Amid the commentator's commentary, the Arsenal and Manchester City players walked out of the dressing room and exchanged flags and badges before observing a minute of silence for the passing of former Manchester City hero Malcolm Ellison. Then they each came to their own half to prepare for the game.

First off was the visiting Arsenal.

Facing a strong opponent away, Arsenal is not conservative at all, after striker Chamak passed back, Fabregas did not pass the ball back to Li Huan, who was a central defender, but passed directly to Nasri, who was pulling the side, and Nasri attacked forward.

After Nasri broke through a midfield defender, he saw Chamak run out of position and immediately raised his foot to pass the ball at Chamak's feet.

Nasri saw Chamak in the crowd, worried about being cut off by others, the speed of the pass was a bit fast, Chamak was also a little aggressive, he was worried that Manchester City's defenders would come up to steal, so he wanted to volley directly at the edge of the penalty area, but he kicked out the part that did not kick the ball, and the ball flew to Yaya. Toure's feet.

Yaya. Although Toure is in a rough position, he still has a good passing skill, otherwise he would not have occupied the main position in Barcelona back then, and the ball at his feet is not good for Arsenal, which is attacking. Toure just lifted his eye and passed the ball to the feet of Tevez, who was in a good position.

Tevez quickly got rid of Julu on the right and crossed, David Silva shook off Alexander Song's foot-lifting shot on the edge of the penalty area, Li Huan predicted the ball line correctly, raised his foot to block it, Silva's shot hit Li Huan's leg and bounced in the opposite direction of the goalkeeper's position, grazing the post and flying out of the bottom line.

“…… Dangerous! Silva shoots ...... Li Huan blocked it...... Oh! Didn't go in! It's a pity that ...... "The commentator, who was slowly introducing the situation of the game, suddenly became nervous.

Seeing the ball fly off the line, there was a burst of exclamations and sighs in the stands, and in less than a minute, both sides had an attack each, and both hit the edge of the opponent's penalty area, especially Silva's shot, and if City were lucky, the ball would have gone in.

The game became very intense from the beginning, the two sides not only opened up in attack, but also very tough in physical confrontation, Manchester City's midfielders De Jong, Barry, Yaya Toure are all ruthless. Since Li Huan joined, Arsenal's style of play has become tougher, although there are still many injuries, but they will no longer flinch, so their control ability in the midfield has become stronger than before.

Arsenal were clearly more comfortable with the fast-paced game, and less than five minutes into the game, Cesc Fabregas, under the pressure of Manchester City, suddenly penetrated the Manchester City defence with a through ball, and Chamak, who had been running close to Manchester City's two central defenders, turned and started to shake off Manchester City's last defender, Boyata, and went straight into the box.

In this game, Manchester City was injured by the main central defender Kolo Toure, and Mancini sent Manchester City's proud youth product Brussels, Belgium's debutant Boyata, the post-90s youngster was regarded as an unstable factor in Manchester City's backfield before the game. After being erased by Chamak, he was so nervous that he forgot the last man in his backline, and in desperation, he reached out and tackled Chamak from behind.

There was a sudden silence at the scene, except for the sound of a few Arsenal fans shouting red cards, and a tense atmosphere filled the air. All eyes were on referee Clattenburg.

It was a decision that would make the difference between the game and the game!

Clattenburg did not hesitate at all, the last defender tackled down to form a single striker, or tackled from behind, and there was only one result, that is, a red card, which is the rule, impersonal, and does not matter whether it is home or away.

Seeing the referee show the red card, Manchester City's players came around to plead, and being sent off with a red card at the beginning will make the team face a long 10-11 situation, which is undoubtedly a great drain on the players' physical fitness. And a free kick in this position is equivalent to a goal for Arsenal, and it is impossible for Manchester City to give up one goal at the beginning.

"Considering the excitement of this world-renowned game, this red card can be waived and a free kick is already equivalent to a penalty. The referee can't be too rigid either. 'The on-field commentators were clearly biased in favour of the home team, Manchester City.

The referee Clattenburg was unmoved, insisting on his red card decision, and the Manchester City players saw that the referee's face was not good, and they had the intention of giving them a yellow card again, so they had to disperse in a huff.

Boyata tried to plead, but the referee ignored him and pointed to the sidelines to signal him to leave quickly and not delay the game. The Belgian was lucky enough to be involved in such a major tournament and was thinking of taking the opportunity to take the lead against Colo Toure, but the weather was unpredictable and he had to leave the pitch after making the first defensive move. Boyata was extremely depressed, and when he walked off the court with his head down, tears couldn't help but slide down his cheeks.

