Chapter 887: Surprisingly backward
It seems that even luck is on Manchester City's side, the draw for the round of 16 of the League Cup, Manchester City actually drew a team from League One, you know, the Premier League, the Championship, League One, League One is the third tier of the English league, called Swindon. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
That was a month later, though, and City's attention needs to be returned to the league first, as the sixth round of the league is about to begin.
It's still a team from London, and even this time Manchester City needs to visit London, but not the three strong teams in London, but to Craven Cottage and face the challenge of Fulham.
In fact, Fulham's results last season were not bad, of course, today's Fulham certainly cannot be compared with two years, you know, two years ago Fulham defeated many strong teams in the UEFA Cup, broke into the League Cup final, but lost to Atletico Madrid in the final.
Speaking of which, Manchester City has avenged Fulham for two years, and in this year's European Super Cup, Manchester City stepped on the corpse of Atletico Madrid to win the second championship trophy.
And this summer, Fulham's strength has dropped again, and the team's two core Belgian Dembele and American striker Dempsey have all been bought by Tottenham.
Although Fulham also bought the dashing brother Berbatov from Manchester United, it remains to be verified whether the dashing brother, who is no longer in the peak of form, can carry the banner of Fulham's attack.
In a season, not to mention whether the two cup competitions can meet London teams, the league alone needs to come to London at least five times per season, so to speak, London is the second city of the other teams in the Premier League.
Although there is still a Champions League in the middle of next week, Manchester City will face their weakest opponents in the group stage, Denmark's North Zealand.
As a result, City don't need to save any quality and, after a midweek break, there are no fitness issues with their players.
The main force is out, goalkeeper Joe Hart, defenders Klicy, Boateng, Kompany, Zabaleta, midfielders De Jong, Yaya Toure and Li Feng, strikers Silva, Robin van Persie and Sergio Aguero.
On the other side, Fulham is also the strongest lineup, but Brother Chick was injured in the last game, and in this game, the lone striker was Petrić from Croatia.
This is also Li Feng's old acquaintance, when he was in the Bundesliga, they had added hands, before the transfer to Fulham, Petritch played in the Bundesliga Hamburg, and Son Heung-min was still teammates, and even the relationship between the two was not bad, last year, the two worked well together in Hamburg.
But alas, this summer. The two have both left the team and now meet on another court, turning from teammates to rivals.
Although the media had been optimistic about Manchester City winning their sixth game of the opening game before the game, the opening result was not as expected by the media.
After the opening, Fulham played very fiercely, and I have to say that Fulham's tactics have achieved certain results, and Manchester City did not expect Fulham to play so fiercely.
And they scored in the fifth minute when they scored, and in the fifth minute, Norwegian heavy Riser cut in from behind and fired a long-range shot from outside the Manchester City box that was blocked by Kompany.
The referee pointed straight to the penalty, but Petritsch didn't give it a soft shot, and Fulham took a surprise lead.
However, who would have thought that this was only the beginning, and five minutes later, Fulham scored again, this time between Irish midfielder Duff and Rodarega, who had just joined on a free transfer from Wigan in the summer.
Although the aging Duff has lost the speed he used to play on the flanks in his youth, he still has a good kick and a seasoned passing experience.
Rodarega's goal was a diagonal pass from Duff on the wing, who received a pass from a teammate on the flank and sent a diagonal pass under Zabaleta's defence.
The ball passed through the City defenders and into the back post, where Rodallega slotted in at high speed, and Joe Hart's quick reaction was unable to prevent the ball from flying into his own goal.
It has to be said that Manchester City has not encountered this situation for a long time, and all along, Manchester City have always been accustomed to taking the lead and scoring first, and even if they are behind, it is rare to have two goals.
This time, not only Fulham fans are excited, but even the media and even the Premier League teams are excited, I have to say that in the past two seasons, Manchester City's hatred has been too big, and the other teams that are in excellent form are a little breathless.
The truth that the wind will destroy it applies to people and teams, and no one wants Manchester City to continue to win, which is not only the mentality of the Premier League teams, but also the entire Premier League team
But is Manchester City just throwing in the towel? Of course this is impossible, not to mention the head coach Van Basten, even the Manchester City players are not reconciled, not to mention Li Feng, a guy who doesn't like to lose the most.
After falling behind by two goals, Van Basten rushed out to express his dissatisfaction, although he made a mistake in tactics, but it was the player's problem to score two goals in ten minutes by the opponent.
However, the more times like this, the more you can't be impatient, Van Basten knows this very well, and on the court, Li Feng is also very clear.
So, in the next period of time, with Li Feng conscious, Manchester City began to control the ball and control the rhythm of the game.
Van Basten on the pitch finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this situation, and I have to say that Li Feng's maturity and vision are indeed far more than others, and this is not the first time he has done such a thing, so Van Basten returned to the coach's seat with peace of mind.
As long as they don't concede in the first half, then even a 2-0 deficit to Van Basten is acceptable, and Van Basten put the real bet on the second half.
At the same time, on the other side of the dugout, Martin Yol naturally found out about Manchester City's situation, although the opening tactics were somewhat unexpectedly successful, but now, he is very clear that Manchester City has reacted.
So, Martin Jol left his seat, walked to the sidelines, and took advantage of the dead ball to call captain Hangrande to his side, "Recycle the defense, and then we start to counterattack." ”
"Oh oh oh~~~ Fulham has shrunk the defensive line, it seems that Martin Yol has found that Manchester City has calmed down, two goals in hand, Fulham is ready to play a defensive counterattack."
Seeing the changes in Fulham, Manchester City fans began to scold Fulham for being shameless, but Manchester City fans could not change the situation on the pitch no matter how much they did, and now, the only thing they have to do except scold Fulham is to believe in their own players.
For Fulham's contraction defense, Manchester City's generals are not polite, and of course, Manchester City will not take it lightly. (To be continued.) )