Chapter 148: Strange Position

"At the end of the first half, Manchester United led Manchester City 3-0 away thanks to Li Qingshan's brace and Mata's goal!! This score would almost allow us to declare the end of the game early, but Manchester United are against Manchester City in this game!! As sworn enemies in the same city, Pep Guardiola's side will definitely do something in the second half, and the second half will definitely not be boring! ”

There have been many classic matches in the Manchester derby. Even now that United are 3-0 up, Andy Grey does not dare to say that United have won.

Players from both sides walked off the pitch one after another, and the focus of the camera was Yaya Toure, who was substituted in the first half.

The rest of the City players walked into the tunnel one after another, and Yaya Toure seemed indifferent until another substitute sitting behind him, Gabriel Jesus, tapped Yaya Toure on the shoulder, and he stood up and walked out of the bench with a gloomy face.

In the Manchester City dressing room, many young players were a little restless, because when Guardiola called the players, Yaya Toure provocatively walked past Guardiola and then walked out of the dressing room...

Guardiola gritted his teeth, and Yaya Toure acted like this, making it clear that he wanted to completely tear apart the relationship between the two sides.

However, Guardiola is not worried, Yaya Toure is no longer in his team building plan, he does not need Yaya Toure as a midfielder who needs a lot of ball, for Guardiola, if the ball is too much control at the feet of a player, it means that the team will have a fatal weakness, if the opponent restricts the player, or even snatches the ball directly from under his feet, this is very fatal to the team, which is equivalent to the team has one more "cover door".

But even if he didn't put Yaya Toure in the plan, Yaya Toure is still a Manchester City player, and he Pep Guardiola is the manager of Manchester City. The player does not give face to the manager, which makes Guardiola quite annoyed.

Guardiola has already sentenced Yaya Toure to death in his heart, and in any next game, Yaya Toure will not want to be in the squad!

Pep Guardiola didn't get angry at half-time over what happened to Yaya Toure, the time at half-time is precious, and Guardiola doesn't intend to waste his time here.

"Jesus!! You play in the second half!! 'Guardiola looked at his players.

There was a serious flash of excitement in the Brazilian teenager Gabriel Jesus, it was a Manchester derby, and the 20-year-old had been waiting for it for a long time.

Gabriel Jesus was signed by Manchester City at the start of the season, but instead of coming to City right away, he continued to stay with his parent club, with Brazilian National Football League side Palmeiras playing until the winter transfer window, before joining City in December.

The Brazilian phenom showed his potential on his debut in Europe. Gabriel Jesus is now a strong contender for Aguero, and that speaks volumes about his quality.

Aguero frowned slightly, he thought it was Jesus who was going to replace him. Since Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City, Aguero has felt that Pep Guardiola does not like to use his type of striker, and the introduction of Jesus can probably be seen as a step to replace Aguero.

"Alexander, you take a break in the second half, we need to attack!" Pep Guardiola turned to Kolarov and said.

Manchester City's players were stunned for a moment, Guardiola's adjustment was really bold, removing a defender and replacing it with a striker! It's a life-threatening style of play.

But on second thought, the players did have to fight for their lives. It's already 3-0 behind, if you don't attack out, you will definitely lose, and if you attack out, there is still a silver lining, although you have to risk being counterattacked by the opponent, but the game situation has come to this point, and Manchester City can only fight.

In the visiting dressing room, the atmosphere at United is much better than at Manchester City, with the players listening to music, chatting and joking.

Li Qingshan has a person who washes alone in the shower room, it's not that Li Qingshan is a special player in the team, but when Li Qingshan shakes the big guy into the locker room, the other players always wash and slip away silently - it hurts self-esteem, isn't it....

Carlo Ancelotti didn't have the same tirade as Pep Guardiola, his side had a good first half, so he just praised the performance of the players in the first half and then stressed the defensive precautions in the second half before leaving the dressing room to the United players.

The fifteen-minute half-time break passed quickly and the players returned to the pitch one after another.

'The second half is about to start and City have made the first change, Gabriel Jesus is coming on!!' He was replaced by left wing-back Kolarov!! 'When the players from both sides were in their positions waiting for the kick-off, Gabriel Jesus was spotted on the sidelines.

'By removing a defender and replacing a striker at the start of the second half, City continued to strengthen their attack!! Manchester United's defence will be tested even more in the second half! Gary Neville said it was serious, but he looked relaxed, leaning against the back of the commentary seat, his eyes fixed on the pitch, but his mouth cracked into a smile.

It's a typical Manchester United fan at this time, on the one hand, they are very happy with the first half, but on the other hand, it is away from home, and there are fifteen minutes to go, and no one knows what will happen.

Manchester City quickly completed the substitution, because it was a substitution directly after the break, Kolarov had already changed directly into a sports jacket and sat on the bench, which also avoided waiting for the substituted player to get off the field, and then the substitute player was in the step, the fourth official raised the substitution card, and Jesus ran into the field.

He, like Sergio Aguero, is a central striker at the front, and as a result, City's formation has become a rather strange formation.

Overall, it seems to be a 352 arrangement, with three defenders Sabaleta, Kompany, and Otamendi, and Fernandinho, Rio Ferdinand, De Bruyne, Sane, Raheem Sterling, and forwards Gabriel Jesus and Sergio Aguero in midfield.

However, it is not the same as the general 352 station.

"City's formation... Looks like a 3232.... It's a strange position, with two midfielders behind three defenders and two strikers in front.." Gary Neville also looked at City's position a little strangely.

"We'll wait until the game starts..."