Seeing this scene, the on-site commentator sighed: "Judging from the team's starting lineup, Mancini is almost the strongest lineup of the team, if you have to find fault with this lineup, it is the start of the central defender Boyata." The course of the game also proved that Mancini's personnel arrangement is debatable, objectively speaking, Mancini is not wrong to promote him, and it is understandable for him to adapt to the competition with high-level teams, but the problem is that Boyata's young shoulders are not yet able to take on the Manchester City backline. He can't be blamed for being sent off for a red card in five minutes, but only Mancini for not bringing on the experienced veteran Lescott in such a major event. Of course, we don't need to blame the youngster too much, after all, as a young player, it is inevitable to be nervous when facing this kind of competition. What we are worried about now is whether the red card will have a psychological shadow on the youngster's future development, after all, Boyata is definitely a nugget from his previous performances and he needs time. ”

Boyata's red card went down, Manchester City's goalkeeper Hart still had a hard time, Arsenal were awarded a free-kick from the edge of the box, and Hart had to be tested by a flying knife from Lee.

The Manchester City fans at the scene began to pray for Hart, hoping that Hart could play extraordinarily to save Li Huan's free kick, and Manchester City, which was 10 players, could not concede any more goals, otherwise this game would really not be able to play.

Li Huan stood in front of the ball, his sharp eyes glanced at the wall and the goalkeeper in front of him, and frowned, this ball is not easy to penalize, it is too close to the goal, but it is not like a penalty kick without a wall to block it, it can't fall after the arc up, and a strong volley may not be able to shoot through the human wall.

Li Huan beckoned to Fabregas and Arshavin, Fabregas and Arshavin walked over, and after the three of them lowered their heads and muttered a little, Fabregas and Arshavin walked to both sides of the human wall.

Seeing this, Mancini immediately called on the Manchester City players to send two men to keep an eye on the two men, so that they would not be combined by Zanetti's classic free-kick at the '98 World Cup.

Li Huan saw Manchester City pull two people out of the human wall, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Referee Clattenburg's whistle blew.

Goalkeeper Hart has been playing for 120,000 minutes, the team has one less man, and now he is the last pass to protect the city stadium, he squats with his legs slightly, and is ready to save.

At this time, Li Huan lightly pocketed a banana ball with his right foot, and the ball flew past the periphery of the human wall and went straight to the opposite direction of Hart's position.

Li Huan's free kick reversed the original weird and ferocious characteristics, and it looked extremely smart, flying over the side of the human wall with extreme precision, and just hit the inside of the goalpost and bounced towards the goal.

Hart's save was also fast, but he still couldn't touch the ball before it hit the post, his hand swept in front of the post, his ears listened to the sound of the ball hitting the post, and his huge body fell to the grass, at this time Hart still did not forget to look back, and the ball was already rolling in the net, like a mischievous elf.

After Li Huan scored the goal, he quickly ran to the stands of the visiting team, waving his arms to let them get up to celebrate.

Arsenal fans had already jumped up, chanting Li Huan's name, waving the team flag and Li Huan's jersey in their hands.

At this time, Arshavin ran over to Li Huan, squatted in front of Li Huan, and made a shoe-shine movement on one of Li Huan's feet. For Li Huan's right foot, the tsar simply bowed down, and this caddy-like shoe-shine action fully expressed his respect for Li Huan.

The atmosphere in the stands was even more enthusiastic, and the Arsenal fans immediately feverishly imitated the shoe-shine action of the Russian tsar.

Except for the away team stands, all the stands at the City Stadium were silent, no one could say a word, their expressions were very bitter, and losing hope of winning at the beginning was a kind of torture for any fan.

The professor was ready to cheer, and he waved his fist excitedly, rushed to the scene, and shouted, "Well done! Well done! "How can the professor not be excited, facing a strong opponent like Manchester City away and winning in five minutes, which he could not have imagined before the game. At this time, the professor was particularly fond of the casual surname of football.

Mancini's face was very ugly, and it was his adventure to go to Boyata, and it was also his unexpected tactical arrangement, because the normal thing to do was to go to Lescott, but now it turns out that his adventure is a stupid decision, very stupid.

However, the situation on the field now does not allow him to regret and resent, he must consider who to replace to fill the vacancy of Boyata, Lescott he doesn't want to use, because of Boyata, the two have quarreled. Mancini thought about it quickly and decided to drop Yaya Toure back to play at back, rather than wasting a substitution early, and the team was behind, it was obviously inappropriate to withdraw strikers for defenders.

(To be continued)