Although Li Feng didn't find anything at first, but in the next two days, Xiuying's abnormality still attracted Li Feng's attention, but Li Feng was in a hurry to ask, because he still needed to prepare for the game with Stoke City, so he secretly found Sylvia and asked Sylvia to help take care of Xiuying. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

If there is one away game that City have hated the most in recent seasons, it is definitely Stoke City's Britannia Stadium, which has not won at the Britannia Stadium since Stoke City were promoted to the Premier League four years ago.

Even Stoke City's Britannia Stadium has a terrifying record this season, with Stoke City unbeaten against all four of the Premier League's top five teams so far, making it the graveyard of a strong team.

Manchester City is the last team to visit the top five, of course~~~ is also the strongest one, and the current Manchester City is the league leader, even if the difference is not large.

However, before the game, Manchester City still had an unfortunate incident, that is, Sergio Aguero was injured, just in a training confrontation, this injury also made Aguero away from the stadium for at least two long years, which means that Aguero will miss at least one round of league and the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

And it's not over yet, when leaving for Stoke City, De Jong suddenly felt unwell, and as a result, he was also left in Manchester, that is, all of a sudden, Manchester City lost two main players in this game, fortunately De Jong is not serious and can recover in midweek.

However, even this could not change the determination of Van Basten and Manchester City to win, and from the very beginning of the game, Manchester City directly opposed the visitors.

The first shot on goal came from Adam Johnson, who came on as a substitute for Sergio Aguero, and this season, the consistency of Aguero and Silva has given Adam Johnson few chances, but even so, Adam Johnson's performance is not bad.

A cross from outside the penalty area from Li Feng, Adam Johnson cut into the box on the right and shook off the clumsy Hutt and his powerful shot was saved by goalkeeper Begovic.

Stoke City's two centre-backs were very tough on the front, so Van Basten opted for Balotelli over Dzeko in this game, with Hout and Shawcross being the best at dealing with tall forwards.

So in this game, Manchester City rarely plays high crosses, and Balotelli is a striker who likes to work on the ground, plus Silva and Adam Johnson, two nimble short men.

Stoke City's heavy reinforcement is placed in the midfield, and only one Crouch is left in the front, so at the beginning, Li Feng did not get any good opportunities in the middle, and was more in passing the ball for the two wings, so that the front trident could match a goal.

City's first great chance came in the 19th minute, a throw-in created chance, Zabaleta threw the ball to Li Feng, Li Feng **** stopped the ball and hooked his toes, and the ball flew directly from the three defenders to Balotelli.

Although Dzeko is a flexible big man, Balotelli is clearly more flexible than Dzeko, first protecting the ball with his left foot, then pulling his right foot, turning his body and turning to pass, Hut once again became the backdrop for Manchester City's attack.

Behind Huter, though, there is Shawcross, but let's not forget that Balotelli is not alone in the fight, with Silva on the left already throwing off Wilkinson and rushing into the box.

Balotelli passed the ball decisively, Silva naturally did not hesitate, and shot directly with his feet, Begovic fans reacted unhappily and leaped forward, but he still did not touch the ball, because Silva's shot did not hit the goal frame, but grazed the post and hit the side netting.

Three minutes later, Manchester City's wave of attack was seriously fouled by Stoke City, Silva was knocked away by Whitehead when he broke through with the ball on the side, fortunately Silva knew how to protect himself and the injury was not serious, but for safety reasons, Van Basten still chose to replace Silva with Minaar.

The real controversy was the referee's decision, such a serious foul, the referee actually only took out a yellow card, and the referee suddenly became the enemy of the current Manchester City players, but unfortunately this is the Britannia Stadium and not the Etihad.

The dissatisfaction of the whole city has not helped, the referee has already made a decision, and all they can do is get the field back for the next game.

However, the scale of the referee's decision contributed to the foul of Stoke City, and then, the two sides ushered in a foul battle for almost 20 minutes, at which time the referee reacted that his previous penalty was a little too lenient.

Finally, near the end of the first half, the referee gave four yellow cards in a row, and the two teams played 50 boards each, one for Manchester City's Barry and Yaya Toure, and Stoke City's Shaw and Svolters.

And after a half-time break, the players on both sides also calmed down under the reassurance of the manager, and Silva was also well after a detailed examination by the team doctor.

However, it was Stoke City who scored first in the second half, a typical defensive counterattack, Manchester City's wave of attacks was fruitless, Stoke City took advantage of the situation to counterattack, Whelan made a long pass in the backfield and found Crouch.

In this game, the combination of central defenders was Lescott and Colo Toure, and the undersized Colo Toure could not compete with the two-meter Crouch at all.

However, the goal was scored by Pennant behind him, a world-class super heavy gun, Pennant blasted open the door with a volley from 30 yards out.

Pennant is not an ordinary person, he joined Arsenal when he was young, but he really became famous in Birmingham, of course, he is best known when he was at Liverpool, and long-range shooting is Pennant's forte.

Pennant's goal also put Manchester City in a desperate situation, but it was a time of crisis for the city to show their true colors, and at this time, Manchester City needed heroes.

Just as all Manchester City fans were expecting, the hero was born in the 70th minute of the game, which was the 10th minute after Stoke City's goal.

Li Feng and Yaya Toure, this is also the first time that the two have staged such a cooperation, so if there are Bayern Munich fans watching this game at this moment, it may not be strange.

Because Li Feng once staged such a scene with Schweinsteiger, one after the other continuously hit the wall, such a cooperation requires absolute tacit understanding and Li Feng's talent to look at the whole audience.

And this time the goal was Yaya Toure, Li Feng was willing to be a green leaf, of course, the reason why this is so is entirely because Stoke City's defense of Li Feng is too tight, compared to Li Feng, Yaya Toure's situation is undoubtedly much better.

It was also a long-range shot, although it was not as exciting as Pennant's volley, but the distance of the ball was even farther, a full 35 meters, so it was not inferior to Pennant's volley. (To be continued.) )