Chapter 385 The situation has taken a turn for the worse!
Manchester City fans reacted similarly to the Red Dot package.
Like a bolt from the blue.
Pellegrini was also caught off guard by this unexpected situation.
He calmed down quickly.
In the championship stage, it is natural to pursue victory in every game.
Win every battle!
Now the penalty kick for Crystal Palace has been scored.
Manchester City is behind.
Therefore, conservative substitutions are not advisable.
Manchester City must make a substitution.
Because it was the goalkeeper who was sent off.
There can't be someone to guard the gate, right?
So Pellegrini replaced Demichelis with Caballero.
Remove a defender and replace with a goalkeeper.
Crystal Palace fans were smiling and extremely optimistic.
Even if the penalty kick goes away, they still have a numerical advantage.
Time is still long, and no matter how strong Manchester City is, Crystal Palace still has a lot of room for maneuver.
Alan Pardew is proud of his tactical style and team performance.
Caballero looked hasty and ill-prepared when facing Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray's penalty kick.
The save was not adequate, the prediction was correct but there was little resistance.
The football flies into the goal.
Crystal Palace leads at home.
Manchester City quickly regained their momentum.
Immediately after kick-off, the pace is accelerated and the attack begins.
Crystal Palace was ahead by score and numbers, and they had the home advantage and continued to hold on.
Manchester City sped up the pace and launched a strong attack, but their numerical disadvantage led to the superposition of Crystal Palace's nearly full defense, making their offensive effect very unsatisfactory.
The success rate of ground passes and cuts in the frontcourt is not high. If you go to the wing and continue to deliver threatening balls on the ground, you will not be able to create a good opportunity to score.
At the critical moment when one defender was missing, Kompany and the two defensive midfielders repeatedly intercepted successfully in response to Crystal Palace's counterattack, which attracted huge cheers from the fans.
Seems very stable.
But everyone knows that once they are penetrated, Crystal Palace will have an excellent chance to score with a high probability.
If there is a real possibility of being unable to stop the opponent, Manchester City's midfield and backfield players will decisively take foul measures.
Since one person has already been sent off, the referee will be slightly merciful to Manchester City in terms of penalty scale. As long as it is not too outrageous, he will worry about sending off another person and completely disappearing the suspense of the game, or causing controversy due to the penalty and putting himself in a whirlpool.
among.
The referee will give Manchester City a death-free gold medal at his discretion.
Manchester City couldn't attack for a long time.
Halftime is over.
In this extremely difficult offensive situation, if Manchester City has a balanced number, Aguero can play a very good role.
However, in the context of numerical disadvantage, Manchester City's delicate passing and cutting style lacked effective team support.
The constant wave of offensives cannot bring greater pressure to Crystal Palace.
They need to simplify their playing style and use simple and crude methods to threaten the opponent's goal.
No matter whether you can score a goal or not, it is the last word to start with some threatening attacks to prevent the opponent's defense from being too comfortable.
Of course Pellegrini will give Aguero more trust.
However, shortly after the start of the second half of the game, Crystal Palace made a quick counterattack and reached the frontcourt, causing a foul on a Manchester City player in front of the penalty area and earning a direct free kick.
Jason Poncheyon hit a high-quality curve ball through Caballero's fingers.
Crystal Palace 2:0 Manchester City!
Manchester City fans collectively changed their minds!
Fear and panic swept through my body.
Crystal Palace fans cheered and Alan Pardew raised his fists and roared loudly.
"Haha, we are going to attack Manchester City at home!"
"If Manchester City loses the game here, shouldn't Mourinho and all his colleagues at Chelsea come to give us a shout-out?"
"If Chelsea wins the championship because of this, I will still feel a little unhappy."
Crystal Palace and Chelsea are both London clubs.
It has a relationship with the local derby.
It's just not as intense as between mortal enemies.
A sense of despair arose in the hearts of Manchester City fans after a long absence.
Pellegrini shook his head slightly.
What should you do in this situation?
He is not helpless.
It's just that Aguero is still expected to play a role, but now he has to make a substitution.
Dzeko appears.
Aguero left the game quickly, his expressionless face showing no emotion.
It’s not necessarily how great Dzeko is, it’s simply that Dzeko’s high point can create a better environment for Hao Qiang to perform, that’s all.
The core is to liberate Hao Qiang!
Manchester City's style of play became simpler after the substitutions.
There is no need for the head coach to signal for Dzeko to play, everyone understands it.
Both wings flew together on the wing, making frequent crosses to deliver cannonballs to the goal.
The threat of Hao Qiang and Dzeko competing for points in the penalty area is still clear at a glance.
