Extraordinary coach

"Blues brothers, you've worked hard!"

"The next game is up to us. We won't let you down."

Chelsea tied Southampton. Although it didn't affect the league points, Manchester City was really happy. They thanked Chelsea on the Internet.

They really wanted to thank Chelsea.

Because Chelsea brought a huge consumption to Southampton in this game. Especially forwards like Ronaldo, they were very tired after the game.

And a draw reduced a lot of psychological pressure on Manchester City.

"Chelsea without Hazard can tie Southampton. Can't we win the game with overall stability and stronger strength?"

Such psychological hints made Manchester City more confident.

Even Guardiola felt more confident in the game.

Whether it was self-consolation or self-hypnosis, Chelsea's tie with Southampton in the FA Cup did inspire Manchester City.

Guardiola also told himself: "This game is my last chance. No matter what, I must beat Southampton."

"This is an explanation to the Manchester City team, and even more so to myself."

With such determination, Guardiola and Manchester City came to Southampton.

Sun Yi knew these comments from the outside world, and also knew that Manchester City was greatly encouraged.

When asked by reporters whether they would lose to Manchester City due to the influence of Chelsea during the pre-match press conference, Sun Yi couldn't help but say:

"What is losing?"

"I haven't known what losing is for a long time."

"It is true that we did suffer a lot in the previous two games. Especially the game against Chelsea in the FA Cup."

"But both times, the opponents we faced were all parking the bus and defending blindly. If Manchester City is also going to park the bus, then why not give them a draw?"

Sun Yi hates opponents parking the bus, but he really doesn't mind Manchester City learning to park the bus.

Southampton is currently 4 points ahead of Manchester City. If they play a draw, they will still be 4 points ahead of Manchester City.

Although Liverpool will benefit from this. But even if Liverpool benefits, they will still be 5 points behind Southampton.

After playing Manchester City, there is no stronger opponent in the remaining five Premier League games. They are all mid- and lower-level teams.

Therefore, Sun Yi thinks that as long as Manchester City dares to learn from Chelsea to park the bus, then what's wrong with him giving a draw?

"Come on, Manchester City. We Reds support you!"

Before, Manchester City's people have been cheering for Manchester United and Arsenal, and this time Liverpool fans also came to support them.

This made Manchester City's people not know whether to be happy or depressed.

No matter what Manchester City thinks about Liverpool fans' enthusiastic support for him online, they still stepped into St. Mary's Stadium with the intention of fighting for a victory.

"Welcome Manchester City to St. Mary's. You will witness us winning glory again."

"Southampton, you must win!"

"The championship belongs only here!"

This is a decisive battle in the absolute sense. As long as Southampton wins, there will be no suspense about the Premier League championship this season.

Therefore, the fans of Southampton almost filled the entire St. Mary's Stadium.

Many people had to gather outside the stadium to watch the big screen because they did not have tickets.

For this game, all the senior executives of the Southampton team were dispatched. The female boss Katarina and the team chairman Kroger also appeared in the VIP seats.

Seeing that the stands were packed, Katarina once again lamented the narrowness of St. Mary's Stadium.

However, when she thought of the new stadium that had already started construction, she smiled expectantly.

She invited the Chinese engineering team with the strongest engineering capabilities in the world to build the new stadium. I believe that this time next year, she will be able to sit in the box of the new stadium to watch Southampton win the championship.

In order for Southampton to defeat Manchester City and establish the advantage of winning the championship, she did not tell anyone about her presence in this game.

She did not go to the locker room to cheer the team up or anything like that. She did not want to bring pressure to the team.

Anyway, she trusted Sun Yi, and the team's performance in recent years has proved that Sun Yi is worthy of her trust.

This time, she firmly believed that Southampton would definitely win the game.

"Welcome to St. Mary's, we meet again."

On the sidelines, Sun Yi smiled and shook hands with Guardiola.

