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

Chapter 563 Accidents

Fernandinho, who had just returned to the penalty area, was a step late and failed to catch up with Harry Kane. Seeing the opponent score so easily in front of his own goal, he angrily threw his hands and cursed: "Damn it!"

"2:2! 2:2!! Manchester United equalized the score again!"

"Falling behind twice and equalizing twice, this Manchester United team has shown extremely strong resilience! They have been able to remain unbeaten this season because they are not only good at playing with the wind, but also very resilient in adversity! They have fallen behind many times in the game this season, but they have equalized the score without exception, and even reversed the victory!"

"It seems that Manchester City's many shameful records may continue!"

The Etihad Stadium, which had been so noisy before, fell into silence at this moment. More than 50,000 Manchester City fans fell into silence, and many of them looked at the Manchester United players celebrating wildly below the stadium with confused eyes.

Ederson was obviously very dissatisfied with his teammates' defense. He yelled at the defenders: "Mark the man! Mark the man! Where the hell are our defenders?!"

No one answered him. Everyone lowered their heads, looking very annoyed and frustrated.

It is really difficult to defeat such a powerful and tenacious opponent!

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As Manchester City's on-field captain, Kompany was also very disappointed, but he was only disappointed for a few seconds before he realized that he was the on-field captain and now was not the time to be disappointed.

It's only the 58th minute and there are still 32 minutes left in the game. Even if we can't win, we can't lose.

If they can maintain a draw, then with six games left and an 8-point deficit, there is still hope of a comeback. After all, they have done this once six years ago.

So he ran into the goal, picked up the football, then ran back to the center circle, placed the football at the midpoint, and waited for the kick-off.

While the Manchester United players were still celebrating, he used this time to think about how to break the opponent's defense. Long shot? Combination of wing and center? Personal breakthrough? Set-piece?

The purpose of attack is to get the ball into the opponent's penalty area as much as possible. Only in this way can we create a threat.

But Manchester United has the strongest defense in the Premier League and even in Europe this season. Their defense makes it very difficult for opponents to pass the ball into the goal.

Yes, before this game, Manchester United had only conceded 31 goals in 16 Premier League games. Even with today's two goals conceded, they only conceded 18 goals, 11 less than Tottenham, the second-fewest team!

Looking at the five major leagues, the team that has conceded the fewest goals in La Liga is Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid, known for its iron-blooded defense, has conceded 30 goals in the 14 rounds that have been played; the team that has conceded the fewest goals in Serie A is Juventus. The Old Lady has conceded 31 goals in the 18 Serie A games that have been played; the team that has conceded the fewest goals in Bundesliga is Bayern Munich. The Southern Kings have conceded 29 goals in the 21 Bundesliga rounds that have been played; the team that has conceded the fewest goals in Ligue 31 is Paris Saint-Germain. Paris Saint-Germain has conceded 21 goals in the Ligue games that have been played.

The Manchester United in front of us not only has the strongest spear in the entire Premier League and even in Europe, they also have the strongest shield. Such an opponent is simply despairing!

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Kompany now recalled that Manchester City only took advantage of Manchester United's lack of form at the beginning of the first and second half to gain the upper hand on the field and scored two goals. At other times, they did not create any opportunities to threaten the opponent's goal in terms of offense...

"The gap in strength is too big..." Looking at the silent Manchester City captain with his head down, Lineker shook his head and said, "Manchester United has become very mature after two seasons of running-in under Mourinho. Manchester City is still in the rebuilding stage. In many positions, the ability of Manchester United players is not on the same level as Manchester City players."

"Modern football is an industry with high investment and high returns. In the past two years, Manchester United has invested the most in the Premier League and even in Europe. They are also the team with the best performance in the same period. They won all six championships they could have won last season, and this season they have maintained an unbeaten record in all official matches so far."

"Although Manchester City's investment is second only to Manchester United, the gap between the first and second place is quite large, exceeding 2.6 million euros! The net investment is also 2.2 million euros less than Manchester United. Such a large investment gap will soon show in the results."

"However, this cannot be blamed on Manchester City's management for not wanting to spend money, but rather that they dare not spend money even if they have it, after all, there is still the restriction of the Financial Fair Play rule."

