This is actually a bit difficult for him, although Guardiola has always wanted to build Gundogan into another core of the Manchester City team.
Being accustomed to playing support, he suddenly sat in the core position and was immediately pressed closely by Guendouzi.
With no advantage in speed, he was defeated in the first contact. I don't know if it was because he didn't warm up, but he gave up the ball in the physical confrontation.
Guendouzi immediately passed the ball to Harland. Harland leaned on Otamendi and wanted to hand the ball to Luo Wu, but Laporte had already thought of all this and grabbed it before Luo Wu.
The ball was taken away.
Luo Wu was injured to begin with, so it was impossible for him to exert himself physically. He could only watch helplessly as Laporte rushed up with the ball.
Harland immediately chased back, but Laporte had already passed the ball to Foden on the left.
Foden coolly cut the instep of his right foot and immediately used his speed to rush past Lichtsteiner.
This guy is getting more confident the more he plays.
Aguero in the middle tried to help him share the defensive firepower.
Foden dribbled the ball to the bottom line in one breath, and then swept the ball into the back of Arsenal's penalty area. Sterling came up and touched the ball with his right foot, but he was still squeezed by Holding.
I kicked the ball wide.
Sterling is indeed the king of shooting.
The simpler the goal, the less likely it is to score...
"Shit!"
Assistant coach Maresca couldn't stand it anymore.
fed up.
Then go down.
He's had enough of Sterling's happy football.
When he first said he wanted to buy Sterling, he expressed opposition.
A second-rate guy like Sterling is simply not suitable to play for Manchester City.
Now that he had the chance to replace him, he wouldn't even think about it.
Then Mahrez came on and replaced Sterling.
The new arrival of Mahrez once again improved Manchester City's offensive power.
When Manchester City switched from defense to attack, Otamendi in the backcourt did not hesitate to lob the ball to the right front.
It was simple and straightforward to find Mahrez, whose speed was also better than Koscielny.
Arsenal's defense was penetrated in this way.
But what people didn't expect was that Van de Beek actually made up for it. When Mahrez tried to pass, he scooped the ball at the edge of the penalty area.
Manchester City just won a tactical corner kick.
This time without De Bruyne, Gundogan's corner kick did not find his teammates, and the ball was easily pushed out of the right side of the penalty area by Papastathopoulos.
Lichtsteiner passed the ball to Saka in front.
Harland immediately rushed up from the center, but Saka did not pass the ball.
Saka chose to challenge Zinchenko.
He simply moved the ball and tried to pass Zinchenko from the outside, but Zinchenko saw through his mind and used his body to hold him.
Zinchenko then swept the ball to Fernandinho.
Fernandinho immediately sent a through ball to Foden!
Lichtsteiner didn't give him a chance to rush over this time. As soon as Foden made a move with his foot, Lichtsteiner stabbed him forward.
It doesn't matter if it's a person or a ball, fouling is what he wants to do.
The footing was very measured. Although Foden fell, it didn't look serious.
The referee couldn't do anything to him.
Manchester City won a set-piece opportunity in the frontcourt, but the position was not very good. Gundogan still sent the ball into Arsenal's penalty area, but he still couldn't find his teammate.
Lack of De Bruyne's threatening passing.
What's the use of just having an opportunity to attack?
However, Arsenal's counterattack failed. Manchester City's defense was very fast. After switching to positional battle, Arsenal's advancement became very difficult, mainly because Luo Wu did not come back.
If Luo Wu comes back to get the ball, he can still organize the offense, but he is only half a man left now.
Instead, Harland came back to respond, but Harland had no organizational skills, so he could only make a transition. The ball came to the feet of Ronaldo on the left. Ronaldo had no better way and could only rely on his teammates to come and respond.
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After Van de Beek got the ball, he tried to lob the ball behind Manchester City's defense, but there was only one Haaland after all, and he was almost exhausted. He couldn't be a mother and a father at the same time.
Otamendi easily headed the ball back to the goalkeeper.
Harland was not convinced and rushed forward again, but his efforts were still in vain.
It was only then that Luo Wu was seen, and he just slowly stepped back.
But he was very purposeful, running towards Fernandinho.
After all, goalkeeper Ederson still failed to pass the ball and passed it to Zinchenko.
At this time Saka came up again and immediately followed Zinchenko.
This time Zinchenko no longer dared to spike the ball back to the goalkeeper, but directly swung the ball up with his big foot.
But the ball was swung out of bounds by him.
The linesman raised the flag very quickly.
At this time, Luo Wu is very smart!
With a whoosh, he rushed out of the court and picked up the ball!
Then without thinking, he threw a depth bomb into the Manchester City penalty area.
Mainly because the action was too fast and no one from the Manchester City team formed a defensive posture immediately.
As a result, the ball landed directly in front of Haaland's chest.
Haaland easily put Otamendi behind him and then shot with his right foot!
It was right near the penalty spot, and there was no pressure on the shot.
Full of strength.
The distance was too close and goalkeeper Ederson couldn't react at all. Although the ball had no angle, it just whizzed into the goal from the left side of his body.
"goooooooal!"
"Harland!"
"Haaland scores again!"
"This goal-scoring fiend."
"Luo Wu's shot was too smart and caught Manchester City off guard. Manchester City's defense was not organized yet and the ball had already flown into the penalty area. Otamendi was really helpless in challenging Haaland alone. Haaland
Once his position of virtue is established, he becomes an impenetrable wall."
"Is this... considered an assist from Luo Wu? Haha."
"Too strong."
5:4.
Arsenal took the advantage again.
"Fake!"
This time it was Guardiola's turn to curse in the stands.
The blood pressure must be high.
From being three goals ahead to being one goal behind, tmd was like watching a joke.
Unlucky things always happen to Manchester City.
"If Sterling had just shot that ball in, it wouldn't be so hard now."
"It's fun now, Arsenal are one goal ahead, they just need to defend and counterattack."
"If we can't stand the Chinese, then Arsenal will have to counterattack."
"He can send the ball to any corner of the court."
"And Manchester City have to come out in full force, and they don't have much time left."
"They need to seize the limited opportunities they have."