In the 40th minute of the game, just when all the fans thought the first half would end in a draw, Manchester City suddenly created a killing opportunity in the center circle.
Moreno from the left wing of Liverpool dribbled the ball along the wing, but was pressed by Manchester City and had to turn around and take it back.
Moreno found that the ball could not be passed forward, so he had to pass the ball to Klavan who was pulled to the wing in the backcourt.
Klavan stopped the ball and found that there was no chance to pass the ball forward. He did not act recklessly and chose to pass the ball back to the goalkeeper.
Alisson stopped the ball on the penalty area line, looked up at the center circle of the frontcourt, and before Aguero came up to press, he directly looked for Mane on the left side of the center circle with his big foot.
Seeing the ball flying over, Mane immediately prepared to fight for the top.
But Alisson's pass was a little crooked and hit Walker directly next to Mane.
Mane immediately got close to Walker, pushing and squeezing him, but Walker remained motionless. He jumped up and pushed the ball towards Silva who was ten meters away in front of him. Although he didn't push the ball crookedly, he still pushed it hard.
Too strong.
The ball was directly overturned and passed to Henderson behind Silva.
Henderson originally thought that Silva would pester him, so he did not choose to stop the ball, jumped up to meet the ball, and directly headed the ball to Wijnaldum in front.
Who would have thought that Silva just feinted a shot, waited for Henderson to jump up, and immediately turned around and ran back.
At the same time, Fernandinho followed Wijnaldum and ran towards the ball, but he could not withstand the strong Brazilian midfielder.
Wijnaldum, who was flanked from front to back, didn't even have a chance to take off. The ball was tipped by Fernandinho to De Bruyne on the arc of the center circle.
Before De Bruyne received the ball, Mo Yang raised his head and glanced at his own defense.
Seeing Aguero and Jesus sandwiching Klavan in the middle like guardians, Mo Yang's pupils suddenly shrank.
He saw a dangerous passing line and there was no reason De Bruyne couldn't see it.
"Joel, keep an eye on Aguero and don't let him catch the ball!" Mo Yang yelled at Matip and at the same time started running towards De Bruyne.
After Matip was reminded like this, he realized that Klavan had unknowingly distanced himself from him.
"What the hell!" Matip yelled and immediately moved closer to Klavan.
Unfortunately it's too late!
De Bruyne obviously discovered that passing line earlier than Mo Yang.
Facing Fernandi's head pass, De Bruyne raised his right foot and stepped on the ball. He half-turned to the left and quickly followed up with his right foot, using the arch of his foot to push the ball out.
Scalp-thrust the ball.
Mo Yang took a step slower, fell to the ground and slid to block the ball, but the ball passed by the soles of his feet, like a knife piercing directly into the Liverpool penalty area.
Aguero, who was in front of Klavan, suddenly started when De Bruyne passed the ball, and relied on his excellent explosive power to speed up and get rid of the defense.
In front of the goal, Alisson saw Aguero riding through the barrier alone. He abandoned the goal and found the opportunity to fall to the ground to save the ball.
But Aguero was clearly prepared. He tapped his left foot to the right and even avoided Alisson with the ball. Then he easily pushed the ball into the empty goal with his right foot.
"boom!!!!"
Seeing the team's goal, 50,000 Manchester City fans rioted at the Etihad Stadium, and cheers resounded like thunder over the stadium.
De Bruyne was relieved when he saw Aguero score the ball. Not to mention how nervous he was just now.
Especially when he heard Mo Yang's roar before he even caught the ball, he was startled. He didn't expect that Mo Yang would be so sensitive and discover the single-handed line so quickly.
At this time, De Bruyne was a little lucky that the Dutchman was no longer on the court, otherwise even without Mo Yang's reminder, their attack would not have gone so smoothly this time.
Seeing Mo Yang sitting on the ground smiling bitterly, De Bruyne walked up directly, stretched out his hand towards Mo Yang, and smiled like a big boy. "Yang! I won!"
Mo Yang rolled his eyes when he heard this. He liked this guy very much. He smiled like a sunny boy.
