From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Chapter 532 The World Has Changed

The game restarted and Manchester City kicked off from the center circle again. Aguero passed the ball to De Bruyne, and the Belgian passed the ball back to Sane.

Perhaps in a hurry to equalize the score, the German did not choose to continue passing the ball back, but rushed forward with the ball. He first changed direction to pass Harry Kane who came up to press, and then continued to dribble forward. Mbappe came up to intercept, but was dribbled past by Sane.

"Sane! He passed two people in a row!"

Guardiola nodded. He appreciated the German's fighting spirit today and was satisfied with his performance today. Facing Manchester United's defensive defense, the German's skills and breakthroughs will be able to help the team on the offensive end.

Gundogan came up to intercept.

Faced with the interception of his German national team teammate, Sane tried to break through forcefully, but Gundogan did not care at all that the other party was his national team teammate. He reached out and pushed Sane, causing Sane to lose balance and fall to the ground.

The referee blew the whistle, and he called a foul on Gundogan for pushing the opponent, and Manchester City was awarded a free kick in the frontcourt.

De Bruyne stood on the penalty spot and his free kick flew into the penalty area.

Aguero jumped up to compete for a header, but under Maguire's defense, the Argentine failed to head the ball out of the angle. This header was more straight. Manchester United goalkeeper Romero tried to hug the ball directly, but he underestimated the power of the ball headed by Aguero. As soon as the ball touched, Romero realized that something was wrong and subconsciously kicked the ball out.

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Aguero jumped up and headed the ball ahead of Van Dijk, and he passed the ball to David Silva.

The Spanish midfielder chested the ball and then volleyed it with a half turn.

The football flew up and was blocked by Manchester United's full-back Valencia on the way to the goal. Then Kante kicked it to Gundogan who came over to receive it before Fernandinho.

David Silva immediately raised his hand and shouted loudly, indicating that his previous shot was blocked by a Manchester United player's hand. Manchester United committed handball, and this should be a penalty.

Aguero also raised his hand. He slapped his right hand with his left hand, indicating that there was handball in the penalty area by Manchester United.

The referee crossed his hands, indicating that there was no penalty, then he turned quickly and ran to chase, because Manchester United did not hastily clear the ball to end the game, but took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

"Handball? No handball! No penalty! The referee indicated that there was no penalty." Commentator Andy Gray shouted, "Counterattack, Manchester United's counterattack, a beautiful long pass!"

After receiving the pass from Kante, Gundogan made a long diagonal pass to the left side, where Rashford was making a high-speed run.

"Back to defense! Back to defense!" Bravo shouted at his teammates who were still arguing with the referee.

He was furious, not only with the referee, but also with his teammates.

Shouldn't we return to defense immediately at this time? As for whether it is a penalty kick, we can't wait for a dead ball opportunity? We must do it when the opponent quickly counterattacks?

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"That was handball! Absolute handball! Damn it!"

In the visiting team's coaching booth, Guardiola was furious and spitting at the fourth official when he heard cheers from Old Trafford. He turned around and saw Manchester United's quick counterattack.

Rashford was very fast. He first changed direction to pass Fernandinho who was trying hard to defend diagonally, and then continued to dribble forward.

Kyle Walker rushed to intercept Rashford.

Rashford made a move to pass the ball to Bruno who was following up, and Kyle Walker quickly leaned inwards, ready to intercept.

Rashford was waiting for the moment when Kyle Walker lost his balance. Seeing Kyle Walker shift his balance and stretch his foot to intercept, he shook his ankle, changed the pass into a dribble, and dribble the ball past Kyle Walker's side.

Rashford was delighted. He didn't expect that the veteran player of the England national team would be dribbled past so easily by him.

But the next second, Rashford found that he was happy too early. He saw Kyle Walker dragged one foot back and blocked the ball.

It was obvious that this veteran of the England national team was experienced and had been prepared.

Damn it!

What a chance to fight back!

Rashford was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood when he thought about the counterattack opportunity that was ruined by himself.

But Rashford remembered that the captain had told him more than once that wasting opportunities would be punished. Would he also be punished for wasting such a good opportunity?

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Just when Rashford was feeling depressed and annoyed, an accident happened.

Kyle Walker wanted to turn around quickly to control the ball, but his body turned halfway and his other leg did not come over, and then he just sat down on the ground.

An embarrassing and interesting scene occurred, the football stopped right in the middle of the two people.

Rashford certainly wouldn't miss such an opportunity. Rashford was surprised and poked the ball away with his toes, then accelerated and passed Kyle Walker.

"Kyle Walker was dribbled past!"

