

Less than three minutes into the second half, Manchester City scored a goal. David Silva dribbled the ball in the middle and suddenly made a diagonal pass. The pass tore through Manchester United's defense and passed behind Luke Shaw.

De Bruyne moved smartly to receive the ball, then cut inside and pretended to shoot, but he made a hidden move. Aguero held off Maguire in the penalty area and shot successfully with a half-turn.

1: 2!

Aguero helped Manchester City pull one back.

While the stands at Old Trafford were filled with boos, the reporters in the media booths were applauding. For most of the neutral reporters, the one-sided game was too boring, just like the first half.

Now, the second half of the game just started, Manchester City scored a goal, and the first reaction of most viewers was: the game is back on normal track.

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As Manchester City's stars were celebrating the goal, Manchester United captain Bruno called his teammates together.

"Don't panic! We are still one goal ahead. We have done very well to lead Manchester City 2:0 in the first half."

Bruno shouted, trying to stabilize the morale of the team. Losing the ball so early, and against a strong opponent like Manchester City, would make the Manchester United players feel a little nervous.

The players took the captain's words to heart and their facial expressions changed. Those who were panicking looked much calmer, and those who were already calm now returned to normal, and even revealed a look of "I'm going to kill you".

Mbappe just joined the team this summer. He noticed the changes in his teammates' mentality and expressions and was very surprised.

This was the first time that he felt Bruno's important role in the team in a real game. Their teammates had an almost superstitious trust and admiration for the young captain, as if seeing that man standing on the sidelines, everyone was injected with energy and confidence!

At this time, the players also heard their head coach yelling, "What are you doing? Why are you panicking? It's 2:1, and we only conceded one goal."

Mourinho rushed to the sidelines, got as close to the players as possible, and shouted: "What are you thinking? Do you still want to shut out Manchester City? Don't be so arrogant!"

Then, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

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After Aguero scored, Guardiola immediately made a substitution. He replaced Ukrainian defender Zinchenko with Armenian star Mkhitaryan and changed the formation to 343.

Obviously, this goal gave Guardiola hope of reversing Manchester United at Old Trafford, so he decided to fight to the death.

Mourinho observed Manchester City's personnel adjustments with a serious expression. He knew what Guardiola's purpose was in making this substitution.

Manchester City's formation adjustment is an asymmetrical three-midfielder formation, but David Silva's position looks more like a left winger. Although it seems to overlap with Bernardo Silva's position, in fact, David Silva and Bernardo Silva are used together to attack Valencia's defense area.

This means that the pressure on Manchester United's right side will increase sharply. What Mourinho needs to consider now is whether to strengthen the defense on the right side or to attack Manchester City on that side.

Just at this moment, changes occurred on the field.

David Silva tried to cooperate with Fernandinho, but Gundogan suddenly rushed forward and intercepted the ball halfway. Then the German made a direct diagonal pass and sent the ball to the right.

There, Manchester City's original left-back Zinchenko had been replaced, creating a vacuum area.

Seeing Manchester United counterattack towards Zinchenko's original defense area, Manchester City's midfielder Fernandinho hurried over to make up for the defense.

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After receiving the ball, Mbappe dribbled forward quickly. His dribbling attracted Fernandinho's attempt to steal the ball, but he suddenly stopped and pretended to pull it sideways, attracting Fernandinho to stretch out his foot to intercept, but he pushed the ball forward along the sideline with his arch of his foot.

The shortcomings of the three-center-back system were revealed at this moment!

Manchester United right-back Valencia made a high-speed run and received the pass from Mbappe with almost no defense.

Harry Kane followed up in the middle and raised his hand to signal the ball to him.

Valencia glanced at Harry Kane and raised his right foot.

Stones rushed up smartly, not to make an interception, but to create an offside.

With Stones' sudden pressure, Harry Kane was immediately in an offside position.

At this moment, Valencia made a diagonal pass.

"Offside!" Stones raised his hand and shouted.

But the referee's whistle did not sound, he was running, and the linesman was running too.

"Not offside! Otamendi is lagging behind!" Andy Gray stood up suddenly and shouted excitedly, "Bruno!"

On the left, Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes appeared in everyone's sight. He rushed past Otamendi who was a little slow to react and rushed to the football.

Old Trafford was filled with cheers at this moment.

Amid thunderous cheers, Bruno, who was already in a one-on-one situation, took a low shot, and the ball passed by Bravo's left foot, continued to roll, and rolled into the net.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!"

There were more than 70,000 Manchester United fans in the stands of Old Trafford, and countless Manchester United fans jumped up in bars, homes, big screens in squares all over the world... anywhere where the game could be watched.

“3:1！3:1！我们再次将比分拉开！曼联，我们，3:1领先于曼城！”老特拉福德球场的广播解说员情绪激动的喊道，“伟大的曼联！伟大的队长！！伟大的布鲁诺！！！他在比赛中上演了帽子戏法！”