Chapter 51 Back and forth

Manchester City even looked to be playing a bit risky, with them putting pressure on the United goal.

Manchester United's situation is a bit passive, but Carlo Ancelotti is relieved. At least for now, Manchester City are attacking with the ball, but after the two full-backs have returned, it will be much more difficult for Manchester City to attack the key positions of Manchester United.

Carlo Ancelotti glanced at Manuel Pellegrini before turning back to his dugout.

Li Qingshan was at the forefront alone, and he did get a lot less support, but he was also running hard now, ready to find an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Nineteen minutes into the game, there was an accident on the field.

When Fernandinho was fighting against Di Maria, Fernandinho secretly gave Di Maria an elbow, referee Clattenburg did not see Fernandinho's movements, Di Maria covered his face and fell to the ground, and Fernandinho did not even foul once.

Boos erupted from the stands. The derby is much more intense than the average league, and the players' movements will unconsciously become bigger.

When Fellaini was fighting Silva, Fellaini, who was much taller than Silva, put his arm up and elbowed his elbow against Silva's face.

It's hard to say whether Fellaini did it intentionally or unintentionally, but the result was Silva rolling on the ground with his face covered and Fellaini being shown a yellow card.

In fact, after Manchester City's goal, the movements of both sides were very unceremonious, and it was not until the 19th minute of the game that the first yellow card appeared, which was already a very lenient sentence.

Marouane Fellaini explained to the referee that he didn't mean it, and Rooney ran over to negotiate with the referee.

However, Clattenburg waved his arm and shook his head to indicate that there was nothing wrong with his decision. Manchester United's players had no choice but to accept it.

Manchester City won a free-kick from more than 20 yards from goal. This position is directly facing the goal, and it is a position where you can shoot directly with your feet.

De Gea held out three fingers and signaled for a wall of three people to be lined up.

Li Qingshan, Fellaini, and Kramer formed a three-person wall, and the height of this human wall was enough.

Silva and De Bruyne stood in front of the ball, covering their mouths and discussing what to do with the free-kick. A moment later, Silva ran away, leaving De Bruyne alone in front of the ball, and it appeared that De Bruyne had come to shoot the shot.

De Gea leaned against the doorpost, directing the position of the human wall, and when the human wall was in the correct position, he moved on to the other side.

He sealed the far corner, and the human wall sealed the near corner.

It was a dangerous free-kick position and City fans were expecting another goal, while Old Trafford fans were booing wildly in an attempt to interfere with the quality of De Bruyne's free-kick.

De Bruyne's face was calm and appeared to be undisturbed by the home fans. After carefully arranging the ball, he measured his steps backwards and then stood still.

Referee Clattenburg blew the whistle and De Bruyne took a deep breath and began to run slowly, rubbing the ball up with the inside of his right foot and sending the ball into the air with a strong spin.

Li Qingshan's scalp suddenly tingled, and even though he had jumped as high as he could, the football still rubbed over his scalp. Of course, his scalp was numb not because he rubbed against the football, but because he had a premonition of the ball's line............ Quite dangerous!

Before he landed, Li Qingshan turned his head to look at his own goal.

All he could see was David De Gea, who was flying through the air, had hit the tenths of the corner where the post and the crossbar met, and then bounced into the ball of his own goal.

“GOOOAL!!!!!!!!!!!”

“GOAL! GOAL! GOAL! In the 20th minute of the first half, Manchester City scored their second goal of the game!! A brilliant free-kick went straight into the net, with Kevin De Bruyne's free-kick creating a perfect arc that went around United's tall wall and into the corner. No one can pounce on this ball!! De Bruyne scores, 2-0! Manchester City have a two-goal lead over Manchester United! ”

City's bench was jubilant, with many players rushing out of the bench and shouting in celebration.

It's a Manchester derby, and there's nothing quite like beating an opponent in a derby, especially when the opposition is still top of the league table and they haven't dropped a point since the start of the league campaign.

