Chapter 867： Su Dong, have you seen it?

When the game was in the twelfth minute, Stoke City got a chance for a throw-in from the front right.

When Marcelo returned to the defense, he tackled the ball directly out of bounds.

Wilkinson, the right back of Stoke City, ran to the front quickly, picked up a football from the ground, placed it in the shirt on his chest, and wiped it carefully to wipe off the water stains.

The visitors of the visiting team quickly pressed on, especially the high center John Carew, who went directly to the bottom line on the left side of the penalty area and blocked Pepe behind him with his burly body.

This is the iconic tactic of Stoke City, the out-of-bounds ball throwing grenade tactic.

With the referee's whistle, Wilkinson quickly raised the ball above his head and threw it into the penalty area with all his strength.

Both Stoke's full-backs have practiced this set, throwing far and accurately.

John Carew leaned against Pepe and kept leaning back.

If Pepe’s body is in the central defender, it’s very top-notch, but his height is a bit shorter than John Carew, he is not dominant in strength, and he has to block between him and the goal, so Pepe only Can go back.

Although John Carew is a high center forward, his footwork is also very good.

Wilkinson's hand tossed the ball directly into the left side of Manchester City's penalty area. After landing in front of John Carew, the Norwegian center stopped the ball to the baseline with his foot, and Pepe behind him tried his best. To get stuck in position, don't let Karoo turn around.

But just as the two were fighting physically, Joe Hart didn't know what to think, so he abandoned the door and attacked.

You really want to attack. You attack when you throw the ball into the penalty area and take the ball out of the air. That's okay. But you wait until the ball hits the ground and you just hit it empty. ?

You are lonely!

Pepe was shocked, desperately trying to stop John Carew from kicking.

But the Norwegian center has turned sideways and saw Joe Hart. He immediately stabbed the ball with his height and long legs.

Although Carew lost his balance and fell into the penalty area, the ball passed under Joe Hart's crotch and went straight to the goal.

Behind him, Kompany kept chasing, trying to clear the ball in front of the goal, but in the end he drove the ball and shoveled into his own goal.

There was a burst of exclamation mixed with disappointment from the entire Etihad Stadium.

Zero to one!

John Carew jumped up from the ground, roared, and rushed out of Manchester City's penalty area with excitement. He ran all the way and roared constantly, as if telling everyone that he had scored!

Su Dong, have you seen it? I scored!

"It's very surprising, the Stoke City team was the one who took the lead!"

"Man City has once again exposed problems in this out-of-bounds defense, especially goalkeeper Joe Hart. He had a very bad timing of his attack. Even if he just kept in front of the goal at the time, I believe Pepe can stop the card. Lu's, after all, Karoo's shooting angle was not great at the time."

"But who would have thought that Joe Hart would abandon the goal and hit the ball, yet it was incomprehensible."

"One to zero! With a goal from Norwegian high center Kalu, Stoke City temporarily leads the away game."

Amidst the boos of the audience, Pepe looked at Joe Hart who fell in the penalty area and failed to hold his legs in time. Joe Hart, who was pierced by Carew, really wanted to yell at him.

With such a small shooting angle, you just keep close to the post. What are you attacking?

Forget it if you attack, anyhow you pounced on the ball!

In terms of physical confrontation, Pepe does not have any advantage against Caru, but he tried his best to push Caru to the bottom line, so that Caru doesn’t have much shooting angle. Shooting basically means hitting the goalkeeper’s arms. The situation inside.

But now it's okay, I'm wearing the crotch.

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While Manchester City was temporarily behind Stoke City by zero to one at the Etihad Stadium, in Blackburn, north of Manchester, at Ewood Park, Manchester United is challenging Blackburn away.

The two games were played almost simultaneously, and now Manchester United and Blackburn are zero to zero.

Ferguson stood in the command area in front of the visiting team's coach, chewing gum, watching the game intently.

Blackburn's 19-year-old central defender Phil Jones performed very well and left a deep impression on Ferguson. He deflated Manchester United's offense several times and looked promising.

Assistant coach Mike Phelan just received a call and immediately walked to Ferguson's side.

"Goal over there!"

Ferguson's eyelids twitched, so fast?

"Su Dong?" Ferguson blurted out.

"No, it's John Carew." The assistant coach chuckled. "Use their iconic foul ball tossing grenade tactic."

Ferguson was overjoyed and laughed out loud.

I can do whatever I want!

He has been waiting for the news of Stoke's goal, but he didn't expect it to come.

"Tony Pulis is still very good. He can take Stoke's lineup to eighth in the league. If he can upset Manchester City tonight, it may not be possible to go further." Ferguson is in a pretty beautiful mood. , "By the way, did Manchester City not defend this tactic?"

"Defend, but Joe Hart took the initiative to attack, and instead of hitting the ball, he exposed his crotch."

