Chapter 1158: It's Fighting Again
The Asian Cup final ended on the evening of January 29, and this match was played on the evening of February 2, with only three days between the two matches, and it is normal that the glory has not yet switched back.
However, as the game progressed, his feelings gradually recovered.
He can no longer hear the cheering sound of "come on the Chinese team" in his ears, all of them are English with various accents, reminding Rongguang all the time, this is not Doha, but in the UK!
After the glorious goal, Manchester City took a one-goal lead away from home.
That's a terrible thing for Birmingham. If they lose this game and any of the three teams behind them win, then they will fall into the relegation zone......
So after the restart, they launched a fierce attack towards Manchester City's goal.
Of course, there is a price to be paid for this......
So in the eighteenth minute, Manchester City played a quick counter-attack, and after running 40 meters with the ball, Glory shot from outside the penalty area, the goalkeeper couldn't save, and the football flew into the goal for the second time.
"A brace! Glory! He's in great shape! ”
"Before the game, everyone said that Rong had just participated in the Asian Cup, and his physical fitness was not good, so his condition would definitely not be good...... But now Rong has slapped everyone who thinks so with a brace! ”
"Rong is simply a monster, after just playing so many long Asian Cup games, he came directly from the final stadium to the Premier League, without a break in between, and he can still have such a table......"
"Birmingham may have also been influenced by the media, thinking that Rong's body is definitely not good, and the table is not good...... As a result, now they are being punished. So you can't believe what the media says! ”
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But the glorious show is not over yet. Leading by two goals in the first half wasn't enough for him to feel safe.
To really make sure this game can be won, Glory feels that at least one more goal has to be scored.
But Birmingham seemed to be frightened by the form he was showing.
After the restart, Birmingham no longer rushed out to equalise.
At the same time, they have also strengthened their defence against Glory, who have two Birmingham players by their side at any given time.
For a month and a half, Manchester City had no glory, and many of the teams that played against Manchester City were relieved that they finally didn't have to rack their brains to defend the glory in the game.
It's a pity Birmingham didn't catch up.
They sent two players to defend Glory in this game.
But even then, there is no guarantee that they will be able to prevent glory.
Towards the end of the first half, Glory broke through with the ball and was tripped on the edge of the penalty area, and City won a direct free-kick in front.
The whole Birmingham team became nervous, especially the foul players, who kept waving their hands to the referee, indicating that this was not a foul, but a glorious fake.
The referee wanted to laugh after listening to the Birmingham players' explanation. The whole world knows that Glory never fakes a fall, you tell me that it is his fake fall, and you insult my IQ?
The referee not only awarded City a free kick, but also a yellow card to the fouling player.
The other party can only be unwilling to go to the wall.
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Just twenty-five metres from goal, Glory won a direct free-kick.
The game has been played in the 46th minute, and there are two minutes of stoppage time in the first half, so it can be said that this is the last chance of the first half of glory.
At half-time, he will follow his previous agreement with Benitez and accept to be substituted.
Before that, he has to score another goal to ensure that the fighting spirit of the Birmingham players is completely destroyed.
This free-kick was his last chance.
After setting up the football, Rong Guang pushed two steps away, he changed the angle, and it was clear from his position that he did not intend to kick the free kick with the elevator ball with his right foot.
After all, it's too close......
You must know that Rongguang's left foot also has the ability to kick a banana ball.
Seeing Glory standing like this, the Birmingham goalkeeper stood in the middle of the goal.
So even if Glory had to kick a left-footed curling kick, it would be easier for him than to pounce from the right side of the goal to the left......
But it didn't help him to do that.
Because when Rong Guang shot with his left foot, the football bypassed the human wall from the side of the human wall, and also bypassed the goalkeeper's ten fingers and drilled into the goal!
"Hat-trick!! Glory! Hat-trick! It was his first league game back at the club after the Asian Cup, and he scored a hat-trick! Who would dare to say that he is not in good shape?! ”
"What a monster...... "Alan Hansen muttered as he shook his head beside him.
To be able to score a hat-trick in such a situation is really not something that ordinary people can do.
Glory did it so easily, it only took forty-five minutes to get it done.
