Greenery Reverses The Madness

Etihad Stadium.

The Manchester derby is about to begin!

Manchester United's defensive counterattack forced Manchester City to become more aggressive from the opening defense.

Manchester City's frontcourt offense adopts a pass-and-control posture but cannot be too ink-handed. In the past, they have experienced too many situations where they played steadily and ended up being defeated in the end.

Therefore, the attack was strong and the rhythm was increased, trying to crush Manchester United's defense with a devastating momentum.

Foden and Torres frequently cut in from the left and right wings, and De Bruyne actively moved to deliver threatening balls, which was a little too hasty.

Frequently rescued by Manchester United.

But under the fast pace, Manchester United's counterattack cannot be a threat even if it wants to fight.

Manchester City's defensive skills and tactics of high-pressure pressing in the frontcourt have already reached their peak.

It's just that the personnel capabilities have not reached more world-class standards.

But basically every player has touched the ceiling of his ability.

In the 13th minute of the game, Ye Yifeng fought for a clearance ball from Varane behind the center circle.

After stopping the ball with his chest, he retreated and passed the ball to complete the turn. At this time, Sancho quickly ran into the frontcourt.

Ye Yifeng, who was about to be surrounded, immediately sent a precise through ball.

Sancho got rid of Cancelo, cut inside to lead the ball, and was about to dunk past Laporte when he was pulled to the ground by the opponent.

The referee stopped the game and gave Laporte a yellow card.

The hearts of the Manchester City generals are heavy and the situation is grim. They and Manchester United cannot afford to waste it.

I don’t dare to gamble either.

Manchester United's threatening counterattack can only be stifled at the cost of fouls and cards.

Guardiola's indifferent expression and passivity in the strategic situation meant that Manchester City had to score first to have a chance to stay in the championship zone.

In terms of tactical play, it is exactly what Manchester United wants.

Manchester United's thinking and style of play are extremely simple.

The midfield and backfield defend together, and B Fei is not an attacking midfielder at all, but a central midfielder. He is responsible for the transition of offense and defense in front of the three defensive midfielders. If a counterattack is launched, he will not even go past half-court.

In the 19th minute of the game, Harry Kane received a header from Cancelo's cross in the penalty area, but De Gea raised the ball over the crossbar with one hand.

Manchester City fans sighed.

In terms of opportunity creation, Manchester City is definitely the top team in the Premier League, but the player with the strongest ability to seize opportunities is not in Manchester City!

Whether it is Liverpool's Lewandowski, Manchester United's Ye Yifeng, or even Chelsea's Haaland, their ability to seize opportunities at the center position is obviously better than Kane's.

Three minutes later, when Adams and Luke Shaw teamed up to steal the ball from Torres who was cutting inside, B Fee actively moved to the side to receive the ball, and then sent a direct pass.

After Ye Yifeng received the ball, he cut inwards to the center of the field.

Kyle Walker quickly rushed in to foul, and he shrank inside.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yifeng spiked the ball back to the outside to complete the breakthrough.

No opportunity for close fouls was given to the opponent.

But Walker was fast. He turned around and immediately sprinted forward.

Trying to press Ye Yifeng from behind or make a foul when he turns inside again.

Ye Yifeng quickly reached the dangerous area with the ball and saw that Diaz and Walker were about to attack him from the front and back. He immediately passed the ball across the middle.

Sancho took the initiative to move to respond, stopped the ball in the front area of ​​the penalty area and then rushed forward. Laporte was preparing to intercept in front of him.

Laporte is the last defensive player and naturally can no longer resort to foul tactics.

Therefore, the defensive posture is extremely cautious.

Sancho dribbled forward, then pulled the ball and turned around.

At this time, Ye Yifeng changed direction and ran past him. Sancho passed the ball short and then ran forward.

Laporte immediately moved laterally to Ye Yifeng's front to intercept.

However, Ye Yifeng touched the ball and then slanted the ball behind his opponent.

He and Sancho completed the pass with a simple pass.

Sancho also formed a single sword!

Entering the penalty area, he adjusted his step and then faced goalkeeper Ederson and pushed the ball into the far corner.

When the picture of the football rolling into the lower right corner of the goal appeared before their eyes, the Manchester City fans almost collapsed instantly!

It’s over!

Sancho ran to the sidelines in excitement to celebrate.

Only then did Manchester City react.

I originally thought that Sancho would assist Ye Yifeng on the front line.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yifeng was willing to be a green leaf for Sancho!

It was Sancho, not Ye Yifeng, who really rushed in to deliver the killing blow!

Sancho scored alone! Manchester United used defensive counterattacks to win first!

The difficulty of the game suddenly increased too much for Manchester City.

If they fail to defeat Manchester United at home, it will almost be announced that Manchester City will withdraw from the Premier League title race.

Just looking at the formation and tactical play of the two teams today, Manchester City is desperate, while Manchester United looks mature.

Carrick can now be said to be impressive. He at least has the overall perspective and strong psychological quality of a top coach.

He bet that Manchester City would definitely attack at home in order to compete for the title. This seemed simple, but the stakes between success and failure were too high.

If Manchester City counterattacks at home with the mentality of defeating each other, Manchester United may only get a draw!

But Carrick must have learned a lot of valuable lessons from Mourinho.

