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At the end of the half, Crystal Palace led the home team Manchester City 2-0.

Manchester City fans felt a headache after seeing it.

They are all a little confused about what Guardiola is thinking in this game? Could it be that this game was abandoned from the beginning and Manchester City's goal was entirely in the league? Is this to save energy for the next league?

It is indeed possible!

Because three days later they will go away to face Liverpool!

If Manchester City has not given up its intention to compete for the Premier League championship now, then this game three days later will be particularly important!

Therefore, it is actually understandable for Manchester City to give up this game and consider the league at this time.

However, Manchester City fans still can't accept it.

They hope to see Manchester City beat Crystal Palace.

Manchester City fans hope that Manchester City can set an example for other Premier League teams and let other teams see the possibility of defeating Crystal Palace.

I really can’t lose this game.

Fortunately, Crystal Palace did not have a full lineup, and their Manchester City team still had a chance to fight.

But it was obvious that the Manchester City players did not play well in the first half and performed very poorly. Currently we are trailing 0 to 2. It seems like the gap is not big, but in fact it is more dangerous.

Because Manchester City fans feel that they have little chance in this game.

In this game, the young players of Manchester City really did not play well and they probably did not have many chances.

So if Manchester City loses to Liverpool in the next round of the league, it will really be more gain than loss.

Therefore, whether they are right to give up on this game depends on whether they can win in the next round of the league.

However, the Manchester City players are still a little worried at this time.

The game against Liverpool is not easy to play!

Of course, what they have to consider now is not this game, but the game with Crystal Palace in front of them.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, Manchester City did not make any substitutions.

Sterling, who was Happy Forest today, was not replaced and remained on the court. It can be seen that Guardiola still wants to believe in Sterling again, and hopes that Sterling can prove himself in the second half of the game.

Moreover, Crystal Palace does not have all the main players in this game, so it should be easier for Sterling to score, right?

Manchester City still has ideas about this second half of the game, they want to win.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City also launched a ferocious attack.

The young player Dias once again sent a very exciting through ball. Although this ball did not completely penetrate the Crystal Palace defense, it still created a good opportunity for Sterling. This time, Sterling reacted quickly, taking control of the football first, and then volleyed the football towards the Crystal Palace goal before Dias pounced on him.

The ball speed is very fast and the line pressure is very low, full of threats!

The Manchester City fans at the scene jumped up excitedly, thinking that this goal would definitely be scored.

Unfortunately, just when the football was about to fly into the goal, Lu Ning put his palm in front of the football and blocked the football from the baseline.

Beautiful defense, Crystal Palace fans praised Luning one after another.

Manchester City fans can't blame Sterling at all for this goal. Sterling performed very well this time, reflecting his value. It's a pity that I was a little unlucky and didn't send the football into the Crystal Palace goal.

However, Manchester City saw an opportunity and firmly believed that if they continued to play like this, they would definitely score.

Manchester City immediately pressed forward to continue the attack.

The Manchester City fans at the scene also kept shouting and cheering for the Manchester City players.

They hope that Manchester City can create a miracle!

But at this time, Dias' ball in the midfield was intercepted again.

This is the case for Dias, a young man. While he performed well, he also exposed many problems. His problem of sticking to the ball has appeared many times in this game, and it has also caused danger before.

To be honest, there would be no problem with Diaz's earthly style if he was in the youth team.

In the youth team, he is one of those at the peak of his strength. His ability is enough to support him to stick to the ball, find the best opportunity to play, and provide the most exquisite assists. But it doesn't work in the adult team. The adult team has a faster pace, the opponent is stronger and the pressure is stronger. It is easy for them to be interrupted when they play like this.

Just like today, he has stuck to the ball more than he steals it many times.

The main reason is that Dias is not yet familiar with the rhythm of the adult team, nor has he found his most comfortable rhythm in the adult team.

If found, Dias will still perform very well.

But now it's dangerous!

Dias was intercepted again, and Joan Armene quickly sent the football out immediately, and the football quickly rolled to the side. Ashraf from the wing immediately rushed up and intercepted the ball towards the Manchester City half. Facing Jingdong'an who rushed up quickly, he quickly passed the ball and passed Jingdong'an.

Manchester City's full-back Zinchenko immediately rushed forward, and the moment he rushed out, Salah quickly rushed into the Manchester City penalty area. This made the Manchester City fans a little nervous. worried.

No way, this ball is going to be dangerous!

Zinchenko hesitated a little, but Ashraf immediately passed the ball diagonally to the front of the penalty area.

Yes, Ashraf did not push the football to Gnabry who was advancing from the wing, but passed the football diagonally into the front.

Along the way, Sabitzer was found!