Manchester City's players are boiling, and the Manchester United fans in the stands are holding their heads. On their home turf, the fans will certainly not be happy to be scored twice in a row by their local rivals.

But soon, the Old Trafford fans were once again singing and cheering on the team.

Manchester United won't throw in the towel easily!

"This is the second time!! Last time, Arsenal also took an early two-goal lead, but in the end they were reversed by Manchester United. Will Manchester City be able to keep their win this time!! The narrator continued.

In fact, Pellegrini did not think about "keeping the win" at all, he thought that the last time Arsenal took a two-goal lead, they retreated and tried to play a defensive counterattack, but as soon as they retreated, it became only a defense without a counterattack.

Manuel Pellegrini certainly used that game as a mirror and learned his lesson.

"Two to zero! Manchester City lead by two goals. United were in a two-goal deficit. Both of Manchester City's goals were quite spectacular, and De Bruyne's game so far has completely overshadowed Li Qingshan. He opened the scoring for City with a beautiful volley, followed by a beautiful direct free-kick to extend the score! ”

"Kevin De Bruyne, the Belgian midfielder that Manchester City spent €80 million on from Wolfsburg this summer transfer window, has fully demonstrated his value in his first season at Manchester City. City have made a good deal and Kevin De Bruyne fully deserves the price. ”

With two brilliant world waves from Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City took the lead on the road.

Ancelotti's ass was still hot before he had to stand on the sidelines again. It's just that Ancelotti can do anything about losing a goal like this, even if De Gea has three heads and six arms, De Bruyne's goal in the ten-corner corner, he can't save it.

It's clear now that City are all about attacking. It's not like Manuel Pellegrini's style to take such an adventure away from home, but the sudden change in the opponent did catch United off guard.

In addition, Manchester City's luck in this game was really good, both goals were world waves, and Manchester United did not have any temper in the face of such a conceded goal. The opponent shot really well.

It's just that this game will continue after all, and Ancelotti doesn't want his team's winning streak to be ended by his own title rival.

You know, although Manchester United are at the top of the table with nine consecutive wins so far, they are only six points ahead of Manchester City, and if they lose this game, the lead will only be three points.

It's a game worth six points.

Careless! Really careless!

Ancelotti was a little upset, but now was not the time for it.

After shaking off all his negative emotions, he continued to press down with his hands, signaling United to stabilize first. Then he took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to explain a few words in the ear of Sandro, who was about to throw a throw-in.

"The coach asked us to continue to stabilize the defense, play a simple attack, and pass the ball to Lee in the fastest way!"

Sandro was on the pitch to convey Carlo Ancelotti's latest instructions.

Ancelotti's plan is also simple. You have a small and fast attacking group, forcing me to pile up numbers to defend. Then I have no choice but to give full play to Li Qingshan's advantages.

Ancelotti is very confident in Li Qingshan, although Li Qingshan may not get too much support in the next game, but he knows that Li Qingshan has a way to score!

In this regard, Li Qingshan has never let him down!

Carlo Ancelotti looked at the Manchester United players on the pitch. It's a pity that he took office too hastily, otherwise, his lineup could actually need to be strengthened.

Overall, neither Fellaini nor Kramer are top defensive midfielders, and their weaknesses and strengths are quite obvious. When they face the opponent's flexible and fast attacking combinations, they often expose their weaknesses in movement and reflexes.

If in midfield, Manchester United can have a real world-class defensive midfielder, why should Manchester United rely on numerical superiority to defend at this moment........

Fortunately, this is only Ancelotti's first season, and he plans to continue to refine the system he has built at United by next summer.

At least now the system is starting to work to its fullest!

..........

Otamendi now scoffed at Li Qingshan, who had been running around like a headless fly.

I really don't know how this kid scored so many goals.

Yaya Toure took the ball in the midfield, and Li Qingshan ran over.

Yaya Toure passed the ball to Zabaleta, and the kid ran again.

