Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

In the Sky Sports live broadcast room, the voices of the two commentators Keane and Jones sounded.

"The game has begun, and Newcastle United took the lead." Keane said: "As a visiting team, we will wait and see whether they can achieve good results at Manchester City's home ground."

"That's right." Jones echoed: "The atmosphere at the Etihad Stadium is really suffocating. Listen, Manchester City fans have already started their 'welcome ceremony'."

On the field, as soon as the Newcastle United players got the ball, they were drowned by the boos of Manchester City fans.

Thousands of Manchester City fans expressed their "welcome" to the Newcastle United players at their loudest volume.

"Newcastle United's players didn't seem to be affected by the atmosphere." Keane commented: "Look at their formation, 4-2-3-1, this is a very offensive formation."

"Yes." Jones agreed: "Compared to Manchester City's tentative attack, Newcastle United came here to win."

"They directly pulled their state to the highest level and launched a fierce attack on Manchester City's goal."

The game was extremely intense.

Newcastle United's players, amid the boos of Manchester City fans, fearlessly launched attacks on Manchester City's goal again and again.

Manchester City's defense seemed a little struggling under such an offensive.

"Manchester City's defense seems to have some problems." Keane said: "Newcastle United's attack is too fierce, they are almost desperate."

"Such desperate efforts paid off in the 18th minute!" Jones suddenly raised his voice: "Wijnaldum! Assist! Mitrovic! Goal! Newcastle United is leading!"

There was silence in the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City fans couldn't believe their eyes. Their team, at home, actually fell behind.

"This is a very beautiful goal." Keane praised: "Wijnaldum's assist is very accurate, and Mitrovic's shot is impeccable."

"Manchester City's defense is completely broken."

"Manchester City now needs to adjust its status as soon as possible." Jones said: "They can't let Newcastle United continue to suppress like this."

"They need to equalize the score as soon as possible, otherwise, they are likely to lose points at home."

When the sound of Newcastle United's goal resounded throughout the Etihad Stadium, Li Lei's heart was ignited with anger.

He saw that his teammates seemed to have lost their fighting spirit and accepted the fact of falling behind as if they had resigned themselves to their fate.

"Hey! Brothers, what are you doing?" Li Lei shouted at the Manchester City players on the field: "This is not the state that a Manchester City player should be in!"

Li Lei's roar expressed the dissatisfaction of the young superstar from China.

Manchester City should not be like this, it should be a team that dares to fight and dares to win.

But now, they are falling behind at home and seem to have no fighting spirit, which is not what Li Lei wants to see.

Li Lei is not the only one who is dissatisfied.

Manchester City fans at the scene also began to express their dissatisfaction.

Just 18 minutes after the start, their team lost the ball, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to the fans who came to the scene to support the team.

They saw the loopholes in their team's defense and the slackness of the players.

The paper-made defense line had no defensive strength at all. The fans' boos began to turn from the visiting team to the home team, and they used abuse to express their dissatisfaction.

On the sidelines, Guardiola was also anxious about this game.

As the head coach of Manchester City, he certainly did not want to see his team fall behind at home.

He began to teach his disciples, asking them to pay attention to the strength of defense at all times, and also asked the strikers to score as soon as possible.

Maybe Li Lei's roar worked, or maybe Guardiola's on-the-spot command worked, and the rhythm on the field began to gradually tilt towards Manchester City.

Manchester City players seemed to be inspired by Li Lei's roar.

They began to fight more actively and attack more proactively.

De Bruyne and Silva began to frequently organize attacks in the midfield, and Sterling and Aguero also began to create threats in the frontcourt.

Newcastle United players gradually began to feel the pressure from Manchester City.

Their offense was no longer so sharp, and their defense began to have loopholes.

Li Lei, the right winger who was ignited by anger, began to shuttle back and forth on the field.

Every time he touched the ball, every time he passed the ball, he was full of a spirit of not admitting defeat. He wanted to use his performance to inspire his teammates andTurn the situation of this game around.

The game began to turn around with Manchester City's efforts.

They kept creating opportunities in Newcastle United's half and kept attacking Newcastle United's goal.

The boos from the fans gradually subsided.

Instead, there were waves of cheers.

In the 36th minute of the game, Manchester City's attack became more and more threatening.

They kept creating opportunities around Newcastle United's penalty area, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time to equalize the score.

Just when Manchester City was about to break the goal, Newcastle United player Anita fouled.

This foul directly resolved Manchester City's attack and made Manchester City players very dissatisfied.

Aguero, Silva, and Li Lei, they rushed up and surrounded the referee and Anita who fouled, putting pressure on the referee and demanding a more severe punishment for Anita.

The referee took out the yellow card without hesitation and gave Anita a yellow card warning.

This calmed the anger of Manchester City players. But all this shows one thing: Manchester City is pressing step by step.

In the 42nd minute of the game, Manchester City launched another attack.

This time, it was De Bruyne who led the attack.

De Bruyne took the ball in the midfield. He looked up and saw Li Lei on the right. Without hesitation, De Bruyne passed the ball far away.

Li Lei received the ball and accelerated immediately.

His speed made the Newcastle United defenders look a little flustered. Li Lei directly broke through the Newcastle United's defensive formation and rushed into the penalty area.

Facing the Newcastle United goalkeeper's quick replacement, Li Lei did not choose to pass the ball.

He flicked horizontally to avoid the goalkeeper's sliding tackle, and then, at a tricky angle, he shot without hesitation!