After speaking, the assistant coach couldn't help laughing.

No matter who scores and who loses, anyway, as long as Stoke City scores, Manchester United will be happy.

As long as Manchester City loses this round, in the last round, Manchester United will have a chance to comeback.

More importantly, this season's Manchester United is also fighting in the third line. On one hand, the Champions League reached the final, and the opponent was Mourinho's Barcelona. On the other hand, the FA Cup also reached the final. The opponent was Guardiola's Manchester City. .

If it can be reversed in the league first, it will be a great help for Manchester United.

After Ferguson heard the good news, he was refreshed and gave some pointers, saying: "Man City’s biggest problem now is the goalkeeper. Their frontcourt is weaker at best, but the goalkeeper’s position has made too many mistakes. Too much morale."

"Many people say that we need a goalkeeper, but that is Van der Sar's retirement, but even so, Van der Sar is very reliable, but Manchester City is different, no one knows when Joe Hart With a twitch of mind, something bad happened."

Mike Phelan also laughed, agreeing with Ferguson's statement.

The introduction of a high-level goalkeeper has become the most outside proposal for Manchester City.

Joe Hart has made enough mistakes this season, and he is completely unworthy of the main goalkeeper position of the Premier League rushing team.

Of course, this is also related to Guardiola's tactics.

"Man City are behind, we should also work harder!"

Having said that, Ferguson walked to the sidelines and shouted loudly at the Manchester United players on the court: "Give me up, we need to score goals and attack me!"

The Manchester United players on the court heard Ferguson's roar and immediately became energetic. Many players also got the information they wanted to know from the hand gestures of Mike Ferran from the sidelines.

Manchester City lost the ball!

As long as Manchester United wins the opponent, the ownership of the Premier League champion is still in doubt.

Thinking of this, the Manchester United players on the court suddenly played more vigorously.

Rooney even urged everyone on the team to press on, madly pressing Blackburn in the half-court and beating him violently.

The unlucky violent nature is that they are always murdering others. When did they be so brutal?

But Manchester United's players are like wolves and tigers, and they look terribly ferocious.

Finally, in the twentieth minute, after Rooney got the ball from the right, he forced a breakthrough and then passed. Hernandez swiftly ran to the goal, headed from close range, and scored Blackburn's goal for Manchester United. .

Suddenly, the shouts of Manchester United players were heard throughout the stadium.

The coach Ferguson on the sidelines even raised his arms, his face flushed with excitement, and kept roaring.

Finally scored!

As long as one goal is scored, Manchester United will have the initiative in their hands!

"All in one go, chase after victory!"

Ferguson had such a thought in his mind.

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In Blackburn to the north, Manchester United scored!

The news soon reached the Etihad Stadium.

The players on the court are still passing the ball patiently, controlling the ball and the game, and patiently organizing infiltration. They don't know what happened in Blackburn to the north, but the coaching staff on the sidelines and the fans in the stands know.

They all sent out uneasy restlessness.

The movement was naturally transmitted to the court.

The players are not idiots, they are all paying attention to the movement in the stands and on the side of the court, and they are naturally aware of the problem.

They guessed that Manchester United should be ahead.

Manchester City are behind here and Manchester United are leading there. Is there anything worse than this?

The scene outlined by Ferguson before the game, UU reading really wants to become a reality?

With this messy mind, the Manchester City players also have problems with the pass and control of the ball.

Some players started to worry.

Originally it was supposed to pass another pass and fall down, but in an eagerness for success, he hit it directly.

Needless to say, if the fire didn't arrive, he would definitely be frustrated.

Guardiola was also aware of the problem on the sidelines and kept calling on the players to be calm, calm and don't worry.

But emotions can't be controlled casually.

Even as a professional player, it is a matter of your own interests and the success or failure of a season of hard work. Who can care?

The Manchester City players were anxious, but Stoke City continued to defend and counterattack.

Tony Pulis also knew the results of the north side, and immediately defended more securely.

Cunningly, he is waiting for Manchester City to take the initiative to make a mistake, and then send a fatal murderous opportunity.

Su Dong also realized the problem. After an offensive failed, he called on his teammates to calm down, don't worry, there is still a lot of time, and it was only the first half.

He usually has high prestige in the team, but in the ever-changing game, such appeals are not very effective.

Once the attack started, the players started to be anxious again.

Everyone knows that Manchester United leads, and Manchester City needs to score at least two goals to maintain the advantage.

Facing the stable Stoke City, Manchester City can score two goals?

Guardiola's tactics are a bit bad. They have high demands on the player's mentality. You have to be patient and make mistakes easily if you are impatient.

Therefore, to some extent, Guardiola's pass-and-control play is more suitable for long-term league games, rather than one or two cup games that determine the outcome.

But now, Manchester City is playing in the league, but they are forced to the desperate situation of falling behind in the knockouts.