Chapter 142: The Confrontation of Forces

Carlo Ancelotti on the sidelines was taken aback, he guessed that Manchester City would open the attack, so Manchester United were prepared, but Rao still allowed the opponent to easily find the opportunity to shoot with his feet.

Fortunately, Raheem Sterling's kick flew away, otherwise, at such a close distance in the penalty area, it would be difficult for goalkeeper De Gea to shoot with full force.

Guardiola rubbed his hands on his somewhat stiff face, and the moment Sterling shot at goal, Guardiola was ready to celebrate, but the shot was ridiculously high.

"Raheem Sterling wasted a great opportunity!" Andy Gray said with the microphone in his hand.

"But Manchester United's defense needs to pay attention, even without David Silva, Manchester City's attacking ability is very strong, and De Bruyne's ability to instigate the attack is not weak at all David Silva!" Gary Neville said.

Raheem Sterling in the box hugged his head in regret for a while, then turned and left the box.

David De Gea placed the ball on the edge of the six-yard box and City did not retreat, pressing high enough to deny United the chance to control the ball again.

There was no room for short passes, and De Gea simply drove forward with a big foot.

When Manchester United opened the goal, Li Qingshan's pressure was much less, because at this time, Manchester United's formation could be relied on and not flattened by Manchester City. In fact, De Gea's foot was not looking for Li Qingshan, but for Fellaini.

The Belgian chested the ball off and handed it to Pogba.

Carlo Ancelotti is confident that Manchester United are not afraid of high pressing in the opposition front. If City want to replicate what they did against Manchester United last season, they would be underestimating United's progress this season.

After Pogba got the ball, Li Qingshan retreated from the penalty area, Pogba passed the ball to Li Qingshan, and pulled it to the left, while Di Maria on the left side was diagonally inserted into the penalty area, and Mata on the right also moved horizontally from the right to the middle.

Valencia began to press up, and unlike City's two full-backs who had pressed past the centre circle, only one of United's full-backs would press up to assist them.

Carlo Ancelotti is still quite shy about the ability of several of City's attackers. If there are not enough defenders at the back, the opponent's counter-attack is still quite threatening.

Pogba and Marouane Fellaini were the two midfielders who pressed up, while Herrera stayed behind. This is Ancelotti's request, Manchester City is very afraid of Manchester United's counterattack, why is Manchester United not afraid of Manchester City's counterattack?

When United started attacking with the ball, the fans at the Etihad Stadium started to get nervous.

Li Qingshan took the ball with his back, and behind him was Fernandinho.

Fernandinho did not take it easily, he knew that his position was very critical, if Fernandinho lost his position, Li Qingshan could shoot directly.

Fernandinho is an arm's length away from Li Qingshan, and this distance will not allow Li Qingshan to have room to get rid of easily, nor will it allow Li Qingshan to easily play to his physical advantages.

Li Qingshan had already thought about what to do before receiving the ball.

He felt the distance behind Fernandinho.

Don't want physical contact?

Li Qingshan sneered in his heart, I just want to come up to you for a physical confrontation!

Just like a back-to-back single on the basketball court, Li Qingshan took the ball and leaned directly back.

At this time, Fernandinho couldn't think of a physical confrontation, if he dodged, Li Qingshan would turn around directly.

Fernandinho had no choice but to bite the bullet.

He supported Li Qingshan's broad back with both hands, but it was like a mantis arm as a car, and Li Qingshan was still squeezing his back in the direction of the forbidden area.

Fortunately, at this time, Kompany came up, and Kompany directly put his hand on Li Qingshan's shoulder, and used his thigh to resist Li Qingshan's momentum of squeezing back.

Li Qingshan felt that there was an extra person behind him, and he didn't need to look to know that it was Manchester City's captain Kompany who came up.

That's what you want!

The reason why Li Qingshan chose to squeeze into the penalty area alone is to let the opponent's central defenders come out, especially Kompany!

Now that the centre-backs are out, it's easy to do!!

Li Qingshan distributed the ball to the left, and Pogba has been waiting for the ball on this side for some time.

Pogba paused with the ball, because at this time on the left, right full-back Sabaleta was pinned down by Di Maria, and at this time Sterling remained in the front field and did not come back, so Pogba was unguarded at this time.

Pogba walked inside with the ball, and it was naturally impossible for Manchester City to let Pogba have such an easy chance, with Otamendi and Yaya Toure coming up to defend Pogba one after the other.

That's what Pogbarton is trying to do, to pull the opposition defence out of the box.

Pep Guardiola looked at the situation with some anxiety, as a top midfielder who used to be on the field, Guardiola certainly knows how dangerous Manchester City is at this time.

Manchester City's penalty area has been emptied!!

Pogba picked up the ball and picked it up into the box!!

"Mata !!!!!!"

At some point, Mata had already run into the spot, and he cut forward at high speed to stop the ball near the baseline.

Turning to look behind him, Otamendi raised his hand to signal that Mata was offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag, and the referee naturally did not blow the penalty.

It's a good shot!!

Juan Mata did not stop the ball and in order to catch the ball, Mata was running at high speed.

Mata finally caught up with the ball as the ball was about to go off the line, but he didn't have time to adjust now.

Mata wasn't fast in the first place!

As a result, Juan Mata forced his body over and picked the ball diagonally behind him.

The ball flew from the baseline to the penalty area at the rear.

Li Qingshan has already begun to step forward.

Kompany and Fernandinho dragged each other, but they couldn't stop Li Qingshan's advance.

Kompany tried to stretch out his feet to block Li Qingshan's forward route, but Li Qingshan seemed to be like a tank, and Kompany was almost directly knocked away by Li Qingshan.

However, Kompany finally put his hand on Li Qingshan's shoulder and pulled back desperately.

The same is true for Fernandinho, who almost weighed the weight of his entire body on Li Qingshan.

At this time, such a shocking picture appeared in the picture of the television set.

Li Qingshan dragged two players behind him and rushed into the penalty area!!

Fortunately, Mata's pass didn't need to jump, Li Qingshan stood directly, the green tendons on his neck flared up, and he completed the header against the ball!!