Chapter 54 Bad luck and fryer

Manchester City's attacking power was very smooth, and sure enough, their attack was very smooth.

Just seven minutes into the second half, Manchester City scored and once again exceeded the scoreline.

This time it was Sergio Aguero who scored.

Sergio Aguero scored from the penalty spot. If it had been just a goal, perhaps the United fans in the Old Trafford stands and Carlo Ancelotti would not have looked so ugly by now, with Marouane Fellaini also accumulating two yellow cards before the penalty was awarded.

As soon as the second half began, City continued to instigate attacks.

Aguero and Silva, Raheem Sterling, and De Bruyne frequently changed positions, constantly disrupting Manchester United's defensive deployment.

Yaya Toure played the ball to Kevin De Bruyne, who drew the attention of United left wing-back Sandro before passing the ball to Sergio Aguero, who was supposed to be in the same position, and Silva was supposed to be in the same position to cut forward into the box.

Manchester City's forwards and midfielders have switched positions, so Manchester United's marking staff have also changed, and now it is Rojo who is staring at Silva and Fellaini who is staring at Aguero.

After Aguero could afford it, Silva ran out of the box again, Aguero passed the ball to Silva's feet, inserted himself into the box, and Silva picked the ball up!

A rather strong two-on-two combination, Fellaini had to follow Aguero closely, but the tall Fellaini was not as flexible as Aguero, Fellaini ran into the penalty area, and saw that Aguero was ready to shoot, he hurriedly stretched out a kick.

However, Aguero was waiting for him as well.

In fact, the angle of Aguero's shot is not large, and if you want to break through the goal of De Gea's handle at such an angle, unless you are very lucky, it is more likely to be saved by De Gea.

However, Fellaini stretched out a kick to try to block the shot, which was also expected by Aguero, Aguero picked up the ball, Fellaini shoveled it into the air, and then Aguero's foot landed on the foot of Fellaini who was tackling the ball.

Aguero falls to the ground!

This time, the Clattenburg whistle blew.

Penalty kick!!

The same Clattenburg also showed Fellaini a yellow card.

Fellaini turns two yellows into one red! Receive a red card and go down.

What the hell!

With Ancelotti's good temper, he couldn't help but curse at this moment.

In this game, it is impossible to say that Manchester United did not play well. Manchester City pressed away to play against Manchester United, which is in line with the appetite of Manchester United at home.

In fact, there is not much difference between the chances created by the two sides, and if you look closely at the statistics, Manchester United have more dangerous shots on goal than Manchester City. But City have now scored three goals, and United's two goals were unconventional – one was a mistake by an opposition defender and the other was a long-range lob that was a bit of luck.

The worst thing that makes Ancelotti feel bad is that now Manchester United has been sent off by one man, and ten men must be played!

'Sergio Aguero scores a penalty and Marouane Fellaini is sent off! Manchester United are down by 10 men and they will play more with less in the next game! ”

"Compared to the flexible Aguero, Fellaini's body is much more clumsy, and the tackle in the box blocks Aguero's shot, but in this situation, Aguero successfully created Fellaini's tackle foul, allowing Fellaini to get his second yellow card of the game!"

"Now the Belgian can go to the locker room in advance to take a shower and straighten out the soaked pomp on his head!" Because Old Trafford had enough water before the game, not only Fellaini, but almost all the players were on the pitch for a few minutes, as long as they lay down on the grass, there was basically no way to get wet.

Marouane Fellaini was also frustrated by the red card, but what could he do. After watching Sergio Aguero score the penalty in the tunnel, Fellaini angrily kicked a bin away from the tunnel. I don't know if his behavior was seen by Clattenberg or the fourth official, causing him some trouble.

The faces of the fans in the stands at Old Trafford were also very ugly. Now that our side is playing one less and one goal behind, it seems that this game will be difficult to play.

After Ancelotti was angry, he also knew that it was not time to surrender at this time, so he quickly made adjustments, and he would not change the pattern of the three midfielders in the midfield, but he did not make a substitution, but directly pulled Rooney back to play the back.

Wayne Rooney has played as a striker and a midfielder at Manchester United, but this is the first time he has played in a position as deep as a midfielder.

Di Maria moved to the middle and moved behind Li Qingshan.

Falling behind by one goal, Manchester United must attack, and at this time it is no different from surrendering to defend back. But playing one less man will inevitably make Manchester United's attacking efficiency greatly reduced.