Sabitzer saw Salah coming in diagonally. This was a good opportunity!

The City defender immediately sidled towards Salah.

At this moment, Sabitzer suddenly made a pass and sent the football directly into the center of Manchester City's penalty area.

The football rolled directly to Giroud's feet in the penalty area.

Manchester City fans were all nervous. How could this ball allow Giroud to get an easy chance?

Guardiola stood up immediately on the sidelines and stared at the court nervously. His mood was also very bad. He really hated the defense of his players.

How to defend this ball?

With a bang, Giroud in the penalty area immediately swung his legs and fired hard towards the far lower corner.

The ball was very fast, and Bravo in front of the goal made a sideways dive and still didn't touch the ball!

In the desperate eyes of the Manchester City fans, the football rolled off the bottom line against the far post!

Crystal Palace was still a little bit away from scoring, and they were a little bit unlucky.

The Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this. Fortunately, they were lucky. Otherwise, they would have been three goals behind. There would really be nothing to play in this game. But now it seems that there are not many opportunities. Guardiola immediately turned to look at the bench, inspected it for a while, and then asked Nmecha on the bench to warm up.

Sterling in the stadium saw Nmecha going out to warm up, and his heart tightened, secretly thinking that it was not good!

When the game restarted, Sterling was even more committed. It was obvious that he also wanted to change Guardiola's view of him. He was going to fight hard in this game.

He immediately raised his hand and signaled Dias, who was holding the ball, to pass the ball to him!

Dias immediately looked up to the frontcourt, looking for space. He instantly saw Sterling raising his hands. With a good opportunity, he immediately swung his legs and prepared to pass directly!

With a bang, he had just swung the football under his feet when he was stabbed out by Joan Armene.

Sticky ball, Diaz still has a problem with sticky ball this time.

Seeing this, Guardiola was speechless. He kept shaking his head. This advantage of Dias is actually very obvious, but he has not yet found his own way of playing and has not fully adapted to the first team game.

He immediately turned his head to look at the bench, then glanced around and stopped directly on the baby face.

He immediately yelled "Phil, go warm up!"

Yes, Guardiola is preparing to make substitutions again and wants to replace Dias with Foden.

This guy Dias had a bright spot in this game, but he also had big problems. Dias is responsible for the terrible situation that Manchester City has played into, and there should be no problem replacing him at this time.

At this time, the Crystal Palace players had already launched a counterattack, counterattack quickly!

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The fans of the team are really worried. They are scared when they see Crystal Palace's counterattack.

The football rolled to Llorente's feet, and Llorente made a long pass and quickly passed the football to the frontcourt.

Giroud in the frontcourt immediately jumped up, overwhelmed Mangala who rushed out, and quickly swung the football to the wing with a flick of his head.

Salah from the wing rushed forward and thrust the football forward before Danilo made the save.

Then Salah quickly rushed from the other side and directly caught up with the football!

Crystal Palace entered the Manchester City penalty area again, and the Manchester City fans were desperate.

The gap between the two teams in this game is still a bit big.

Manchester City's young players are very talented and unique, but they really haven't adapted to the rhythm and playing style of the first team yet. The young people at Crystal Palace have been playing in the first team since last season and have played a lot of games this season. They are naturally better than the young people at Manchester City in this regard.

Therefore, Crystal Palace should not have much problem winning this game.

Guardiola actually understands this, but this process does make him a little uncomfortable. He hopes that his players can perform better and there shouldn't be such a big gap!

And in his opinion, these young people from Manchester City are no worse than those from Crystal Palace!

At this time, Manchester City was very dangerous.

Guardiola couldn't help but become nervous. He felt that this was a special despair, and he was afraid that he could not hold the ball.

Salah quickly cut inside and headed directly into the penalty area.

Adarabioyu in the middle of the penalty area quickly moved across and went directly towards Salah.

Unexpectedly, Salah was already prepared. The moment Adarabioyu moved quickly, he skillfully poked the football forward, and the football rolled directly from Adarabioyo's crotch. Lage ducked past Adarabioyu.

The Manchester City fans at the scene were also desperate when they saw this.

This ball is out of play!

Even if they saw Bravo rushing out, they felt there was little chance.

Sure enough, Salah ducked over and immediately poked the football first.

Seeing this, Bravo jumped out quickly, but unfortunately he was still a little too late. The football quickly rolled past his armpit and quickly rolled into the Manchester City goal.

Three to zero, Crystal Palace once again expanded the score.

Seeing this score, both Manchester City fans and Guardiola thought this game was completely lost.

Fortunately, Guardiola was prepared to lose before this game, so he is not feeling very uncomfortable now.

But the process of this game still made him a little dissatisfied.