When fighting for a header, you can win the air superiority at the right point, but the quality of the goal depends on individual performance and whether there is any influence from the opponent.
Obviously, Crystal Palace was extremely conservative. Even if they could not grab the ball, they were still able to engage in physical confrontation in the air when Hao Qiang and Dzeko headed the ball and consciously started to collide.
Even if they do it on purpose.
But if such a collision occurs in the penalty area, the Premier League will never give a penalty kick as a foul.
The bombardment of crosses from the wing for more than 20 minutes made Crystal Palace fans uneasy.
But the score never changed, which kept them from getting too nervous.
The game has just passed 75 minutes.
Manchester City started bombing with another wave of crosses from the wing.
Hao Qiang quietly withdrew from the penalty area.
Dzeko failed to hold the ball and was cleared by his opponent.
Fernandinho controlled the ball in front of the center circle and immediately passed the ball to Silva.
David Silva unexpectedly saw Hao Qiang receiving the ball outside the penalty area.
Deliver the ball decisively to the opponent's feet.
Crystal Palace's defense line is already somewhat rigid, and its thinking is inert and rigid.
He guarded the space in the penalty area and ignored Hao Qiang's threat in front of the penalty area.
Hao Qiang pulled the ball and turned around, changed the direction of the ball to dodge the opponent's press, completed the adjustment, and then blasted out with a blast!
The football passed through the gap in the crowd and flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal!
boom!
Crystal Palace fans were stunned for a moment!
Manchester City fans burst into cheers with joy.
Hao Qiang turned around and retreated, having no time to celebrate.
Alan Pardew looked angry.
It's him again, it's always him!
Of course it's him!
Manchester City recovered a goal and their morale was boosted.
Crystal Palace's counterattack went from bad to worse in the second half of the game.
It can also be said that they chose to defend comfortably after taking a two-goal lead, and gradually lost the motivation to counterattack.
Think it's safe to lead by two goals and add one more player?
Now Hao Qiang responded with a goal.
Tell them they are overthinking it!
Alan Pardew also lacks courage in making substitution adjustments.
Substitution to strengthen defense.
Only one Zaha was left to counterattack.
But at this time, Crystal Palace could not even organize a smooth counterattack.
The formation is extremely deep, so the backcourt can only make clearances but cannot form a counterattack.
Manchester City's side suddenly began to switch offensive methods frequently after their playing style became rigid.
The midfielder's long-range shot from behind was superimposed with crosses from the wing and hit the Crystal Palace defense back and forth.
It was almost impossible to tell that Crystal Palace had beaten one more player.
Excessive conservatism causes the numerical advantage to be completely lost!
However, Manchester City's attacks in the penalty area are not threatening, and long-range shots from outside are always missed.
It makes Crystal Palace fans still feel lucky.
The game entered injury time.
When Kompany reached the penalty area and took a long shot, the Crystal Palace fans were horrified when they saw the football flying out.
"No way?"
"Do we want the iron tree to bloom?"
"Made, is your luck going to explode?"
boom!
Kompany's long-range shot hit the right goal post!
Manchester City fans hold their heads.
The football that popped up here was blocked by Crystal Palace defender Dunn because it was too close.
When Dunn was about to follow to make a rescue, a long leg came into view!
Hao Qiang's body seized the position and severed the connection between Dunn and football.
Dunn raised his leg in an attempt to clear the ball but failed. When he landed again to fight or press, Hao Qiang was one step ahead and kicked the ball towards the goal.
The football flew straight into the goal from bottom to top, hit the top of the net inside the goal and then bounced down!
Manchester City fans cheered wildly.
Escape from death!
It’s Hao Huang again!
However, Hao Qiang remained calm and continued to retreat, hoping to stage a miraculous victory.
But Crystal Palace gave Manchester City no more chances to attack.
Time is wasted, and the final blow ends in failure.
The final whistle sounded.
Fans of both teams have mixed emotions.
Crystal Palace should be happy to get a draw.
But playing with one more player for a long time, leading the game for almost 80 minutes but only getting a draw in the end, how can they be calm?
Manchester City fans are aware that the points gap between them and Chelsea may be widened in this round.
They are drifting away from the championship.
Sure enough, Chelsea defeated Stoke City 2:1 at home this round.
Blues fans went crazy.
The 4-point advantage over Manchester City is very crucial given the fact that there are still 7 rounds left in the league.
Because 4 points represents more than one win difference.
Chelsea has the equivalent of a loss tolerance.
Mourinho was in high spirits after the game.
The situation for the championship this season is becoming increasingly clear.