However, when the game started, Ancelotti found that he did not have to worry about attacking efficiency.

The one-man Manchester City did not stop there, retreating to play defensive counter-attacks, and they continued to control the ball and press up to attack.

Carlo Ancelotti glanced at Manuel Pellegrini in high spirits.

Now Manchester City have the absolute advantage of the game, and it is not surprising that the opponent continues to press the attack with one more player.

Manchester United fell into a passive defensive situation after conceding the goal, because Di Maria moved to the middle, Rooney retreated and Kramer, Herrera formed a back three, in the width of the front attack, the left and right sides are basically useless, unless Manchester United can press, by the left and right full-backs occupy the space of the wing.

It's just that under the pressure of Manchester City's attack, neither Sandro nor Valencia dared to rush to press, which made Manchester City's offensive even more unscrupulous.

After Manchester United played one less, seeing that Manchester City continued to press hard, they had to retreat and defend first.

That's fine, Ancelotti originally thought that the next game was a tough battle for Manchester United, but he thought that the backward Manchester United had become the side that needed to defend and counterattack.

In fact, it didn't make Ancelotti wait too long, and playing one less person does not mean that Manchester United is completely out of attacking power.

As long as Li Qingshan is still on the field, Manchester United will still hold the sharpest sword!

In the 61st minute, Silva's through ball was cut off by Hummels, who then passed the ball to Wayne Rooney.

Rooney's long pass was very accurate, and Li Qingshan's chest was cushioned and the ball was stopped steadily.

Di Maria immediately ran forward!

In such a counterattack situation, it is obvious that the most threatening is Di Maria, who has speed, and Li Qingshan's threat is not so great.

Vincent Kompany was on top of Li Qingshan, while Zabaleta and Fernantinho were keeping their eyes on Di Maria.

Li Qingshan picked up his right foot, as if he wanted to send a through ball to make Di Maria and the opposing defenders fight for speed, and the Manchester City players were also ready for this. Fernandinho and Otamendi have a clear division of labor, one is going to follow Di Maria, and the other is going to intercept Li Qingshan's pass.

However, Li Qingshan did not pass the ball to Di Maria, but directly turned around and dribbled forward!

Kompany was deceived by Li Qingshan's actions, and he didn't expect Li Qingshan to choose to rush forward with the ball at this time.

This shouldn't be Li Qingshan's style at all, but he did it.

After completing the turn, Li Qingshan quickly faced Fernantinho's defense, Li Qingshan decisively stuffed the ball to the side, Valencia had already rushed up at high speed, Kolarov was not Valencia's opponent at all in terms of speed, he was left behind by Valencia.

In front of Valencia was a large gap.

Li Qingshan's pass was deep enough, and the ball speed was quite fast, but it was obvious that with such a large gap in front, Valencia would definitely be able to catch up with the ball!

Sure enough, under the friction of the turf, the ball gradually slowed down, and Valencia caught up with the ball on the edge of the penalty area.

However, Fernandinho's speed was not slow, and he knew after Li Qingshan's pass that he couldn't catch up with Valencia, so he ran straight into the box.

By the time Valencia was ready to dribble the ball into the box, Fernantinho was already stuck in his path.

In the middle lane, Li Qingshan and Di Maria also threw off their steps and rushed up.

Valencia has little confidence in his own shooting, and he was nicknamed "Tile does not shoot" a few years ago.

So he passed the ball to the middle and passed it to the feet of Li Qingshan!

Li Qingshan has already received the ball and is ready to go directly into the penalty area! Only goalkeeper Joe Hart was left in front of him, while another defender, Otamendi, was caught by Di Maria.

Kompany followed closely behind Li Qingshan, of course he knew what the consequences would be if Li Qingshan took the ball into the penalty area and directly faced them!

The Belgian couldn't care so much now, he directly fell to the ground and shoveled, while hooking his left foot forward, his right foot also strangled Li Qingshan's calf.

With a scissor leg behind his back, Li Qingshan had to fall to the ground even if his body was strong!

The football was picked up by Joe Hart, but the referee's whistle blew.

Carlo Ancelotti jumped up from the dugout and rushed to the sidelines with open arms – not a celebration, of course, but a chant!!

"Foul !! It's a foul!! It was a foul that blocked us from a one-on-one ball!!! ”

Old Trafford fryer!