"Yes, we meet again. This time, I hope to take the victory away." Guardiola said with a smile.

"Dreams are always beautiful. I don't mind anyone doing it a few more times." Sun Yi smiled indifferently.

"Dreams are indeed beautiful, and many people have realized them. I have also realized them." Guardiola also responded indifferently.

"Oh, I think it should be realized when you were in Barcelona? It's a pity that you have left and are now coaching Manchester City."

"No matter which team I am in, I firmly believe that I can always realize my dream." Guardiola said firmly and seriously.

Looking at Guardiola's expression, Sun Yi nodded. "Then I wish you a chance to realize your dream."

"Thank you for your blessing, I think I will."

"Oh, let's try it."

"Okay!"

Without saying anything more, both of them returned to their teams with smiles on their faces.

Watching Guardiola encouraging the Manchester City players over there, Sun Yi had a calm smile on his face.

"I hope you will like the surprise I give you later."

Later, after various entrance ceremonies, the game officially began.

Then, Manchester City was really "surprised".

"Oh, my God. Did I see it wrong?"

"They didn't play Ronaldo or Balotelli. That's fine, but what's the matter with their 541 formation?"

"And most of them didn't go past half the field, what's the point? Don't they want to park the bus?"

The starting lineup and formation sent by Sun Yi today really made the Manchester City team a little dumbfounded.

In fact, not only the Manchester City team, but also the supporters of the Southampton team were a little dumbfounded.

Because what they saw was completely different from the Southampton team they imagined and remembered. Southampton actually parked the bus on the field.

Southampton parked the bus?

When did that happen?

Perhaps it should be traced back to the season when Sun Yi just took over.

But the impression left by Southampton today is definitely a team with a strong offensive force that makes people collapse.

Suddenly seeing Southampton park the bus is simply unacceptable.

Many people are doubting their eyes.

"What a joke?"

"Southampton actually parked the bus, it's not fun at all."

"This should be fake, it's a joke!"

After the game went on for a while, everyone confirmed that it was not a joke.

Damn, Southampton really parked the bus. And it was parked at its home stadium.

Guardiola was really dumbfounded, watching the game on the field, completely stunned.

All this was really beyond his expectations. He had never considered this situation before the game.

Not to mention Guardiola was dumbfounded, the Manchester City players on the field were even more dumbfounded. For a moment, they didn't know how to play.

"Sun, what the hell are you doing?"

Guardiola couldn't help but look at the bench next door.

After meeting Guardiola's gaze and seeing the puzzlement on his face, Sun Yi showed a smug smile.

"Surprised? Unexpected?"

"Thanks to Manchester United and Chelsea, they gave me this inspiration."

In the past, Sun Yi thought of a draw, which was not unacceptable to Southampton.

And considering Southampton's advantage, Sun Yi simply gave everyone a surprise in this game.

Looking at the bewildered look of Manchester City on the field, Sun Yi thought this surprise was very good.

"SHIT, Sun, you are shameless!"

Seeing Sun Yi's smile, Guardiola quickly figured out the joints, and immediately became so depressed that he couldn't help shouting at Sun Yi.

And this only caused Sun Yi to smile even more proudly.

Later, other people slowly thought of the reason why Southampton parked the bus.

So, many people, especially Manchester City fans, couldn't help but curse.

"Sun, you are shameless."

"If you have guts, you should let the team attack."

"Coward, coward, you can only use such a despicable move."

Sun Yi's arrangement made the fans of the Southampton team speechless.

They originally thought they would see an extremely exciting dialogue between the two strong teams. Unexpectedly, they saw such a scene.

All of a sudden, they didn't know what to say.

And Sun Yi didn't care what the fans were thinking, let alone the scolding of the opponent's fans.

As long as the game can go according to his idea and let him control the rhythm of the game, what does it matter if other people's words are unpleasant?

And this surprise arranged by Sun Yi is also very effective.

The unprepared Manchester City team played very confused.