"Enter the restricted area!"

There was cheering at Old Trafford.

Mourinho only recovered from his previous heart palpitations at this time. He did not see clearly whether Valencia had handball, but he was worried because his relationship with the Premier League referees was not very good and he was often targeted by the referee during the game.

Rashford broke into the penalty area and faced Stones' interception and pushed the ball sideways.

The camera followed the rolling football, and people saw Harry Kane appearing on the rolling path of the football. He was rushing towards the football, and behind him was the somewhat panicked Zinchenko.

"Where's Otamendi?" the commentator shouted.

Before he finished speaking, Harry Kane pulled the ball with his left foot, just avoiding Zinchenko's interception. Then he raised his right foot, and when Harry Kane was about to complete the shot, he lost his balance and fell in Manchester City's penalty area. After Harry Kane fell, the Argentine's big face appeared.

"Harry Kane fell to the ground in the penalty area. Is it a penalty? Or a dive?!" Andy Gray shouted.

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The referee's whistle sounded amid the huge cheers at Old Trafford, he ran towards the penalty area and pointed to the penalty spot!

"Penalty! The referee awards a penalty!" The commentator had to shout at the top of his voice because the cheers from the audience were so loud that they could almost pierce his eardrums.

Manchester United head coach Mourinho was stunned at first, then clenched his fists, jumped up, and waved his arms three times in the air. After landing, he applauded to express his respect for the referee's keen observation.

Manchester City head coach Guardiola was furious. He was roaring and shouting.

"Penalty! The referee awarded a penalty!" Andy Gray shouted. "He thought Otamendi brought down Harry Kane."

Otamendi heard the whistle and turned to look at the referee. He thought the referee was calling for Harry Kane to dive, and then he saw the referee pointing to the penalty spot. The Argentine was immediately furious and was about to rush towards the referee. Fortunately, Bravo reacted quickly enough and hugged Otamendi directly, otherwise he would not have escaped a yellow card.

Kyle Walker rushed towards the referee, questioning the referee's decision. He pointed at Harry Kane, who was celebrating the penalty with his teammates: "That guy dived! That guy dived!"

At this time, Kyle Walker didn't care at all that Harry Kane was also his national teammate and they had a good relationship.

Then, a roaring Kyle Walker received a response from the referee: a yellow card.

Seeing that Kyle Walker was still pestering the referee, Manchester City captain David Silva ran over. He first pulled Kyle Walker away, and then signaled other aggressive teammates to disperse. He was the captain and it was he who should negotiate with the referee.

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No matter what David Silva said, the referee just shook his head. Finally, he signaled the Manchester City captain to leave. Then he stood next to the penalty spot and gestured, signaling everyone else to leave the penalty area and let Manchester United prepare to take the penalty.

Harry Kane ended his celebration with his teammates and stood outside the penalty area, ready to seize a possible follow-up shot. Manchester United's first penalty taker was captain Bruno.

Bruno walked to the penalty spot with the football in his arms.

In the home team's coaching booth on the sidelines, Guardiola was still angrily roaring at the fourth official: "First, the opponent's penalty area handball was not called, and now the Manchester United player's diving fall was called a penalty. What are you going to do?!"

"Mr. Guardiola, please calm down. You have to believe in the fairness of the referee's decision." The fourth official said sternly with a straight face.

"Fairness? That's not what I see..." Guardiola was furious.

At this time, a voice came from not far away: "Respect the referee's decision."

Faria nodded, feeling overwhelmed. That's true, but can't you keep your voice down?

If Mourinho's expression hadn't been so serious, he would have suspected that Mourinho was deliberately provoking Guardiola.

"What did you say?" Guardiola, who was very angry, retorted.

Mourinho turned around and looked over with a look of surprise, meaning, are you talking to me?

Guardiola wants to hit someone.

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Bruno stood on the penalty spot.

The referee blew the whistle, Bruno ran up, one step, two steps, and shot.

"GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOALLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Bruno! He scored the penalty easily!"

"2:0! It's incredible. Bruno scored the second goal of the day. Manchester United leads Manchester City 2:0 at home."

"This is Bruno's 11th goal in the Manchester derby, tying him with Rooney as the player with the most goals in the Manchester derby!"

There was a deafening cheer in the stands of Old Trafford. The Red Devils fans did not expect the game to go so smoothly, and the team was leading by two goals without realizing it.

In the memories of many Manchester United fans, it seems that every time Manchester United faces Manchester City, the scene is not good.

When did this situation start to change? It seemed to have started when that man came here, right?

The fans turned their attention to Bruno who was celebrating the goal wildly.