super football star

Chapter 578 Let nature take its course
"Ah~~~ The wind shouldn't be intentional, right?" Assistant coach Kidd was also discussing this issue with Van Basten on the sidelines.

Regarding this~~~ Van Basten rolled his eyes, then ignored his assistant and walked to the sidelines. Obviously, this unexpected goal changed the mentality of Manchester City players.

Originally, Van Basten didn't have any thoughts about this game, but with Li Feng and Kompany's joint goal, Van Basten's mind became active again.

You must know that Manchester United, which played one day earlier than Manchester City, was tied by Newcastle United at home. This is why Van Basten is willing to give up this game. Even if they lose, the points of both sides will only be closer by one point.

But now it is different. Manchester City took the lead to break the deadlock, and relied on this somewhat funny and lucky goal to change the mentality of the players. This made Van Basten have to consider that if he wins this game, he can further expand the points with Manchester United, from the original seven points to nine points.

However, while Van Basten was still thinking about it, the score on the field changed again, and this change finally made Van Basten decide to let nature take its course.

After the game restarted, Liverpool launched an offensive, Henderson and Charlie Adam scored into the Manchester City penalty area, but Liverpool was still unable to break into the Manchester City penalty area.

As a result, Charlie Yadong shot directly at Yuanchao. Originally, this was not a threatening shot. The speed of the ball was not fast, and the angle was not tricky. Joe Hart followed closely to make a judgment. If there is no accident, the ball will be directly confiscated by Joe Hart.

However, during the flight of the ball, an accident happened to the ball. This also confirms the saying that football is round, and it may happen at any time on the field.

Lescott stretched his foot, but Lescott's kick did not clear the siege, it only changed the trajectory of the ball's flight, and Joe Hart, who made a judgment, could only turn his head and send the ball.

"Own goal~~~Own goal~~~Liverpool tied the score. It was only 2 minutes before Manchester City scored. It was also a central defender. It was Manchester City captain and central defender Kompany who broke the deadlock for Manchester City. Helping Liverpool equalize is the same Manchester City central defender, but another central defender, Lescott."

"There are two central defenders, one is a hero and the other is a sinner. Under Kompany's highlight, Lescott looks particularly miserable at this moment. Same position, different fate."

The Liverpool people were celebrating, while the Manchester City fans were silent. On the pitch, Kompany patted Lescott's head, and Joe Hart didn't blame him, because everyone knew that at this moment, Lescott was more sad and lost than anyone else. At this time, he needed the support and understanding of his teammates more than blame.

At the same time, Van Basten on the sidelines just shook his head after seeing Lescott's own goal. He didn't seem disappointed or angry, and then went straight to the bench and sat down on his seat.

Everything is back to the starting point, but after experiencing these two goals, the mentality of the Manchester City players is being adjusted little by little, while the Liverpool players continue to be the killers of this season's strong teams.

In the following time, the two sides started the offensive mode. For the first time this season, Manchester City was at a disadvantage in offense. Although the mentality of the players has been adjusted, there is still a big gap compared with before.

So in the next ten minutes, Joe Hart became the busiest person on the field. No. 306 minutes, Charlie Adam once again tested Joe Hart with a long shot. This time, without Lescott's help, the ball was directly confiscated by Joe Hart.

Two minutes later, Liverpool made a comeback. Suarez received a cross from Downing near the penalty spot, but Joe Hart pushed it out of the baseline. The subsequent corner kick was directly cleared by Yaya Toure.

In the 44th minute, Manchester City kicked back, Li Feng split the side, Silva broke through and crossed the middle, Yaya Toure shot directly wide from the penalty area.

In stoppage time, it was still Liverpool's offense. Glenn Johnson inserted from the back. After receiving a pass from Suarez at the penalty area line, Dirk Dirk crossed to Glenn Johnson.

In the end, the two sides maintained a score of 1:1 and entered the intermission. After returning to the locker room, Van Basten expressed his dissatisfaction immediately. Of course, this was not aimed at Lescott who scored an own goal, but the performance of the entire Manchester City team in the first half.

Although the two goals in the first half belonged to Manchester City, from the overall point of view of the first half, Manchester City's performance was much worse than that of Liverpool. Whether it is ball possession rate or the number of shots, Manchester City are all at a disadvantage. This is the first time this season.

After Van Basten's fire, the Manchester City players finally focused all their attention on the game in the second half. However, what made Manchester City depressed was that their performance had just improved in the second half, and a foul by Balotelli directly turned Manchester City back to a disadvantage.

However, this foul is really open to question. In the second half, 5 minutes into the second half, when Manchester City took a corner kick, Silva sent the ball directly into the Liverpool penalty area. Balotelli fought with Skrtel, and then Balotelli's arm touched Skrtel's head, and the Liverpool central defender fell to the ground.

Seeing this situation, Balotelli smiled, and then looked at the referee with an innocent face, as if saying, "I just touched him, but I didn't use any force at all." But soon, Balotelli couldn't laugh, because the referee drew cards, and two yellows turned one red.

Balotelli felt that he was wronged. For this reason~~~ he immediately explained to Van Basten after walking to the sidelines. It can also be seen from this that Balotelli was really wronged this time. According to his usual performance, if he really committed a foul, he would just chatter at most, and then he would not go into the locker room without explaining to Van Basten.

After Balotelli returned to the locker room, Van Basten immediately made a substitution decision. Dzeko came on, replaced Aguero, and then replaced Silva with Barry. Manchester City changed 441.

If facing a weak team, perhaps the numerical advantage can be made up by the personal ability of the players, but at this moment Manchester City is not facing an ordinary team.

Liverpool's strength is definitely not comparable to that of previous years, but even so, Liverpool is still in the first echelon of the Premier League. Perhaps there is indeed a gap in strength between Liverpool and Manchester City at this moment, but the gap is not as large as imagined. The number of one person completely reverses the strength comparison between the two teams.

So Van Basten chose to substitute, Barry replaced Silva, increased defensive ability, and had a stronger impact Dzeko replaced Aguero.

(End of this chapter)