Chapter 144: Cornered

'Sergio Aguero withdrew from the box...... Nice stop-and-turn !! Ancelotti became emotional.

"Aguero shoots!!!! The football was blocked by Fellaini!! ”

"Pogba... Pogba took the lead to get the ball under control, pulled the ball and turned... He's going to be careful, it's a forbidden area......"

"Pretty!! Pogba brings the ball out! But I think Ancelotti must have been angry at this point..... Pogba's long ball!!!!! ”

Li Qingshan!!!!!! Li Qingshan stopped the ball on his chest, and he even stopped and wiped Kompany directly!!! ”

"Shot !!!!!"

"Whoa, whoa!!!!!!!!!! Went in again!! Less than two minutes before the last goal, Li Qingshan had already scored twice!! Manchester City, playing at home, trailed Manchester United by two goals!! ”

The commentator may be the first to react, because when Pogba launched a long pass, Li Qingshan ran to the position, and after completing the shot, whether it was the fans in the stands or the spectators in front of the TV, their brains had not yet come to their senses - the last second was Manchester City's attack, it seemed that Manchester City had completely suppressed Manchester United, forming a siege situation, and as a result, Manchester United only used a pass, and directly completed the goal!

It's really just a pass..... The connection between Pogba and Li Qingshan!!

Manchester City fans held their heads, they didn't have time to boo, at this time they looked at Li Qingshan who scored in the corner flag area with incredible eyes, because Manchester United's defense was a little flattened before, at this time the other Manchester United players were still in their own half, but they had already rushed over - although running over more than 100 meters of the field still consumes some physical strength, but at this time who cares about this thing.

Football is an adrenaline-pumping sport, and even towards the end of the game, scoring a goal can get the players pumped with adrenaline – and that's when they forget all their fatigue.

The City players and their bench players opened their mouths wide, and the City players who had rushed back to defend froze on the field, staring blankly at the football still bouncing in the net.

They didn't seem to believe their eyes, and someone subconsciously looked at the score on the big screen.

0-2, home team in front, away team behind.

"Manchester United have scored again!! This goal shows us how lethal Manchester United's counterattack is, in fact, Manchester United's goal looks very simple, Pogba makes a long pass, Li Qingshan stops and then shoots to score!! Now the score is 2-0!! That's a terrible score for the home team!! Andy Gray said, "Pep Guardiola's team has suffered the worst crisis of the season, and if there is a chance to make up for the previous crisis, then if Manchester City loses this game, it will basically declare Manchester City out of the race for the title this season!" ”

Pep Guardiola stood on the sidelines, his side already 2-0 down, a scoreline that pushed City into a rather dangerous situation. Pep Guardiola looked at the bench and wanted to make a substitution to strengthen the attack, but it immediately occurred to him that it was only the fifteenth minute of the first half.

And are Manchester City an attacking problem?

In Pep Guardiola's view, not entirely - if Manchester City's attack destroys Manchester United's defense, and Manchester City's attacking players can play like Li Qingshan, then naturally there is no problem.

But Manchester City obviously can't do this, and in Guardiola's view, Manchester City's attack is not a big problem, although there is no goal, but on the field, Manchester City has formed a siege twice, which shows that the opponent also has a certain degree of fear of Manchester City's attack, and the rest is to slowly look for opportunities to score, there are 90 minutes in the game, Manchester City can find Manchester United when he is not focused.

The problem is in defense...

Li Qingshan brought all the nightmares to Manchester City, even if Guardiola arranged for three players to keep an eye on Li Qingshan, Li Qingshan was always able to find various ways to ravage the opponent.

The first goal was a crushing of physical strength, and it is very unreasonable to have two defenders hanging on his body to complete a header - Guardiola was also a top midfielder when he was young, of course he knows how difficult it is to score such a goal, but when such unreasonableness often appears to Li Qingshan, then unreasonableness becomes reasonable.

The second goal was a run-in victory.

Everyone else was watching a series of fancy dribbling moves before Pogba's pass, and Pogba's long balls were very precise indeed. Before Pogba's pass, Li Qingshan's movements could not be seen on the TV screen.

But Pep Guardiola, who was on the sidelines, watched the goal in its entirety.

Li Qingshan successfully turned the three-defense and one-on-one situation into a one-on-one situation through several changes of direction, and he made himself only face Kompany's defense at the moment of receiving the ball.

And even when it was one-on-one, Li Qingshan also had the advantage of his position, so he stopped the ball on his chest so smoothly.

As for the shots that followed, Guardiola didn't blame Bravo.

In the face of a striker's one-on-one ball of this level, even Buffon didn't say that he was sure to save, let alone Bravo?

However, on the Internet, fans ridiculed Bravo.

"Shoot to death..."

"Did Bravo save a single shot..."

"Bravo is Pep Guardiola's brother-in-law?"

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At this time, Bravo was half-kneeling on the grass, and he didn't even have the courage to look at Li Qingshan, who broke his goal.

The past few months in the Premier League have completely destroyed Bravo's self-confidence.

As a Bravo born in Barcelona, it is undeniable that Bravo still has considerable ability.

As a goalkeeper, Bravo has good technique at his feet and is a rare goalkeeper who is good at playing the ball from the back – a goalkeeper that is rare in today's football.

But Bravo is not without shortcomings, his goal-line skills are not too good, at least not among the ranks of first-class goalkeepers, when he was in Barcelona, due to Barcelona's strong whole, and Barcelona's perfect passing and control style of play covered up Bravo's flaws, but after coming to the Premier League, Bravo's flaws were infinitely magnified.

The pace of the Premier League is faster, the Premier League teams are more ferocious against strong teams, the referee is more large, Manchester City often find it difficult to completely control the situation like Barcelona, and they will also make some mistakes when facing fierce pressing, giving the opponent a good chance to shoot.

Bravo is having a hard time adapting to the Premier League....

Pep Guardiola is now slowly thinking about whether he was right to bring in Bravo.

However, it is imperative that City have been cornered and Pep Guardiola must give clear instructions in this situation.