And Birmingham, which played at their home stadium, was beaten by Glory and had no power to fight back at all.
After Birmingham's fourth kick-off of the game, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half.
At the end of the first half, Manchester City led Birmingham City 3-0 away from home. Everyone felt that the suspense of this game was gone.
Although there is no shortage of precedents in the history of football to equalize or even reverse the score after falling behind by three goals.
But Birmingham is in a different situation.
They are faced with a very terrible horror and perverted glory.
Falling behind by three goals may be just the beginning, so how can they chase in the second half? And the three goals in the first half really devastated the whole Birmingham team, and the fighting spirit was almost destroyed.
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After a fifteen-minute break, the second half began, and to the surprise of Birmingham and others, City had already used their first substitution just into the half.
And it was ...... who were replaced Glory!
This came as a surprise to everyone.
Before the start of the game, Glory was deemed to be out of fitness, and Benitez could put him on the bench before using Ibrahimovic as the main attacker. That's why Manchester City had to appeal when there was little hope of a complaint, just to get Ibrahimovic to play against Birmingham.
You must know that in the first half of the season, Manchester City was forced to a 0:0 by Birmingham at their home stadium.
Later, when everyone saw that Rongguang actually appeared in the starting list, starting with Ibrahimovic, they began to understand.
Then it took only 45 minutes for Glory to complete the hat-trick in the game, which made everyone wonder if their pre-match analysis was correct - this Glory is in a surprising state! And judging from his running movements, it doesn't look like he's very tired.
In front of Glory's excellent expression, everyone had to revise their judgment of Glory.
This game could turn into a carnage, and the glory will score more goals in the game.
But before the second half was kicked off, the glory was over!
Why is that? He's in such good form, why would Benitez replace him?
Could it be that his body really didn't recover to its best?
How do you explain the hat-trick in the first half?
Everyone has a lot of question marks in their minds that they don't get answered.
Glory came to Birmingham to play only the first half, which was really something they didn't expect......
But no matter how they understood it, the glory was over.
Without the glory, Birmingham feel much better, they don't have to worry about how to defend the glory.
They began to try to fight back - with the goal of relegation, they were not willing to give up the game even if they were three goals behind.
But Birmingham's comeback seemed to one person to make him angry.
That man was Swedish goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
He wasn't angry because the Birmingham players were as aggressive as dogs with tails when they were on the field.
Now that the glory is not on the field, they are motivated.
But I'm still still!
Did you do that, taking me into account?
Ibrahimovic sees the Birmingham player's appearance as a blatant provocation and humiliation against him, as if only glory can make them feel jealous, not himself.
Alright then, I'll show you what happens when you provoke my zlatan!
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So just when Birmingham were bent on getting back into the score, in the 58th minute, Ibrahimovic blasted the ball into Birmingham's goal with a powerful volley from outside the box in the attack.
"Ibrahimovic! Ibrahimovic! World Wave! Manchester City lead Birmingham City 4-0! ”
"Although Rong is gone, Manchester City still have Ibrahimovic...... In the time since Rong's departure, Manchester City have been chased by Manchester United in the league table, but they have not lost a game after all, and Ibrahimovic can be said to have played a major role...... The Swedes are not to be underestimated! ”
After the goal, Ibrahimovic was very wild in celebration, with his long hair waving in the air like a sword aura......
But Ibrahimovic's anger is not yet unleashed.
In the 73rd minute, he used another tackle in the penalty area to rewrite the score to 5:0!
"A brace! Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice! ”
"The game turned into a massacre! Poor Birmingham, who were scored five goals by Manchester City at their own home......"
Ibrahimovic shook his fist at the Birmingham fans in the stands as he received a lot of boos in the game, especially after the glory was gone, and as soon as he got the ball, the Birmingham fans were booing him, as if trying to make Ah lose his mind.
Ibrahimovic scored a brace to show them what it would take to anger Zlatan.
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Benitez turned to look at his assistant coach, Mauricio Pellegrino, smiled and said, "Look, Mauricio. ”
"What an interesting couple." Pellegrino laughed too.
With these two people playing at the same time, it seems that these coaches are a lot easier......
They just need to work on their usual training and the game is completely handed over to the players. I1292