Under the pressure exerted by Manchester United, which continued to disregard physical fitness, it would be too much to say that Manchester City's original smooth passing system was destroyed, but it is completely fine to say that it was severely disrupted.
"Guardiola, he is afraid of being robbed like this!"
"But the problem is that Manchester United worked so hard. I'm afraid they won't last until the end. In the first half, they ran a lot thanks to Chu Zheng's fast-paced play."
"Now let's see how Guardiola will respond!" Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu in the live broadcast room were also excited by the second turning point in the game.
On the field, Bravo soon made another huge mistake.
In the 55th minute of the game, Manchester City finally controlled the ball for a short period of time under Chu Zheng's backcourt coordination.
But when the ball reached the frontcourt, they could never find the offensive space like in the first half, and had no choice but to guide the ball all the way back to the backcourt.
The ball rotates at the feet of Kolarov, Fernandinho and Otamendi.
Seeing that Manchester United's formation quickly pressed forward, Kolarov on the left rib passed the ball back to Bravo in the penalty area.
Bravo was also a little hesitant and cautious after taking the ball, and did not blindly take a big shot forward, and this did not meet Guardiola's requirements for him.
Taking the ball to the penalty spot, seeing Kolarov returning to the left side of the penalty area, he pushed the ball across.
After Stones returned to the right rib area at the top of the arc, Kolarov passed the ball.
However, at this moment, Manchester United's high-pressing attack suddenly appeared in the frontcourt.
Rooney leaned toward Kolarov, Herrera went straight to Stones, Pogba guarded Fernanho, and Ibrahimovic guarded Sagna in the left rib area at the top of the arc.
Stones had no choice but to pass the ball back to Bravo on the left side of the penalty area.
Herrera followed the ball and continued to press forward.
When Bravo saw the aggressive Herrera, he looked very calm. As soon as he stopped and pulled, he raised his right foot in a big-footed kick-off posture.
As a result, the moment Herrera stepped forward to grab the ball, he suddenly turned into a dunk and dunked the ball to the left front.
However, he failed to control the force of the spike, causing the ball to be spiked more than one meter away. This was obviously a huge mistake.
Rooney quickly made a move outside the upper right corner of the penalty area, and Bravo was not slow either.
The two rushed to the ball, put tackles in front and behind the ball at the same time, and kicked each other directly on the ground.
The ball was pinched and then jumped to the feet of Kolarov, who was rushing over.
Kolarov quickly took the ball away along the sideline, but when he saw Rooney lying on the ground, he pushed the ball out of the sideline.
Chu Zheng, who rushed back from the middle, was still racing with his heart.
Damn, I’ve seen ball games played before, but I’ve never seen them played like this, and I’ve never seen a goalkeeper play like this. This is simply playing with fire, and you’re not afraid of burning yourself to death.
On Clattenburg's side, Manchester United players are besieging him, complaining that Bravo just showed his spikes and want a penalty kick.
But Clattenburg was very determined, saying that although Bravo had kicked him just now, his tackle was very clean and he had no intention of hurting Rooney.
On the sidelines, Guardiola was also frightened to death.
The reason why he poached Bravo from Barcelona was because he valued Bravo's good foot skills and could meet the requirements of his tactical system.
Unexpectedly, the team's ability to withstand pressure was not strong enough, and they made consecutive mistakes in the first game.
Counting Bravo's 5 mistakes this time, Guardiola was a little disappointed and thought of Bayern's seemingly omnipotent goalkeeper.
But for Guardiola, the top priority is not to care about Bravo's mistakes, but that he needs to make tactical adjustments.
So Guardiola took advantage of the interruption in the game to quickly make substitution adjustments.
He replaced Iheanacho with Fernando.
Soon the game restarted, and Guardiola's tactical adjustments were clearly visible on the field.
Manchester City changed into a strikeless formation, Fernandinho's position was good, and the midfielder was further pressed out.
Guardiola's intention is obvious, which is to force the Manchester United midfielder to retreat through further pressure in the midfield, so that Manchester United cannot continue to put pressure on Manchester City's penalty area, so as to resolve the passive situation on the field during these fifteen minutes.
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As for the effect of Guardiola's substitutions and formation adjustments, it is extremely intuitive.
Seeing that Manchester United's formation was pushed back bit by bit and Manchester City's precarious situation stabilized, both Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun in the live broadcast room had expressions of admiration on their faces.
The two were amazed by Guardiola's reaction and ability to accurately judge the game situation.
Just three minutes later, Guardiola used the second substitution.
Sane replaces Sterling.
"The intention of this substitution is obvious. Guardiola wants to maintain the speed of the wing and the ability to cut inside, so that Manchester United cannot play effective wing coordination and offense. At the same time, Sane's speed is used to limit Luke Shaw's backside.
Get the assist!" Zhang Lu said confidently.
Five minutes later, Manchester City gradually took the initiative again.
In the 64th minute of the game, Chu Zheng saw that Pogba was sticking to the ball after coming from the center. He stepped up and kicked the ball, and then he quickly got up using his hands and feet, and rushed up with a sudden move.
After entering the 30-meter area, Chu Zheng quickly sent a scalpel kick to De Bruyne's ribs to the left.
De Bruyne took the ball and stepped on his bicycle to hit the ball down the bottom.
He came outside the small penalty area on the left and forced his kick, but it hit De Gea's arms.
This attack was also the third turning point in the game, pushing the game into an open and close offensive battle.
Seeing Manchester City and Manchester United going back and forth on the field, the atmosphere at Old Trafford reached its peak.
In the stadium, not only the players were engaged in fierce confrontations, but the fans were also not idle, engaging in tit-for-tat insults.
"You are fucking shit!" and other dirty English words and phrases were exchanged in the stands, and both sides were yelling at each other with great enthusiasm.