"Just wait!" Mo Yang said the harsh words with a smile, and then walked away.
De Bruyne's heart sank when he heard this, and his smile immediately disappeared.
Although he only played against Mo Yang twice, he knew Mo Yang very well and was definitely a guy who kept his word.
After the game restarted, Manchester City played very steadily under the control of the wary De Bruyne.
Seeing that the ball was kept at his feet and Liverpool could not find an opportunity to attack, De Bruyne felt relieved.
In the blink of an eye, the fourth official on the sidelines held up a sign indicating that the stoppage time was only two minutes.
Just when countless Manchester City fans thought that the team would enter the halftime break with a one-goal advantage, the game suddenly changed again.
In the 46th minute of the game, a goal kick was taken by Manchester City, and the defense fell behind the center line in an attempt to delay the game until the end.
Mo Yang suddenly appeared on the front line, forming a subtle linkage with Salah and Mane to press the Manchester City defense.
Otamendi picked up the ball on the left side of the center circle, took a few steps and saw Mo Yang rushing over.
So he immediately spiked the ball and turned around, facing Mendy who had withdrawn to meet him from the wing.
Originally, as long as he passed the ball to Mendy immediately, there would be no danger.
But the bad thing is that this guy was too confident. He slowly raised his left foot and passed the ball.
But the moment the ball left his foot, Mo Yang also reached it. He raised his right foot and blocked the ball in front of him.
Suddenly the ball hit Mo Yang's ankle and bounced to the left backcourt of Manchester City.
Otamendi realized that he had made a big mistake. He panicked and immediately thought of a foul. I stretched out my hand to pull Mo Yang.
But Mo Yang didn't give him a chance at all. He leaned forward with his upper body while running, barely avoiding Otamendi's pull.
Helpless, Otamendi could only hand over Mo Yang to the chasing Mendy, and he leaned directly to the middle, because Salah, who switched positions with Mo Yang on his left, was also cutting in at high speed.
Although Stones is a central defender, Otamendi knows that this guy's body is probably not much stronger than Salah and may need his help.
After Mo Yang caught up with the ball, he moved forward vigorously.
After all, Mendy was faster than Mo Yang, and soon he was running side by side with Mo Yang.
He stuck Mo Yang on the sideline and was ready to block Mo Yang's cross from the sideline at any time.
But even though he was extremely prepared, he still failed to block Mo Yang's pass.
Mo Yang caught up with the ball again, directly raised his right foot and made a powerful low pass without any fancy moves.
Mendy stretched out his feet to stop the loneliness.
Seeing that Mo Yang's pass seemed to be directed towards the baseline, Mendy knew that this was going to be a rainbow cross with an exaggerated arc. His heart suddenly went cold. He only hoped that Stones in the middle could reach it in time.
Destroy the ball.
Mendy's hunch was correct, this was indeed a cross with a rainbow-like curvature of his feet.
The ball left Mo Yang's feet and entered the penalty area on the left side of Manchester City at a 90-degree angle.
Otamendi fell to the ground and made a sliding shovel, scooping up the air!
Then it was Stones' turn to fall to the ground and slide to block the ball. He was just a toe away, which immediately made Stones desperate.
In the eyes of the audience, Mo Yang's pass seemed to have eyes. He avoided Otamendi and Stones one after another, and accurately rolled to the penalty spot, making Salah's movements extremely smooth.
Here comes the foot thrust.
Ederson faced this kind of close-range shot. Although he reacted with a save, he also judged the direction correctly.
But the angle Salah wanted was so tricky that he was completely powerless and could only watch the ball go into the goal from the upper right corner.
Seeing Mo Yang's extremely exaggerated cross assist, all the Manchester City fans at the Etihad fell into silence.
I can't believe it was equalized after just five minutes.
“goal!!!!!!!!”
"As long as there is Yang! We will not lack goals!!!!" Berglin roared! After half a minute, the guy was laughing wildly in the commentary box.
"Positive!"
"Positive!"
"Positive!"
"Positive!"
In the huge Etihad Stadium, two thousand Liverpool fans kept making noises and celebrating wildly.