Star card system.

Seeing Bernardo Silva stealing the ball, Xia Xing secretly shouted, "Not good!"
He didn't attack just now, he just left a backhand in the backcourt!
At this time, he reacted very quickly and quickly ran to Aguero's defense line on the right!
Vice-captain Carrick also reacted quickly, running to the left and cutting off Sane's receiving route!

These two are the fastest horses in Manchester City!
At this time, Bernardo Silva indeed passed the ball to Aguero, who was in a better position!

At this time Aguero has reached the edge of the penalty area and received the ball!
Just when he was about to go inside, Xia Xing arrived!
Decisively step out and shovel!

Aguero was knocked down with the ball!

The referee's whistle sounded!
yellow card!

Xia Xing is in trouble!
As an excellent defensive player, although Xia Xing participates in defense to a large extent, his defensive actions are not large and he relies on his excellent skills and body to steal the ball.

But I still got a yellow card today.

But there is no way, the defense is empty, and it will be even more troublesome if the opponent forces his way into the penalty area.

At this time, deputy captain Carrick ran over: "Xia, are you okay?"

Xia Xing waved his hands with a serious expression, looking at several teammates who had just retreated to their positions.

"Guys, we still have a defensive advantage at this stage. Don't go all-out easily. We haven't reached that point yet. Stay stable first and don't rush."

Several teammates who rushed forward were a little embarrassed.

Yes, if it weren't for Xia Xing's decisive foul, this goal would have been hard to predict.

With this lesson, the young Manchester United players have become much more honest.

In the next period of time, they continued to ensure their defensive hardness and played steadily.

Manchester City's offense never had a chance to come forward.

However, Manchester United's offensive opportunities are almost gone.

Rooney, who had just created two scoring opportunities, was also silent at this moment.

The buzzer sounded at the end of the first half and the game was over.

0-0, neither side could break the deadlock.

In the second half, the sides changed sides and fought again, but the two sides still maintained the offensive and defensive momentum of the first half.

It was not until the 70th minute of the game that Mourinho began to make substitution adjustments.

Manchester City has just replaced several players in the midfield and frontcourt to strengthen their offensive range.

Mourinho is also adjusting.

He asked Fellaini and Mata to prepare to appear, replacing the two captains and deputy captains.

After all, the two of them had just returned from injury and were getting older. It was time to take a break.

At this time, there was a steal in the backcourt and Bailly made a clearance.

But Xia Xing was on the left wing, so there was no need for him to watch the ball go out of bounds.

Follow up quickly, stop the ball on the sideline, and knock it horizontally.

The ball came to the feet of Carrick in the middle.

Carrick stopped the ball, and Gundogan on the opposite side quickly attacked!
However, Carrick dunked a little and passed the opponent with a change of rhythm!
Next, a long pass went straight to the frontcourt!
Find Rooney!
Manchester City continues to attack, the defense is empty, and there are not many troops!
In particular, Rooney's physical fitness is close to empty, and Manchester City's defense does not pay much attention to him.

But at this moment, Rooney seems to have rekindled his youth!
Full of physical energy, sprint quickly!
He has been jogging in the frontcourt for the past few minutes and has regained some strength!
Enough to support him to complete this attack!
Fernandinho rushed to defend and violently collided with his body!
But Rooney did not confront him head-on!

After all, he is no longer young, Rooney has long since lost his recklessness!

He stopped decisively and then accelerated diagonally!
Fernandinho missed it!

Central defender Otamendi grabbed the ball and handed Rashford to Kompany!
But before he could pounce, Rooney had already started!
About 30 meters away from the goal, a blast shot went straight to the upper right corner of the goal!

Goalkeeper Ederson tried his best to get up, but still to no avail!

The ball hits the net!

1 is better than 0!

Manchester United broke the deadlock!

"Pretty!
“What a fantastic shot!

“What a great partnership between two Manchester United veterans!
"Just now we clearly saw that Carrick and Rooney could no longer run.
"I didn't expect it was just a moment,

“The two of them created a good opportunity!

"Carrick's midfielder broke away and avoided Gundogan who was rushing forward!
"The long pass is extremely accurate!
"Two Manchester United veterans have a tacit understanding cultivated over the years!" Rooney stepped forward to receive the ball, stopped and accelerated wonderfully!
"The final long shot made us feel like we were seeing the genius Lu Xiaopang who once dominated England!
"Manchester United broke the deadlock and they are getting closer to the championship!"

Along with Alan Shearer's excited commentary, the Manchester United fans in the stands were also excited.

But there was a little trouble on the court.

Rooney collapsed.

injured?
The fans suddenly became worried.

I just recovered from my injury, and now I’m injured again?

do not……

However, after the team doctor came to check, Rooney quickly got up and walked off the field.

Judging from Rooney's performance and the expression on the team doctor's face, it's not a big problem.

"Wayne, what's wrong with you?"

"I just used too much force and I feel a little twisted, but it's not serious."

"Well, that's good, come down and have a rest. The shot just now was so beautiful!"

"Haha, I think so too!"

The two generals laughed and hugged tightly.

Manchester United scored a goal first, and they also used two substitutions.

Next, they defended even more resolutely.

It is not easy for a team with one ball in hand to win, after all, it is too difficult to defend.

But if it's Mourinho's team with one goal in hand, then it's a sure bet.

You must know that Mourinho's first championship in the Premier League was won by Chelsea with 1-0 wins one after another.

When it comes to setting up the bus, no one is more professional than Mourinho.

With less than 20 minutes left before the end of the game, Manchester City's offense is even more desperate.

Guardiola also quickly made substitution adjustments. He even changed three frontcourt positions in one go.

The formation of the team has also become 3-3-4.

But even so, their subsequent attacks were frequently blocked.

Alan Shearer in the live broadcast room looked at Manchester City on the court and suddenly felt interesting.

"This scene seems familiar to us now.

"A week ago, Manchester United faced Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
"This seems to be the case,
“曼联1比0领先，巴萨变阵3-3-4猛攻，

"It's the same with Manchester City now.

"What's even more interesting is that Barcelona was once a dynasty created by Guardiola.

“Barcelona failed to break down Manchester United’s defense a few days ago, can Manchester City turn the tide today?

"If Manchester City were losing today,

"They have suffered three kills from Manchester United this season..."

Turning the tide is something everyone at Manchester City is looking forward to.

Whether it's Aguero, Sane, and Jesus on the striker, or Bernardo Silva, Gundogan, and De Bruyne in the midfield.

They worked hard in the frontcourt to find opportunities.

Passing through in the penalty area and forcing the kick to shoot!

Dodge the angle outside the penalty area and shoot from a long distance!

Long pass, looking for opportunities to bomb with headers!

However, due to Romero's heroic save and the team defense of Manchester United soldiers, Manchester City still could not score a goal.

There's not much time left... (End of chapter)