"In fact, Manchester City's investment in the past two seasons has already risked violating the principles of financial fair play. It is said that relevant agencies have launched a financial investigation into Manchester City."

"Why can Manchester United invest almost unlimited amounts? This is related to their strong revenue-generating capabilities. As the most profitable super club in the world of football today, Manchester United's ability to make money in recent seasons is enviable."

"In the 2015-2016 season before Mourinho took over Manchester United, Manchester United's commercial revenue reached 6.89 million euros, setting a new record in Manchester United's history and also a new record in football. Manchester United surpassed Barcelona and Real Madrid to rank first that season, with a total revenue of 6000 million euros higher than Real Madrid and Barcelona."

"In the following 2016-2017 season, with the signing of Bruno and other stars, and the overall recovery of the team's performance, Manchester United received 7.76 million euros in commercial revenue, once again breaking their revenue record, 1 million euros higher than the second-placed Real Madrid."

"This season, according to estimates, if Manchester United wins the Champions League and the Premier League, their revenue could exceed 9 million euros, and the gap with Real Madrid could widen to 1.5 million euros!"

"It is precisely because of such strong revenue-generating capabilities, coupled with the strong financial support of their boss, Prince Jassim of Qatar, that Manchester United can keep waving checks in the transfer market and sign any superstar they want!"

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The Manchester United players' celebration finally ended, they returned to the field and the game resumed.

Leading twice and then being equalized twice dealt a huge psychological blow to Manchester City players. In the subsequent games, they no longer performed as well as they did at the beginning of the second half.

Instead, Manchester United's attack became more and more sharp, and they equalized the score twice, which boosted the morale of Manchester United players and restored their confidence that they were invincible. Their players could give full play to their abilities, and they had a feeling of "winning no matter how we play".

During this period, Manchester City could only switch to full defense again to prevent their goal from being shot into a sieve.

Even Manchester City's midfield organizer David Silva had to devote all his energy to defense, and together with Fernandinho and Mkhitaryan, he built a long wall in front of his back line.

Although I couldn't find a suitable solution in offense, my work in defense was much simpler.

David Silva is actually not good at defense, but the team is in a passive position at this time, so he can only force himself to do something. He runs tirelessly at full speed in front of the back line, from one side of the court to the other, constantly intercepting the opponent's passes, or physically confronting the opponent's players with the ball.

Not only did the three Manchester City midfielders focus their main energy on defense, but even the forward Bernardo Silva retreated to the outside of his own penalty area to help the team defend.

In today's world football, perhaps only Manchester United can suppress Manchester City to this extent. Even the current Real Madrid and Manchester United would find it difficult to do so.

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Time passed by in such a game. Although Manchester United had been actively attacking and suppressing Manchester City, they still failed to score a goal.

Most of Manchester United players, and even the coaching staff including Mourinho, can accept the current score, so they have gradually become conservative on the field, and their attack is not as proactive as when they just equalized the score.

Manchester City was afraid of Manchester United's strong counterattack ability and did not dare to go all out and attack.

They could accept a draw, but if they launched an all-out attack and gave Manchester United a chance to counterattack, causing the team to lose the ball and the game, that would be unacceptable.

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Seeing that there were only fifteen minutes left in the game, Bruno was unwilling to let the game end like this. He had to get back on the attack and find a way to break the deadlock.

During this period of forced defense, his brain never stopped thinking, and he was also thinking about how to break it. But unfortunately, so far, he has not found any...

Bruno began to try to shoot frequently in the game, hoping to use long shots to blast the opponent's goal. Unfortunately, his shots were either high or off the goal, or were saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Ederson, and some were directly blocked by Manchester City players.

When he dribbled forward again, Manchester City players knew that they had to defend him and stop his shots.

This time, when Bruno raised his right leg high while running, Fernandinho turned his body and used his back to block his shot.

But Bruno missed the ball. It suddenly bounced on the grass and his right leg missed it!

This was a funny mistake, but no Manchester City fans in the stands of the Etihad Stadium laughed because they found that Bruno's right leg led his body to jump up, but his left foot, which served as the supporting foot, poked the falling football instead, and the football was unexpectedly passed to the side!

Fernandinho and other Manchester City players did not expect Bruno to pass the ball in this way. Not to mention them, even Bruno himself and his teammates did not expect it.