Greenery Reverses The Madness

Maguire responded to Ye Yifeng's header at the last moment and saved Manchester United from a defeat.

At the end of the game, Klopp still refused to forgive the referee team.

The fans of the Red Army were overjoyed, but the fans of Manchester United could not express how happy they were.

A draw allowed Chelsea and Manchester City to close the gap at the top.

Cruelly, Liverpool fell from second place in the standings to fourth in the league...

Manchester United is one point ahead of Chelsea, two points ahead of Manchester City and three points ahead of Liverpool.

There are still eight league rounds left in the brutal battle between the championship groups.

Liverpool and Chelsea can rest in midweek.

Manchester United and Manchester City will go to the new Wembley Stadium to compete for the League Cup championship.

Ye Yifeng was slightly injured. Although he went with the team to the new Wembley Stadium, he was not included in the starting lineup.

Before the Fleet Street game, he called on Guardiola to lead Manchester City to win the League Cup first and defeat Manchester United's prestige!

This season the Club World Cup was suspended due to the World Cup. Before that, Manchester United had already won the Community Shield and the European Super Cup.

After Carrick took office, Manchester United's efficiency in plundering trophies was still terrifying.

Although the League Cup is just a small trophy, Manchester United has taken turns winning the League Cup and FA Cup in the past few years.

Don’t other teams want to feel the excitement of winning the trophy?

Moreover, it is also a Manchester City derby.

If they can defeat Manchester United in the final, Manchester City will have an advantage whether they compete for the league title or encounter Manchester United in the final stage of the Champions League knockout rounds.

Manchester's bitter rivals meet at the new Wembley Stadium to battle for the League Cup.

Ye Yifeng is sitting on the bench but still attracts the attention.

Since he is on the substitute list, he must have a chance to appear.

The Red Devils fans were in heavy hearts and found it difficult to be optimistic about the game.

There is only one question: Can Manchester City kill the suspense of the game before Ye Yifeng comes on the stage!

Although Manchester United still deployed a 442 formation, their overall style of play was mainly defensive counterattacks.

Manchester City came out with their best.

Guardiola stood on the sidelines to supervise the battle, hoping that the team could seal the victory early.

What he was even thinking about was: dominate the game and make Ye Yifeng lose the chance to play.

If Manchester City were leading Manchester United by three goals before 60 minutes, Carrick would definitely not replace Ye Yifeng again.

When the game started, Manchester City immediately took the initiative on the field and launched an indiscriminate bombardment. At the same time, they used high-position pressing to maintain a fast pace and high pressure.

Manchester United's overall formation was huddled in half-court, stubbornly resisting the opponent's violent attack.

The four major engineering midfielders actively filled in to help defend. Sancho and Rashford were involved in defense most of the time, but they also moved forward to look for opportunities in every transition between offense and defense.

In fact, this season Manchester City has not faced a situation where Manchester United's midfield is full of hardness. Today's final suddenly encountered a difficult situation where Manchester United's four major engineering midfielders protected the defense. They were also somewhat helpless on the offensive end.

Under Carrick, Manchester United will basically only temporarily switch to anti-counterattack tactics, but will not use bus tactics for a long time to wait for the opponent to make mistakes.

But it doesn't mean that their defensive strength is not strong enough.

If there is any hidden danger, it must be Maguire, who replaced Conde in the starting lineup after the suspension.

And the four major midfielders, Fred, McTominay,

Adams, Tielemans.

Creativity is indeed limited, but defense can maximize mobility.

If Manchester City wants to control the tempo, so be it.

But if Manchester City wants to speed up, it is basically possible to form an encirclement and suppression of the midfield defenders with more defense and less defense.

Manchester City can't help but feel a little frustrated when they can't attack for a long time.

When they began to try to use long shots to disrupt Manchester United's defense, in the 38th minute of the game, Foden cut in and was about to take a long shot, but Tielemans destroyed the ball.

After Sancho received the ball from the front, he quickly cooperated with Rashford in partial passes and cuts. After the pass and run, the situation opened up and Sancho rushed to the frontcourt to quickly advance the counterattack.

He dribbled all the way to the front of the penalty area at high speed and then passed the ball to find Rashford who was running diagonally to counter offside. The latter took advantage of the situation and made adjustments to the right rib of the penalty area and then shot the goal.

Although Ederson touched the football, the ball was too fast and bounced into the goal after refracting from under his arm!

All the Manchester City fans were confused!

Unexpectedly, they were the first to score.

The camera locked on Ye Yifeng's face intentionally or unintentionally.

I don't know whether it is implying that he is not needed to play, or that Manchester United can score Manchester City's goal without him.

Carrick clenched his fists and raised his arms. Although there was no smile on his face, his whole state was clearly inspired by the goal!

Guardiola's expression was not very good.

At this time, I realized in hindsight that even for teams playing in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, Manchester City could not easily penetrate the opponent's defense and bully them wantonly.

Manchester United's foundation is not the strongest in Europe, but it has indeed become a difficult bone to chew. When it couldn't be chewed off, its teeth collapsed and it splattered itself with blood.

After taking the lead, Manchester United further strengthened its defense.

The defense had a few near misses, and the game was over at halftime.

Manchester United 1:0 Manchester City.

At this time, Manchester City fans no longer had optimism, but were very nervous.

It's probably the countdown to the big devil's appearance!

