The last time City faced a Spanish side was 39 years ago, against the Bats Legion, Valencia, in a game that ended in a draw.

Although Villarreal has played more games against English teams, the wins and losses are difficult to compliment, and they are basically more defeats and fewer wins.

Time flies in a blink of an eye, and on the evening of October 18, European time, the Etihad Stadium, which has more than 40,000 people, was already overcrowded.

Although the Manchester derby is just a few days away, the City fans are still very enthusiastic about this game and will want the team to head to Old Trafford in victory.

The referee in charge of officiating the match was from the Czech Republic and his name was Královic.

Manchester City lineup: 433

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart

Defenders: Kolarov, Kompany, Boateng, Zabaleta

Midfielders: De Jong, Yaya Toure, Li Feng

Forwards: Silva, Dzeko, Sergio Aguero

Although the Manchester derby is a few days later, Van Basten did not hide the slightest for this game, and all the players who recovered from injury appeared, which can be said to be the main force.

Villarreal lineup: 451

Goalkeeper: Diego López

Defenders: Katara, Gonzalo, Marchena, Zapata

Midfielders: Bruno, Carney, Borja, Perez, De Guzman

Striker: Rossi

Although the lineup is 451, Villarreal's lineup is not conservative, the midfield is full of attacking players, in fact, it is updated 433, Garrido knows very well that Villarreal has no way out, the league results are poor, and the Champions League is not yet victorious. Maybe the only way left for him to get out of class is to wait for him.

So Villarreal launched a strong attack from the beginning, and the anti-visitors mainly pressed Manchester City to play, and it quickly achieved results.

When the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Villarreal attacked, and Carney's pass crossed the midfield and was intercepted by Li Feng.

Then he took a kick back and passed it back. Perez stepped forward, two fists were hard to beat four hands, and with Perez's cooperation, Carney crossed Li Feng and rushed towards the heart of Manchester City.

Although De Jong's defense was very timely, how could he not stand up to the opponent's large number of people, as soon as the game started, Villarreal's midfield almost all rushed into the Manchester City half.

Wonderful passing, almost all of them were one-kicked. In this way, Villarreal broke into the Manchester City penalty area, then went inside, and finally the leading scorer Rossi finished the shot.

Joe Hart proved just how good he really is, and in the face of Rossi's close-range shot, Joe Hart sent the Etihad Stadium into a selection frenzy with a world-class save.

The striker delighted the fans with his goals, while the goalkeeper delighted them with his incredible save, in the instant of Rossi's shot. Joe Hart leaped forward and grabbed Rossi's kick with both hands and hit the door.

Although Joe Hart is talked about by the fans for his incredible saves. But he can't perform like that throughout the game, otherwise he wouldn't have to be a goalkeeper and just become a god.

City launched a counter-attack, Joe Hart kicked the ball out of the net, Li Feng headed the ball back, and Yaya Toure began to step forward with the ball. Li Feng also reflexively rushed into the hinterland of Villarreal.

Passing, since Villarreal tore apart Manchester City's defense with a pass, Manchester City naturally had to fight back, Yaya Toure pushed diagonally to Li Feng, and Li Feng split Kolarov. The latter kicked forward.

The ball came to Silva's feet, and the Manchester City winger crossed back to Li Feng, who pushed it diagonally and sent it into the penalty area, but Dzeko did not have any angle and was held up by Gonzalo.

So it was still a pass, Dzeko sent the ball to the right, and Aguero burst out, shook off Katara, and pushed a shot on the line of the small penalty area.

"Oh oh~~ beautiful, both teams have completed a wonderful attack, and even the same way of attacking, passing, constantly tearing apart the opponent's defense with passes, Villarreal's attack finally forced Joe Hart to make a world-class save, and Manchester City's attack also allowed Diego Lopes to make a save no less than Joe Hart, from which it can also be seen that in the goalkeeper position of this reserve, Spain is really jealous" When Lopez blocked Aguero's push, The commentators praised both teams.

Manchester City won the first corner, the first landing of the ball belonged to Manchester City, Villarreal's defense, the two central defenders are only in their early 180s, and the tallest is right-back Zapata, who is only 187, which can be imagined in terms of prevention and control.

It's just that it was Boateng who fought for the first landing point, although Boateng was of good height and even bounced well, but the header was not Boateng's strength, and it was no surprise that the ball deviated from the goal and flew out of the bottom line.

Villarreal re-attacked, but when Carney just crossed the midfield, Li Feng cut off the ball, and then Li Feng pushed back and sent the ball to De Jong's feet.

Li Feng didn't expect that his broken ball back pass actually caused Manchester City to concede the goal, and the ball came to the feet of De Jong, but before De Jong could pass the ball out, a yellow figure rushed towards him, and a sliding tackle cut off the ball that had just reached his feet.

De Guzmann, the Dutch midfielder broke the ball and immediately sent the ball to Rossi in the box, who shook off Kompany to complete a powerful shot.

It was still Joe Hart, Joe Hart flew again to block Rossi's shot, but Joe Hart only blocked it, and the ball was still in the Manchester City penalty area, but the ball flew from the left side to the right.

Carney, just as Zabaleta rushed to the ball on the right side, but soon Zabaleta was desperate as a yellow figure arrived in front of the ball faster than him.

"GOAL~~~ The goal is in, Villarreal, the first to break the deadlock is Villarreal who is playing away, Carney, Villarreal's midfielder is a step faster than Sabaleta, a low shot, directly into the goal, from the start of the game, it has only been five minutes."

"From the very beginning of the game, Villarreal used the attack to declare their determination to win the game, and in five minutes, Villarreal took an unexpected lead, and perhaps the Yellow Submarine will have their first Champions League victory."

After Carney's goal, the whole of Ittihad became the home of Villarreal fans, although Villarreal only had thousands of fans in this game, but at this moment, these thousands of fans completely overwhelmed the more than 40,000 fans of Manchester City.

However, it is not to blame Villarreal fans for being so crazy, because this goal is Villarreal's first goal in the group stage, and in the first two games, Villarreal lost two 2:0 without a single match. (To be continued.) )