In the 69th minute of the game, Manchester City launched an attack from the left.
Nolito held the ball, but Valencia made a precise move and kicked the ball away.
The ball rolled back along the wing to the center line, allowing Otamendi to get it.
But faced with Rooney's entanglement, Otamendi suddenly made a U-turn while leading back, and then quickly moved forward and handed the ball to Kolarov.
Kolarov took the ball and advanced quickly. When he saw Nolito moving in towards the ribs, he quickly kicked the ball through.
Unfortunately, Valencia saw through his intention again and quickly stepped forward to block it.
The ball hit Valencia's foot and deflected into his ribs. Chu Zheng quickly stopped the ball.
Facing Herrera's attack, Chu Zheng directly stepped on the ball and pulled back, then turned back.
Just as he turned around, Chu Zheng saw Fernandinho in the middle having already moved forward, and he quickly stuffed the ball over.
However, Fernandinho seriously underestimated Chu Zheng's passing speed, which caused him to extend his foot a beat too slowly and failed to block the ball.
The ball went straight to Blind in front of Fernandinho.
After taking the ball, Blind took two steps forward to the left, and then directly passed the ball behind Manchester City from the top of the penalty area.
The ball landed on the left rib of the center circle. Rashford immediately picked up the speed and got rid of Sagna in the blink of an eye.
Stones quickly ran across the center to cover the defense, and Sagna took advantage of the situation and moved inwards.
Rashford entered the Manchester City penalty area from the left rib at the top of the arc. Facing Stones who was walking sideways in front of him, he quickly stepped on the bicycle and suddenly pushed the ball to the right with the instep of his outside foot.
The follow up was a cold kick.
The next second, Old Trafford was detonated again, and the cheers of Manchester United fans sounded like thunder, which was deafening.
Just as the Manchester United fans were rejoicing, Clattenburg stood up and directly signaled that Rashford's ball from the near corner was hit by the offside Ibrahimovic, so the goal was invalid.
Suddenly, the Manchester United fans were shouting curses.
Through the replay of the footage, we can indeed see that the ball hit Ibrahimovic's left calf and had a slight change in line, causing the ball to go into the goal from Bravo's right side.
So there is nothing wrong with this penalty.
After that, the two sides continued to attack vigorously, but unfortunately, although both sides had many opportunities, neither one was able to seize them.
The fourth goal did not arrive until the 75th minute of the game.
Mourinho was anxious on the sidelines.
In order to ensure the advantage of the two-wing tactic, especially to suppress Manchester United's right wing where Nolito and Chu Zheng were, he would rather expose the four defenders in the center to face Manchester City's counterattack, or force a pass.
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So starting from the 75th minute, Manchester United adopted a high-red bombing strategy against Manchester City and frequent long passes from the backcourt.
Mourinho is trying to use this method to forcefully knock on Manchester City's door.
In the 80th minute of the game, Guardiola made another adjustment.
He used up the last substitution, Zabaleta replaced De Bruyne, who could no longer run, and began to shrink the formation and set up the bus.
Suddenly, Manchester United and Mourinho almost spat out their blood on the spot.
"Guardiola is so thief, he can see that Manchester United can hardly run anymore!"
"Haha! Indeed, Luke Shaw has been cramped twice by Sane! Other Manchester United players are obviously unable to run."
Seeing Guardiola begin to recycle the formation and use dense defensive positions to resist Manchester United's high-altitude bombing tactics, Zhang Lu and Zhan Jun burst into laughter.
At the same time, I was fascinated by the silent confrontation between Guardiola and Mourinho.
This kind of tactical confrontation between top coaches is no less exciting than the game on the field.
The game reached the final stage, and it would be no exaggeration to say it was tragic. It was almost becoming the Champions League final.
Especially in the second half, the two sides went to great lengths, which was really exciting. This kind of game is really rare.
In the 83rd minute of the game, Luke Shaw cramped for the third time.
Mourinho gritted his teeth and replaced him with Martial.
At the same time, Martial also brought Mourinho's new tactical instructions to the Manchester United players on the field.
That is to make a desperate move and use a comprehensive long-pass attack to make a final counterattack and fight to the death.
Unfortunately, one wrong step after another, Mourinho was beaten to death by Guardiola, who was always expected to be defeated.
The ball kept flying in the sky, but it just couldn't fly into Manchester City's goal.
In the 89th minute of the game, Chu Zheng knelt down directly. He was really tired and would retching from time to time, almost vomiting.
Guardiola saw this scene and suddenly became anxious.
He saw all Chu Zheng's performance.
In the second half, if Chu Zheng hadn't reacted immediately and quickly retreated to help Fernandinho, they might not have been able to hold on to the fifteen minutes of passive time.
Chu Zheng's running distance in the first half was the first in the game, one-third more than other players, and he ran even more in the second half.
Guardiola can tell how tired Chu Zheng is by looking at Chu Zheng's wide-range running hot picture.
But there is no way, Manchester City has no substitutions.
Now Guardiola just hopes that the game will end as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a tragedy if Chu Zheng gets injured.
The tactical system was established by Guardiola, so he is very clear about the importance of Chu Zheng, the fleet commander.
In the 94th minute of the game, when Chu Zheng used his last breath of energy to take off and hit Martial's cross from the wing over the crossbar, Clattenberg finally blew the whistle to end the game.
Suddenly Chu Zheng collapsed to the ground.
Looking at the blue sky, Chu Zheng, whose chest was heaving violently, showed a smile.
This kind of derby is really tiring, but it’s also so exciting.
"Game over!!"
"The suspense of the 172nd Manchester City Derby is revealed, Manchester City defeated Manchester United 2-1!"
"Manchester City has maintained its unbeatable record in the new season!"