Zabaleta originally wanted to take the ball and go straight forward, but Na Cheng thought that Li Qingshan would run over quickly. So he passed it back to Kompany, Li Qingshan naturally followed, and Kompany passed it to Otamendi.

Running like this, this kid probably won't be able to hold on to this game. Where is there a player who squandered his physical energy like this?

A lot of experienced players know how to allocate their energy wisely in the game. When to run, when to take a walk, when to sprint, when to run at a constant speed. These things are valuable experiences.

In Otamendi's view, this is the manifestation of Li Qingshan's youth and immaturity. Because the team was behind, there were big mood swings, so I ran up and chased the ball regardless of it.

After Otamendi got the ball, he waited until Li Qingshan was about to run to him, and then passed the ball to Kolarov on the other side, and played a little trick on Li Qingshan.

Being able to play the league's current top scorer, Otamendi is still quite happy.

Li Qingshan didn't pay attention to Otamendi's careful thoughts. In fact, his fitness is much better than Otamendi's, so he doesn't care about these runs at all. And his running is not completely meaningless, under the interference of his running, Manchester City passed a circle of the ball in his own backfield, and when he passed this round of balls, Manchester United also took the opportunity to press forward in the overall formation, and it was no longer the state that was flattened by Manchester City before.

Sure enough, after Kolarov received the ball, Rooney was already next to him. At this time, Kolarov had no passing point and could only clear forward with his big foot.

When the football is in the air, the Manchester City players are helpless.

Li Qingshan's goal was achieved, and he helped the team get the ball back.

If you want to attack, the first foundation is to have the ball!

Kolarov's clearance ball was directly pushed back by Fellaini, Li Qingshan turned around and tried to chase it, but he couldn't get the ball, so he could only watch the football fly out of the bottom line.

Li Qingshan chased until the bottom line before stopping, and then he didn't forget to give a thumbs up to Fellaini, who pushed the ball out of the bottom line.

Although Fellaini's handling of this ball is debatable, it is still necessary to give his teammates a name.

It's a shame that the ball that I finally got back was lost so easily. However, Li Qingshan was not discouraged, as a striker, it is impossible for his teammates to handle the ball reasonably every time, and every pass of his teammates cannot be perfect.

But no matter how bad the opportunity is, Li Qingshan will not give up. Modern football is a football on the move, and you want to stand in the box all the time waiting for the pass, unless Manchester United can face every team that can dominate and completely press the opponent in the box.

This is clearly unrealistic.

...........

"Hummels cut off the ball and went straight to the long pass!! ....... Some of them are getting bigger!! ”

"But Li Qingshan is still chasing!"

There was such a scene on TV, Li Qingshan chased the ball in the air and ran again, and Otamendi had already stood in his position and was ready to jump to clear the ball.

Otamendi looked at the football in the air while judging the speed of Li Qingshan.

It is impossible for Li Qingshan to catch up with the ball.......... At the speed at which he runs.

Indeed, with Li Qingshan's height, running at such a speed is not slow, and Otamendi didn't feel anything wrong at all.

Otamendi is very relaxed at the moment and he still has time to observe the position of his team-mates.

He decided to give the ball to Fernandinho in front of him, and now that there is no one around him, he can turn forward as soon as he gets the ball.

Otamendi had an ideal idea, but when he saw Fernandinho's frightened face, he realized something was wrong.

"Li Qingshan suddenly accelerated !!"

Li Qingshan shook off his long legs, and his speed suddenly increased.

He's not slow, and although he's not a speedy player, it's really rare for a tall man to have that kind of speed.

It's too late!

Otamendi found danger close and had to jump early to try to clear the ball.

However, Li Qingshan came earlier than him!

Li Qingshan, who was running, took the ball first, took the ball away, and then chased after it without slowing down.

It was too late for Otamendi to turn around and want to foul, and Li Qingshan went directly into the penalty area.

Before Joe Hart came out, Li Qingshan got the ball first, and then pushed directly with his right foot, and the football flew into the net from Joe Hart's side against the turf!