Chapter 142: Counterattack

At home, Manchester City got into the groove very quickly and created a dangerous shot in the third minute.

Silva went straight through, Raheem Sterling burst into the box on the left and then crossed back to the middle, Aguero leaned over to meet the ball and the ball was saved by De Gea and went over the crossbar.

Aguero clapped his palms vigorously, and the goal did not go in, much to the regret of the Argentine striker.

Before the start of this game, Aguero said in an interview with the media that Manchester City want to win at home to Manchester United to boost the morale of the team that has been in a bit of a decline recently. And Manchester United is also Aguero's favorite opponent, in the previous seven league games against Manchester United, Aguero scored eight goals, an average of more than one goal per game, so that Manchester United's back line did not dare to be careless.

"City got into the groove very quickly, Sergio Aguero's header was blocked by De Gea, and City continued to serve corners!!"

At the beginning of the game, Manchester City launched a big attack without any temptation, and on their home turf, even in the face of Manchester United, who have been in such hot form this season, Manchester City still did not choose to be conservative. This is actually the experience that Pellegrini summed up when the two sides played each other in the last round.

Although Manchester United has a very tight defensive system composed of four defenders and three midfielders in the backline, in terms of the ability of defensive players, the defenders in the Manchester United team are really world-class defenders, and although the ability of the three backs is not bad, compared with the backs of many giants, Herrera, Fellaini, and Kramer's personal ability is still a little worse.

Therefore, Manchester United's defense line is actually quite hidden, if there is no offensive Li Qingshan and others to suppress the opponent, this seemingly tight defense line will often have some problems.

The attack that Manchester City have just organised is proof of this.

Silva went to take a corner, he didn't choose to pass directly into the box, the disadvantage of Manchester City in height was too obvious, he chose a tactical corner, Sterling came out of the box to answer, Silva passed the ball to Sterling, and then Silva ran on the left to receive the pass from Sterling.

A tactical change from a corner!

Silva took advantage of the regrouping of the defense in the Manchester United penalty area and sent the ball into the box again!

Navas plugged in from the other side and went around in front of Rojo, who was already in the penalty area, and Rojo didn't dare to make any big moves, he could only use his torso to keep squeezing the opponent, trying to make Navas lose his position.

However, Navas was very stable in the lower handicap, he stopped the ball with his chest, and then swept directly with his right foot!!

De Gea reacted, but Keylor Navas shot wide.

There was a sigh of regret at the Etihad Stadium, and then the Manchester City fans immediately applauded the city's attack over the two legs.

Manchester City were in full swing from the start of the game and it looked like they were playing at home today in pretty good form.

Carlo Ancelotti was startled by Keylor Navas' shot, but when he saw the ball go off the line, he sat back in his seat.

Even before this game, he had expected City to repeat their old tricks. To be honest, if it weren't for Li Qingshan's outburst when the two sides met in the last leg, maybe Manchester City would have a chance to win Manchester United away.

Therefore, back to their home stadium, Manchester City naturally continued to use their own attacks to suppress Manchester United, despite De Bruyne's injury, but the attack group led by Silva and Aguero is still quite sharp.

Therefore, Ancelotti did not let Manchester United play against the opponent away from home, since the opponent wants to attack, then Manchester United will play a counterattack.

The game has just begun, Manchester United's foothold is a little unstable, and it is a little embarrassed by Manchester City's impact, but with Manchester City's two attacks without scoring, it will be difficult for them to get such a chance again, Manchester United has also eased up and began to enter the state, the three backs are very tightly protected in front of the back line, as long as the players do not make mistakes themselves, it is very difficult for Manchester City to break through Manchester United's goal through the attack of positional warfare.

However, Manchester City still did not give up the idea of using attacks to suppress Manchester United at home.

In the 10th minute of the game, Manchester City kept passing left and right in United's defensive third, trying to find a gap in the forward pass.

Silva took the ball in the middle and distributed it to Navas on the right, Sandroma posted it, Navas did not choose to force a breakthrough by himself, seeing that there was no chance here, he passed the ball back to Silva and handed it to him to organize the attack.

Fellaini was defending Silva, but Fellaini clearly didn't keep up with Silva's rhythm, and after receiving the ball, Silva took the opportunity to lead past the tall Fellaini, and then fired a direct shot from distance.

The positional attack cannot be attacked, and it is understandable to try a long shot appropriately.

However, Silva's kick did not have the power and the angle did not open up much, De Gea easily picked the ball off, and then he threw it directly to Di Maria in the gap on the flank!

Di Maria took advantage of the situation to start the ball and ran forward at high speed, Mata and Li Qingshan also immediately turned and ran forward, this is a good opportunity to counterattack!!

Mata is closer to Di Maria, so he's going to run a cross with him.

The two have been working together for almost two seasons, and they still have a considerable degree of tacit understanding.

Sure enough, after seeing Mata's running, Di Maria also understood the idea of dribbling the ball diagonally forward, and then when the two sides completed the cross, Di Maria directly stuffed the ball to the side and handed it to Mata, and then he was ready to continue to insert diagonally into the middle and pull Manchester City's defense.

However, just as Di Maria handed over the ball, Fernantinho, who returned to the defense, made a direct sliding tackle and knocked the unsuspecting Di Maria to the ground, and a scream could be heard even by fans watching the TV broadcast.

The referee put the whistle in his mouth, but he hesitated, and sure enough, he saw that Juan Mata had received the ball in front of him, and he raised his hands flat forward.

"Fernandinho tackled Di Maria, but the referee signaled that the attack was favorable!!"

"It's two to two now!! Juan Mata dribbled into the box!! ”

Mangala is defending Mata, while Demichelis is staring at Li Qingshan!!

Juan Mata paused after dribbling into the box, Li Qingshan faked a shake, and then grabbed in front of Demichelis.

Mata took advantage of the situation and stuffed the ball to Li Qingshan's feet!

Li Qingshan didn't stop the ball, and shot directly with the arch of his foot!!

Joe Hart also reacted quite quickly, he had already made a judgment on the hand of Li Qingshan's shot, but he was still a step late, and the ball rolled from the tips of his fingers into the goal behind him!!

1 to 0!!