Under such circumstances, I think Mourinho would have unswervingly defended against counterattacks!

Now that Manchester United leads Manchester City 1:0 in the away game, the next game will be more beneficial to Manchester United, because Manchester City is likely to experience negative changes in mentality imbalance.

Manchester City's entire team's mentality has indeed begun to become subtle.

There will be anger towards Manchester United's counterattack.

It is clearly the league leader and the contemporary hegemon in the Premier League and even European football.

Gu\u003c/span\u003e used such a utilitarian style of play at the most critical moment of the championship.

And Manchester City themselves knew there was an ambush but still had to give up. This could easily make them hate themselves.

I hate myself for not living up to expectations!

If there is stronger strength and crushes Manchester United, there will be no problem.

The key is that it is not easy to break through Manchester United's defense.

They already experienced similar pain in the League Cup final.

Now that their lives hang on a thread, Manchester City has no choice but to attack.

After the kick-off, the rhythm picked up and the attack continued.

Manchester United became more calm after taking the lead and became more confident in facing the game.

Carrick seemed calm and confident when directing from the sidelines.

He discovered that as a coach, as long as he does not have the inhuman persistence of Guardiola and does not try to establish a sect, he actually has a lot of room for choice.

Examples like Mourinho and Guardiola who go to extremes are those who don't succeed or become benevolent, and ordinary people cannot learn from them.

Anyone who wants to learn is likely to imitate others and mislead others.

Since he took over as Manchester United coach, whenever Manchester United played aggressively and unrestrainedly, Fleet Street said that he had taken over Ferguson's mantle.

If Manchester United plays conservatively, especially if the defensive counterattack is extremely efficient, Fleet Street will say that he did not serve as Mourinho's assistant for nothing. He not only learned the superficial knowledge, but also condensed the essence.

Who he learned from was not important to Carrick.

Perhaps it is because of the lack of Skywalker-like persistence that he can more flexibly adapt to complex and ever-changing competitive situations. No matter the external environment or internal situation, it is always the same every week.

Natural selection, survival of the fittest.

He just tries his best to solve the problem, and then uses some tactics suitable for the team. He will never delve into those technical and tactical plays cloaked as high-level, which is purely to increase the difficulty for himself.

The game is still long, but Manchester City seems to be racing against time early.

Even De Bruyne seemed anxious when he launched the offensive.

He sent through balls to his teammates one after another and sent the ball out of the baseline.

The anxious mentality of Manchester City generals is spreading rapidly like an infectious disease.

When Cancelo encountered Sancho and sent a medium and long pass that was intercepted by Tielemans, this pass error was extremely fatal.

Fee B receives a direct pass from the backcourt.

When Ye Yifeng ran to the center circle to respond, he missed the ball. Then he bypassed Rodri and ran forward to control the ball.

Rodri didn't catch up and didn't intercept the ball.

Ye Yifeng touched the ball in front of Dias and passed it across.

Sancho then cut inside and passed the ball past Laporte.

Seeing him form a single sword, Diaz immediately turned around and retreated to pursue.

Sancho crossed the ball when he reached the front area of ​​the penalty area.

Ederson is completely desperate!

Because Ye Yifeng dribbled the ball into the penalty area!

It would be better to let Sancho go it alone.

Ye Yifeng took a shot near the penalty spot.

Absolutely calm and confident.

Ederson made the right save, but it was too late.

The angle is tricky.

The football rubbed the inside of the right goal post and rolled into the goal!

Manchester City fans looked as if they were mourning for their heirs.

Many fans couldn't help but hold their heads.

It’s totally out of the question!

Ye Yifeng ran to the sidelines and performed a mechanical dance for the first time in a long time, which reminded the Red Devils fans of the former leaders of Manchester United's atmosphere group, Lin Huang and Anti-King.

Ye Yifeng scored with a single goal! Manchester United won another victory!

Manchester City's own mistakes gave Manchester United an excellent opportunity to counterattack.

Cancelo's mistake was too fatal.

Manchester City may have little hope of getting back from a two-goal deficit.

Manchester United played efficiently today and caught the opponent's mistakes!

Manchester City not only gave Manchester United an excellent counterattack environment, but also gave a big gift for mistakes.

This shows that there is a serious problem with Manchester City's mentality.

This is why the calls for Guardiola's dismissal have become louder and louder in recent years.

Every critical moment, Manchester City will have problems of one kind or another.

In the past, its performance was most significant in the European war, but now it has also taken a breath in the league in recent years.

We don't know what the problem is for Manchester City.

Is it a matter of player ability?

Or is it a question of coaching ability?

Of course, this is in the context of our talk of Manchester City ending the Manchester United dynasty.

Compared with other teams in European football, Manchester City is definitely one of the top five teams in European football in terms of overall strength.

But the cruelest thing about football is that if you are not number one, sometimes you are nothing.

Manchester United now leads Manchester City 2:0, and the trend of the game is extremely unfavorable to Manchester City.

Guardiola looked miserable in the face of his own players' mistakes.

Carrick, on the other hand, did not show excessive excitement. He just smiled and vibrated his fist slightly twice.

He knows that the trend of this game will be extreme, either Manchester City will make a shocking comeback, or Manchester United will massacre Manchester City!