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

In order to equalize the score as soon as possible, Manchester City's whole team's physical exertion was beyond imagination. De Bruyne frequently and quickly kicked the ball in the frontcourt, and his mid-to-long-distance diagonal passes were dazzling.

Manchester United's defense was constantly being torn apart and the defense was exhausted.

When Manchester United had a good chance to counterattack, Manchester City players decisively committed fouls to delay the attack.

When Walker almost chased back and became the last defensive player to bring down Rashford, Carrick was furious at the referee's merciless decision and only gave a yellow card!

Therefore, he was given a verbal warning by the referee.

In the 68th minute of the game, when Torres fell in the penalty area after receiving Cancelo's cross, the referee blew the whistle for a penalty kick!

Maguire was sentenced to a pushing foul!

Maguire received a yellow card for protesting.

Red Devils fans were also dissatisfied with the referee's decision, and the New Wembley Stadium booed loudly!

De Bruyne took the penalty kick and withstood tremendous pressure to score!

Manchester City finally equalized the score!

1:1.

Guardiola gestured on the sidelines to ask the team to work harder and strive to stage a reversal as soon as possible!

The Red Devils fans were unhappy, but soon became energetic again.

The camera quickly focused on Ye Yifeng.

Ye Yifeng warms up on the sidelines!

Manchester City fans couldn't help but feel their scalp numb when they saw him warming up.

The Red Devils fans were instantly emboldened.

The big devil is about to appear!

In the 72nd minute of the game, Ye Yifeng came on the field to replace McTominay.

The first thing he did after he came on the field was to take the captain's armband passed from his teammates one by one and wear it on his arm.

Guardiola was a little confused at this time.

With or without Ye Yifeng, this is the difference between a drastic change in the situation!

Should Manchester City withdraw?

If he withdraws, wouldn't it mean telling everyone that they are wary of Ye Yifeng?

But even though everyone knows that Manchester City will definitely be afraid of Ye Yifeng, they can't make it too obvious.

Too demoralizing.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster!

Guardiola instead decisively signaled to the team.

Keep on attacking!

Although Manchester United signed Ye Yifeng, they also removed McTominay. In comparison, the defense was weakened.

Guardiola doesn't believe they can't beat Manchester United!

Manchester United made many substitutions, but their tactics remained the same.

Or defensive counterattack.

Carrick will definitely not make any changes in the general direction at this time.

Because Manchester United has been passive from the beginning of the game.

In this situation, the initiative is not in their hands at all.

It is unrealistic to expect Ye Yifeng to come up and immediately seize control of the midfield.

Manchester City continued to attack wildly. After Ye Yifeng came on the stage, he first assisted the team in strengthening the defense and prevented the defense from causing trouble.

Although Manchester City does not seem to be afraid of Manchester United in terms of posture, they are actually restrained in their offense.

Therefore, the offensive threat is not as good as before.

After 85 minutes of the game, Ye Yifeng gradually got better.

The advancement of a counterattack made Manchester City's defense extremely nervous. Gundogan fouled him and received a yellow card.

Seeing that the game is about to enter injury time.

When Manchester City was about to stabilize the situation, Ye Yifeng waved his hand and led his brothers in the midfield to launch a strong counterattack!

This is Carrick's tactical arrangement before the game.

When it comes to the thickness of the lineup, Manchester United is not as good as Manchester City, so if it comes to overtime, the winning chance will definitely be lower than the opponent.

With Ye Yifeng fighting with an injury, Manchester United must resolve the battle within regular time.

Either life or death.

Anyway, it’s just one knife!

If Manchester United misses the target, they will in turn suffer a decisive blow from Manchester City.

If he really died, Carrick would admit it!

All Manchester United generals also agree with this tactical design.

So they have been waiting for the signal since Ye Yifeng's appearance.

Regular counterattack or regular play.

But when Ye Yifeng began to take the initiative to press forward and counterattack, Manchester United almost mobilized its entire army!

It has been brewing for a long time, just for this shocking blow!

After Ye Yifeng failed to press Rodri, Manchester City also wanted to organize a fast break in the midfield. As a result, De Bruyne was surrounded and suppressed. After Fred stole the ball, he immediately passed the ball to the left.

Luke Xiao stopped the ball from the wing and then sent a direct pass.

Rashford pulled the ball to the center and passed the ball to the center.

Ye Yifeng rushed towards him, stopping and running toward the penalty area.

Diaz and Stone immediately closed the door to defend as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Ye Yifeng delivered a diagonal plug just right.

Sancho cut inside and entered the right rib area of ​​the penalty area to form a single shot.

Going alone to the meeting, he slowed down his pace. Stones turned to chase, and goalkeeper Ederson abandoned the goal and blocked the angle.

Sancho suddenly spiked the ball and retreated, then passed the ball diagonally back.

Passed the ball back to Ye Yifeng.

At this time, Ye Yifeng, who had just entered the penalty area, handled the ball very easily.

The only difficulty is accuracy.

The right foot rubs the ball and lobs the ball towards the upper left corner of the goal.

Ederson was too far away to block the ball.

Diaz immediately moved to try to block but failed.

When the football drew a small arc and fell into the upper left corner of the goal, the new Wembley Stadium burst into cheers!

Red Devils fans are ecstatic!

This is also Ye Yifeng's first goal in the League Cup this season, and there is a 99% probability that it will be his only goal!