Chapter 897: Make a point
Tevez had a falling out with Mancini in the dressing room, and after coming on the pitch, he began to desperately demand the ball and compete with Manchester United's defenders.
Defenders like to fight with forwards the most, and they are most afraid of the combination of strikers and midfielders.
Tevez bullied Smalling's youth, and he forced Smalling when he got the ball.
Although Smalling may be young, his partner Nemanja Vidic is one of the best centre-backs in the world.
Tevez had just shaken past Smalling, and before he could move forward, Vidic broke the ball with a flying tackle and sent Tevez to the ground.
Destroyed twice in a row by Vidic, Tevez did not dare to force it again, and in the 48th minute, Silva crossed, and Tevez volleyed directly without stopping.
But Vidic judged correctly and used his body to block Tevez's shot again.
Gao Xiaodong saw that Tevez was not in the right mood, and he immediately said to Anderson: "Take care of that kid more, shovel him twice, I think he is in a hurry." ”
Anderson understood what Gao Xiaodong meant, and said with a smile: "Understood, I must provoke him." ”
Since winning the Golden Globe Award with Gao Xiaodong and becoming the vice captain, the former golden boy Anderson has been angry with Gao Xiaodong, and he really regards him as the boss and is willing to listen to him.
In the subsequent games, Anderson went over from time to time to grab Tevez, pulling, kicking the tackle, just not making Tevez comfortable.
In the 57th minute of the game, Manchester City suddenly stepped up their attack, with four players inserted in five midfielders, and two full-backs also assisted in the front.
The ball bounced back and forth a few times at the feet of Silva, Yaya Toure and Milner, and Silva suddenly made a clever through ball that got to the feet of Tevez.
Tevez dribbled forward, but he went sideways to dodge an angled shot, but Vidic was shaken off and Smalling came up again.
Tevez was helpless and continued to dribble laterally, looking for an opportunity to shoot.
Tevez was forced to move sideways in succession, but his movement disrupted United's central defence, and a huge gap suddenly appeared in the middle.
Tevez was able to score 20 goals and captain Manchester City, no means mediocre, and when the opportunity came out, he saw his team-mate Barry coming up, and he decisively gave up the shot, and with his heel back to the side, he tried to shoot Barry.
However, Gao Xiaodong not only let Anderson follow Tevez, but also paid attention to Tevez's movements when he returned to defense, he saw Tevez's intentions, and at the moment when Tevez passed, Gao Xiaodong suddenly started and broke the ball before grabbing Barry.
After Gao Xiaodong broke the ball, he knew that Manchester City defender Barry would pounce and counterattack, so he immediately smashed the ball and turned around, just shaking Barry.
Tevez was conscious of a wonderful pass, but he didn't expect to be stealed by Gao Xiaodong again.
At the beginning of the second half, Tevez made a number of mistakes and was tackled a few times, the fire he pressed in the locker room kept burning, and this time a good ball was broken by Gao Xiaodong, Tevez was furious and rushed over from behind to give Gao Xiaodong a sliding tackle.
Gao Xiaodong actually had a chance to dodge this sliding tackle, but Gao Xiaodong just didn't dodge, when he was tackled down by Tevez, he directly smashed Tevez on the chest with his elbow, smashing Tevez to the point of screaming.
However, referee Marriner only thought that Tevez was pretending to be a dangerous move to avoid a behind-the-back tackle.
Marriner showed no mercy and pulled out a yellow card to warn Tevez.
Gao Xiaodong slowly got up, and when he passed by Tevez's side, he whispered: "Boy, you still want to abolish me, wait to be punished." ”
Tevez was furious, and rushed over and wanted to pinch Gao Xiaodong's neck with his hand, but before Tevez's hand arrived, Gao Xiaodong sat on the ground and shouted: "Beat someone!
Referee Marriner just gave Tevez a yellow card, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, Tevez had a quarrel with Gao Xiaodong again.
Marriner pocketed his hands but didn't get away with a second yellow card.
The game was a big game for the world, with United now leading the table by a wide margin, and Marriner didn't want to give United a chance to play 11 and 10, so he gave up on taking a card and only gave Tevez a stern verbal warning.
Manchester United fans are not satisfied, is this home or away?
"Red card!"
"Red card!"
"Send off Tevez!"
……
Manchester United fans stood up and shouted to put pressure on the manager.
Mancini on the sidelines had long seen that Tevez's mood was wrong, but Mancini was worried that the players would say that he was deliberately looking for Tevez's stubble, so he ignored it, and now he saw Tevez eat a yellow card, and even went to pinch Gao Xiaodong, Mancini immediately asked Balotelli to warm up and prepare to replace Tevez.
Tevez just impulsively went down to pinch Gao Xiaodong's neck and quickly regretted it, but he didn't expect that he hadn't completely calmed down, so Mancini made a substitution, he was replaced, and Balotelli came on.
Tevez was so angry that his eyes were burning as he walked to the sideline, and he didn't shake Balotelli's hand or glance at Mancini and went straight to the dressing room.
Mancini had long known that Tevez might not give him a good face, so he hid to the side early and did not meet Tevez.
Tevez went off and Balotelli came on, and Manchester City's tactics did not change, still attacking from the wings, looking for a combination in the middle.
Balotelli is much taller than Tevez, and with him in the centre-forward position, City's aerial threat has increased dramatically.
Balotelli can head the ball on goal or flick it to a team-mate.
However, Balotelli also has a disadvantage compared to Tevez, that is, his range of movement is too small, and he rarely returns, putting less pressure on the Manchester United backline, making it easier for Manchester United to play the ball at the back.
In a team like Manchester United, the defenders have good passing ability.
In the 65th minute, Vidic cut off City's cross and headed it to Fletcher.
Balotelli didn't press Fletcher, who took a look at the front of the field and found Giggs with a long ball.
Giggs stopped the ball on his chest, and when the ball fell, he immediately knocked the ball behind him and passed it to Gao Xiaodong, who was pulled to the side and inserted behind him.
The timing of this pass was very clever, Manchester City's fullback Richards also wanted to defend Giggs, the reaction was a beat slower, and the speed was much slower than Gao Xiaodong, and when he caught up, Gao Xiaodong had already reached the bottom line and cut to the penalty area.
Manchester United's wide attack was very beautiful, and City's defence was in disarray.
Lescott hurriedly made up for the defense on the side, trying to block Gao Xiaodong outside the big penalty area.
However, Gao Xiaodong's cross-cutting dribble on the side was unexpectedly fast, and when Lescott arrived, Gao Xiaodong had already arrived in the penalty area.
Lescote blocked, Gao Xiaodong suddenly made a croquette, and Lescote was forced from the bottom line.
Lescote subconsciously went down to break the ball, just tripping Gao Xiaodong to the ground.
Gao Xiaodong raised his hand and shouted foul.
Manchester United fans in the stands were also in an uproar.
Referee Marrina did not hesitate this time and decisively pointed to the penalty spot.