As soon as Manchester United were overwhelmed, Pogba was unable to play due to injury and was substituted, which was difficult for both Manchester United fans and Manchester United fans in front of the TV.

If they had the choice, they could even do without this goal.

But the world has no ifs, life goes on, Mourinho waved his hand and signaled the players to back in the half and wait for a counterattack.

Manchester United stepped up their defence without Pogba, and the attack went directly to Van Carrey, who was super capable of fighting alone.

The home team Manchester City consciously strengthened the attack in the cheers of the home fans, wave after wave, and even formed a half-court offensive and defensive drill at one point.

In the blink of an eye, forty minutes into the first half, Guardiola frowned, and there was a faint worry in his heart.

The period near the end of the first half is the easiest time to concede a goal, and Manchester United did dwindle sharply with Pogba, but Van Carrey was super capable of attacking with the ball, and if he neglected to defend due to strengthening the attack in this period, it would be absolutely worth the loss.

With this in mind, Guardiola took advantage of the dead-ball opportunity to make a gesture to Yaya Toure, who controlled the pace of the game, to slow down the pace of attack.

Yaya Toure doesn’t quite understand Pep Guardiola’s approach, but as a professional player he must firmly embrace and implement the tactics laid out by the manager.

The pace of Manchester City’s game slowed and Jose Mourinho, who stood in the visiting coach’s command area, breathed a sigh of relief, and he was genuinely afraid that City’s continued attacking attacks would equalise before the end of the first half.

At that time, the game will be difficult to play.

Fortunately.

“Beep~”

With a long whistle from Atkinson, the first half of the 26th round of Premier League play-offs in the 2016-2017 season was over.

The players from both sides walked to the dressing room, Manchester United led the score, but the mood of the players was not very good, and they looked almost as far behind.

As Manchester United players, they know Pogba’s attacking and defensive role for the team.

Van Carrey is indeed very strong on his own, but he also needs teammates to send him accurate passes, Pogba is not there, Carrick is old and has limited energy, Mkhitaryan has a heavy defensive task and simply cannot spare the mind to participate in the counter-attack, Rashford is barely a fulcrum in the attack, and does not play a good role.

The whole game is ninety minutes of battle, and the forty-five minutes of the second half are likely to be an ordeal.

On the other hand, the Manchester City players have normal faces, giving people the impression that they are not lagging behind.

In the away team’s dressing room, assistant coach Faria closed the door, the noise from the Etihad Stadium stopped abruptly, and the players came to the tactical board after dealing with personal cleaning issues, waiting for the arrangement of manager Jose Mourinho.

“Guys, we had to keep defending in the second half, Virgil had to take more responsibility, you were in charge of directing the defence, and you had the opportunity to get a long pass to Kerry.”

Mourinho glanced at all the players present, and looked at Van Dijk, Van Carrey, Rashford and Mkhitaryan with serious eyes: “The counter-attack opportunity is given to Carey and Marcus, Henrik has the opportunity to have the courage to step forward and enrich the counter-attacking effect…”

The four people whose names were mentioned all nodded solemnly, although the league has increased the original 14-game winning streak created by Arsenal to 17 consecutive wins, but the longest winning streak in Europe’s five major leagues has not been broken, and in front of them, there is also Pep Guardiola’s 19-game winning streak during his 2013-2014 season in charge of Bayern, so the league at the Etihad Stadium must win!

Van Carrey in particular, he really enjoys the feeling of leading the team to win games through his own efforts, scoring goals in 21 consecutive games, a new Premier League single-season goal record, a Premier League single-season winning streak…

All records must be refreshed and extended to the realm of a person who has not come!

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At half-time, players from both sides returned to the Etihad Stadium one after another, and the fans in the audience slowly joined to create a frenzied atmosphere of the scene, and a huge wave swept the stadium.

“aoaoaooaoaooaooooooooo——”

Neither side made adjustments to the substitutions, with Guardiola and Jose Mourinho clearly pleased with the players’ performance in the first half.

Manchester City, sitting at home, consciously stepped up their attack in the second half, but this strengthening was local, considering Van Carrey’s super individual fighting ability, Guardiola’s team did a good job of preparing for the transition from attack to defense, resulting in a problem that the number of attackers was not enough.

In addition to the double centre-backs having to squeeze around the arc of the centre, Fernandinho must take into account Van Carrey’s area of activity while attacking, and the two full-backs must be properly controlled in front of the attack, and cannot assist at the same time.

It is precisely because of this that Manchester City’s attack is not three-dimensional, and Manchester United are still relatively calm in defense.

As the clock ticked to the tenth minute of the second half, the scoreboard was still 1:2, with the home team in front and the away team in the back.

Pep Guardiola realised that worrying too much about defence would not work if he wanted to win Manchester United at home.

The offensive must be stepped up!

Manchester City attacked in a tidal wave, and Mourinho, who stood in the coaching area of the visiting team, looked at the dangerous home penalty area and was anxious.

He looked back at the bench and shook his head, with no more players available in attack except Jesse Lingard and Martial.

Mourinho didn’t realise until this time how foolish it was to bring in only Van Dijk in the winter window, when he should have brought in a central midfielder who could play as a substitute for Pogba.

“Damn it!”

Just then, the hoarse chant of Manchester City fans sounded over the Etihad Stadium: “aoaooaoaooooaooooaooooaooooa

Mourinho looked up at the pitch just in time to see Kevin De Bruyne deliver a penetrating ball from the right rib.

Sergio Aguero burst into the right side of the box and his explosive power was on full display as he snatched a powerful shot before Van Dijk fell to the ground.

The football quickly rolled against the ground to the near corner of the goal, goalkeeper De Gea’s subconscious save failed to save the team, the football crossed the goal line and crashed into the snow-white net, and the scoreboard showed a 1:2 score that instantly became 2:2.

The Manchester United fans who came to the Etihad Stadium with the team were very depressed, Mourinho stood in the coaching area of the visiting team and shook his head and sighed, his worst fear, finally happened.

Just two minutes into the game, happy boy Stirling scored a goal-overcoming goal in the box.

The Etihad Stadium went completely crazy, creating a wave after a wave: “aoaooaoo——”

Guardiola raised his arms and shouted, venting the huge pressure released by the goal!

League titles can be lost, Manchester City derby must win!

The broadcast footage was successively given to the dejected Manchester United players, and to the angry Mourinho, New England sports commentator Jin Xiangkai sighed: “The score is twice ahead and behind, plus Pogba is injured and early exit, it is simply worse for Manchester United.” ”

Immediately, the screen turned on Van Carrey.

I saw him raise his hands as the Manchester City players frantically celebrated the goal, encouraging his teammates: “Brothers, don’t be discouraged, I’m not down yet!” What is a score behind? It’s not that you haven’t lagged behind! What is the most exciting moment of the football game? Reborn from despair! I’m a man who never talks big, trust me! Believe me! The team that wins the Manchester City derby must be Manchester United!! ”

Although this sounds a bit arrogant, they know that Van Carrey never talks big because… He will put those words into practice through hard work.

PS: Ask for flowers every day!


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