Southampton's defense was originally one of the strongest in the Premier League. When they played the bus, Manchester City wanted to cry.

A Chelsea team playing the bus has already made the offensive firepower as strong as Southampton suffer.

Manchester City was really speechless and headache facing the Southampton team playing the bus.

Manchester City and Southampton have very different mentality. They are 4 points behind in points and must win.

So, they became very anxious.

However, Southampton's bus parking really made them uncomfortable.

Manchester City has always been a team that plays with passing and ground penetration, and the offensive players in the team are very short.

Like Aguero, Sterling and the two Silvas are only over 170cm tall.

Facing the Southampton team, which has a much higher average height and densely positioned players, Manchester City really can't play to their true strength.

And this situation also made the two sides play 0-0 in the first half.

Sun Yi was very satisfied with this. When he left the field and returned to the locker room, he smiled happily. He even seemed a little proud.

This made Guardiola couldn't help but send Rodri, a taller midfielder with some offensive ability, at the beginning of the second half.

Rodri has a long shot and a good header ability, but his main ability is actually midfield interception.

But Guardiola had no choice but to let Rodri play as a center forward.

However, what made Guardiola want to vomit blood was that just after he sent Rodri on the field, Sun Yi also started to make substitutions.

Sun Yi made more than one substitution, but two in a row.

He sent out Cristiano Ronaldo and Balotelli.

"I copied! Sun is so cunning!"

Guardiola almost spat out blood when he saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Balotelli on the court together.

He wanted to replace Rodri immediately. But he couldn't do it.

The signal that Sun Yi sent Cristiano Ronaldo and Balotelli was obviously to attack. And he also asked Southampton to change the formation back to the commonly used 4231 formation.

"The real game has begun."

After Cristiano Ronaldo and Balotelli came on the court, they immediately led Southampton to launch an offensive frenzy.

After holding back for a first half, Southampton was also exhausted. Now they started to attack, and they wanted to burst out all their offensive energy.

After only two minutes of playing, Guardiola couldn't help but make another substitution.

He did not replace Rodri, but sent the orthodox center forward Jesus, and then let Rodri return to the midfield he was most familiar with.

Guardiola's response was timely.

However, this also made Manchester City feel that they had been fooled by Southampton, and they were psychologically at a disadvantage.

After Southampton launched an all-out attack, it also brought huge defensive pressure to Manchester City.

As the game progressed, Manchester City was not only at a disadvantage psychologically, but also in the actual scene.

Although Manchester City wanted to fight back under the command of Guardiola and the encouragement of De Bruyne. But under the strong attack of Southampton, they could only play more and more passively.

When the game reached the 67th minute, Ronaldo cut inside and blasted the goal with an unsolvable long shot.

Manchester City's morale collapsed instantly.

The entire first half was led by Southampton, and now they fell behind again. Manchester City's confidence has really suffered a huge blow.

"Don't give up."

"We have no way out. We can only fight them to the end!"

"We must fight until the last second of the game!"

Guardiola didn't want to give up. He had been preparing for a long time, thinking about finding a chance to beat Southampton.

After Guardiola tried everything, Manchester City finally fought back.

Even with a strong fighting will, Manchester City turned the disadvantage back little by little and formed a back-and-forth with Southampton.

However, the game did not leave them much time.

Before the end of the game, Manchester City still fought for a chance.

They got a free kick opportunity at the front of the penalty area in stoppage time.

Unfortunately, De Bruyne, who had used free kicks to break through Southampton's goal several times, failed to seize it this time.

His free kick passed the far corner of the goal.

As De Bruyne's free kick flew out of the bottom line, Manchester City's hope of equalizing flew away.

"Beep~beep!"

After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the entire St. Mary's Stadium was filled with cheers from the Southampton team.

Guardiola could only turn around and leave somewhat lonely amid the cheers.

Later, news came out that Guardiola had resigned.