Star card system.

Under the eyes of everyone, the referee blew his whistle, and the game began!

Cheers erupted at Old Trafford!

This sound is red!
At Old Trafford, you have to suppress the blue voice no matter what!
Especially in the opening stage, Manchester City kicked off first. When they passed the ball continuously, Manchester United players attacked very fiercely.

Players such as Matic and Rooney are the main players, and they are almost ruthless in making tackles at any cost.

In the first 3 minutes, the referee's whistle sounded four times and Manchester United players received two warnings.

Despite this, they still defended fiercely.

This is Mourinho's pre-match arrangement.

He has great experience dealing with Guardiola's teams.

Just one word - do it!

Don't be soft!
As long as you get tough and work hard, you can cut off their passing routes with small skills!
Then counterattack quickly with a fatal blow!
Adhering to Mourinho's idea, the Manchester United team pressed very fiercely in the opening stage.

Even Xia Xing has become a defensive machine running all over the field.

This kind of defensive method really caused Manchester City to suffer a lot.

The ball was intercepted one after another, and the passes in the first five minutes or so were rarely effective in front of the goal.

But if Manchester City's offense could be neutralized so easily, then they wouldn't be Manchester City.

Soon, Guardiola adjusted his tactics.

From the combination of short passes with multiple consecutive kicks, to the concise handling in front of the goal!
In the past, there were more than ten consecutive shots, but now there are three passes and two passes, and he directly chooses to attack!

And this change put Manchester United in trouble.

In the 7th minute of the game, Manchester City's frontcourt cooperated, and David Silva passed the ball diagonally into the penalty area!

Jesus catches the ball!
Push and shoot!

The ball was punched out by De Gea!

Although he didn't score a goal, it was very dangerous!
3 minutes later, it was De Bruyne this time!
His long pass from the right accurately found Sterling in front of the penalty area!
Sterling shoots!
The ball slides out!

Manchester United escaped again!
Two consecutive attacks on the goal cheered up the Manchester City fans in the stands.

Their cheers gradually filled the stadium.

Mourinho on the sidelines frowned.

Trouble.

Guardiola, the bald man, is really a ghost.

The two passes just now hit Manchester United's defensive gaps.

Although both teams are very strong, they are different.

Manchester City's three lines are balanced in strength and have no obvious shortcomings.

Manchester United's midfield and frontcourt are obviously strong, and their goalkeeper is also top-notch in the Premier League, but their defenders are average.

The back four of Ashley Young, Smalling, Rojo and Valencia are all Premier League players.

Not even the top level of the Premier League.

Smalling is slow to turn around, Rojo has a low upper limit, and Ashley Young and Valencia are both aggressive and technically rough.

Compared with Manchester City, this is more than one level behind.

Manchester City's world-class central defender Kompany alone is one position ahead of Manchester United's defenders.

So Guardiola saw that the team was having trouble with short passes, so he simply passed the ball quickly to look for scoring opportunities.

Sure enough, in front of Manchester City's world-class midfielder passing the ball, the Manchester United defender was under great pressure and made continuous mistakes.

In the 14th minute of the game, Manchester City finally got what they wanted.

A collaboration in the frontcourt, this time it was still David Silva's cross!
Pass to the front point on the left wing and look for Sane!

Sane, who is an excellent dribbler, receives the ball and sprints quickly!
The moment he stopped the ball, with a little push, the ball passed by Valencia!

Go around to catch the ball and rush to the baseline!
Pass from bottom to bottom!

Jesus in front of the goal quickly made a forward move!
Get in front of Smalling and shoot quickly!
The ball goes into the net!

"1 to 0!

"Manchester City scored first!
"Excellent!
“This cooperation broke through Manchester United’s defense!
"His defense is too weak!

"It's really weak!" David Silva's pass was just right, and Sane's passing and passing were wonderful!

"Jesus's quick thrust made Smalling, who was tall but slow to turn, helpless!

"With such a close shot, even De Gea can't help it!

"Manchester City scored a very important goal!
"They already have the upper hand in this derby!"

After scoring a goal first, Manchester City's mentality has indeed stabilized a lot.

Next, their offense became more comfortable.

But Mourinho already has a strategy to deal with it.

The defense is not good, this has always been Mourinho's worry about Manchester United.

So he has always wanted to continue to strengthen the defense, but the club is not very supportive.

Otherwise maybe he has already settled on Van Dijk in advance.

But even so, he was not helpless.

When the defensive line is insufficient, the midfielder's defense is particularly important.

In this game, Matic is in the defensive midfield position, and Xia Xing is on the left wing.

Mourinho shouted loudly, and the two received instructions to protect the defense.

In the next period of time, Xia Xing and Pogba temporarily swapped positions, forming a double midfielder combination with Matic.

In this way, the team's defense will take effect immediately!
Facing the strong Matic, Manchester City players wanted to take a detour.

His defense is too fierce and his confrontation is too strong.

Facing Xia Xing's defense, the Manchester City players were even more helpless.

From the beginning until now, not a single Manchester City offensive player has taken advantage of Xia Xing.

This guy is awesome!
Guardiola on the sidelines couldn't help but admire.

If you give me another xia, I can definitely lead Manchester City to win the Champions League!

But he also knew that this was impossible.

How could a Manchester United youth player join Manchester City?

So I can only be greedy.

And what came next made him even more greedy.

In the 25th minute of the game, after withstanding Manchester City's continuous attacks, Manchester United finally found a good opportunity.

It's not that there were no opportunities just now. Manchester United also had several shots that threatened the goal.

However, they failed to score in the end.

And now this time, the opportunity is great!

Rashford dribbled the ball forward and was intercepted by Fernandinho!

Defense is very important this time!
Manchester United's attack that had just started came to an abrupt end!

Manchester City's attack is on!

Fernandinho made a quick diagonal pass and the ball went straight to the left winger!
Find winger Sane!
Aguero had just recovered from injury in this game, and Guardiola did not let him start, giving Sane a chance.

The German dribbling genius accelerated the ball along the left wing and suddenly cut inside!

He passed Matic!
But just as he continued to move forward, Xia Xing quickly appeared in front of him!

Facing Sane, Xia Xing went straight to the body without hesitation!
A head-on collision knocked the German forward away!

The ball returned to the feet of the Manchester United players again!
Xia Xing did not hesitate and took action quickly!
The ball comes to Rashford again!

Now the situation has turned 180 degrees again!

Now that Manchester City is pressing forward, it's their turn to be empty at the back!

And Rashford, who had just lost the ball before he had time to retreat, had a great opportunity at this moment!
After receiving a pass from Xia Xing, he sprinted quickly!
Facing Kompany's defense, he shot early!
The ball went straight into the far corner of the goal!

1 is better than 1!

Between offense and defense!

Manchester United equalized the score tenaciously! (End of chapter)