Major media outlets in Fleet Street also issued championship predictions.
Chelsea's chances of winning the championship soar!
Manchester is a world of ice and fire.
Manchester United has returned to the top four in the standings. The fans cannot be said to be very satisfied, but at least they can hold their heads up.
Due to the bad situation of the championship competition, Manchester City fans can't help but feel filled with gloom.
The bad thing is that before the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester City has to go to Old Trafford to play a Manchester City derby!
All Manchester United fans want from the team this season is to win the top four and return to the Champions League next season.
And snipe Manchester City to defend the title!
As long as Manchester City's title challenge is delayed at home, even if Chelsea is successful, it will still be better than Manchester City's success in defending the title.
Especially since they can see the pain of Manchester City's failure to defend their title, they can somewhat comfort themselves.
The day before the game, the atmosphere in the city had already become a little tense.
With the strengthening of security forces, fans of the two teams continued to have conflicts throughout the city.
There were even groups of die-hard fans who organized large-scale conflicts in the suburbs.
Of course, for ordinary fans, as long as they walk around each other and ignore the provocations of their mortal enemies, their lives will have no impact.
On the match day, Old Trafford was packed with people and the atmosphere was lively.
When the starting players of both teams took the field, the cheers from their respective fan groups were deafening.
Pellegrini looked gloomy.
The failure to win the Crystal Palace in the last round had almost fatal negative effects.
Manchester City cannot afford to lose in this game.
How much we fight and pay in this game will determine Manchester City's status when they visit Turin a few days later.
The pressure and impact of a two-front battle are testing everyone at Manchester City.
Manchester City started 433.
Goalkeeper: Caballero.
Defenders: Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Clichy.
Midfielder: Milner, Silva, Fernandinho.
Forwards: Navas, Hao Qiang, Aguero.
Manchester United's Louis van Gaal can now hold his head high.
Leading Manchester United back to the top four in the league has already been explained in the first season of coaching.
It's just that we can't make a final decision yet, at least the situation is not bad for Manchester United.
The game kicked off with the fans' enthusiastic and almost crazy cheers.
In the first half of the match, Manchester United had both Robin van Persie and Di Maria. The lineup looked more luxurious, but the actual effect was that Manchester City was beaten horribly.
Now, by putting some ineffective players on the bench and using players with better actual results, Manchester United's lineup seems to have only Rooney supporting the overall situation, but the overall performance and efficiency are better.
Manchester United, which plays at home, fights on a single line, so they are in better physical condition and there is no reason to be timid against Manchester City.
Attack aggressively from the start.
The offensive and defensive confrontation between the two teams was tit-for-tat, and Manchester United was equally threatening with both wings flying together.
Rooney's header almost created a dream start.
Hao Qiang's long shot in front of the penalty area caused De Gea to make a world-class save, which cooled down the enthusiasm of Manchester United fans a lot.
Manchester City is not at the mercy of others, and it may not be easy to defeat Manchester City.
There were constant dangers. The two teams immediately kicked up the tempo at the beginning, and the slightest carelessness could cause their opponents to create a threatening offensive.
Shortly after Ma Ta's long-range shot slid past, Ashley Young cut in from the left side of the frontcourt to receive Rooney's pass.
After adjusting for crosscutting, take off with your feet and shoot.
After a wonderful curve ball, the audience watched the football fly into the upper right corner of the goal.
Wonderful and extraordinary!
Manchester United fans cheered wildly.
coming!
Manchester City fans looked ugly.
Are you really going to be attacked by Manchester United?
Manchester United 1:0 Manchester City.
The morale of the whole team is high.
But Manchester City is always calm and calm in times of crisis.
Quickly organize a threatening offensive after kick-off.
Hao Qiang received a pass from Navas on the right side of the penalty area and directly kicked the ball towards the goal.
De Gea's flying save was stunning.
The heroic gesture of saving the ball to the limit is like a god coming down from the earth!
Hao Qiang's expression remained unchanged.
When he almost scored with two long-range shots, Manchester United's defense against him will naturally further improve, compressing his ball control space.
Rooney's shot over the crossbar in the penalty area made Manchester United fans sigh.
Just after 20 minutes of the game, when Hao Qiang once again made a move in front of the penalty area and hit the goal, Blind and Smalling immediately stepped forward to form a flanking defense.
Hao Qiang's dropped foot knocked the ball back.
Silva touched the ball from behind and sent a through ball.
Aguero countered offside and got rid of Phil Jones before stopping the ball before the penalty spot and directly pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal.
Short, flat, fast, crisp and neat.
De Gea was powerless this time.
The football rolls into the Manchester United goal!
