Chapter 918: Manchester City's Strength

Manchester City completely dominated the field.

Sunderland manager Bruce is even more pessimistic about the team's ending today, with De Jong as a sweeper, Sunderland's only few offensive opportunities, there is no way to gain anything at all, his biggest idea now is that Sunderland can resist Manchester City's attack, can end the first half with a score of 0-0, well, and then end the second half with a score of 0-0, which is the best and most acceptable result for Sunderland.

For Sunderland right now, to be able to take a point from Manchester City's home stadium is something to be proud of.

However, the difference in quality between the two sides was in place, and the Sunderland players were under constant pressure as their defence was finally broken down by a heavy chisel from Manchester City on the 33rd minute of the game.

A beautiful front-court fit, David. Silva picked up the ball and caught the attention of Sunderland defender Muntari, who then combined with Zabaleta's cross to bring Muntari and Ribeiros out of his own defence.

At this time, the football reached the feet of Yaya Toure.

Yaya Toure's long-range shot caught the attention of the Sunderland defenders, who had already proven his strength in the previous two games, as the Ivory Coast midfielder was capable of attacking and defending and had a good long-range shot.

Yaya Toure was focused on him, but his foot movement changed, pushing the ball straight out at his feet.

Yang Fan received the ball on the line of the penalty area, and suddenly turned to the left, making a gesture to break through from there, Mensah immediately came up to intercept, and at this time, the football was already passed by him from the other side when Yang Fan turned around.

Carlos Tevez cut in nicely from the back line and came in for a small anti-offside play. After receiving the ball behind the Sunderland defenders, the rest was simple, and he took advantage of the fact that Sunderland goalkeeper Gordon had not yet blocked the angle of the shot, and pushed the ball into the far corner, and the ball rolled into the goal with ease.

1 to 0!

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After 33 minutes of bombardment, Manchester City finally made a clever pass and cut through Guò, and Yang Fan assisted Tevez to score the goal.

Tevez subconsciously began to step forward when he saw Yang Fan receive Yaya Toure's pass, of course he didn't expect Yang Fan to be able to play such a 'feint pass' and deceive Mensah, his forward insertion was just out of a striker's excellent awareness and trust in his partner Yang Fan.

Unexpectedly, he just stepped forward, the football came, which made Tevez ecstatic, he didn't expect his forward opportunity to be so good, at this time, he didn't think about it, looked at the goal, directly pushed the far corner, saw the football into the net, he began to celebrate the goal, rushed to Yang Fan who passed the ball to him, he wanted to thank this good buddy.

Now the Manchester City team's forward line is fiercely competitive, Manchester City plays double strikers, Yang Fan is firmly locked in a main position without injury, and the remaining three strikers have to compete for the opportunity to play with Yang Fan, after Dzeko joined, Tevez can not say that there is no pressure, because, Dzeko and Yang Fan have also partnered together before, and the partnership of Dzeko and Yang Fan, who is tall, can provide Manchester City with new offensive options, so, Tevez began to feel the pressure, and now for him, constantly scoring goals is the guarantee to ensure the main position。

Seeing Tevez score, the entire Manchester Municipal Stadium was thrown into a frenzy, with the name of the goalscorer being shouted on the live radio.

After chanting Tevez's name, many fans also excitedly shouted Yang Fan's name, fans understand the ball, of course they know that this goal, Tevez shot beautifully, this goal is wonderful, but in the whole goal process, Yang Fan's exquisite pass is the finishing touch.

Thunderous applause!

Manchester City Stadium has now been transformed into a sea of joy, with the dancing blue jerseys like waves, first wave after wave, then into a sea of sea.

Robert. Mancini saw Tevez score and shook his fist excitedly to celebrate, and this goal also made him feel a lot more relieved. Don't look at Manchester City's attacking intensity, Sunderland is almost unable to fight back, but, as long as they haven't scored yet, then, Robert. Mancini's heart seemed to be hanging, he had been worried, and now when he saw the goal in his pocket, the stone in his heart fell to the ground slightly.

Although when he was at Inter Milan, he led Inter Milan to win the Serie A championship, but there have always been doubts about Mancini, and some people think that Mancini's Inter Milan dominates Serie A, this is because after the 'phone gate', the Serie A league is completely dominated by Inter Milan, and if someone else leads Inter Milan, it can basically ensure that the championship trophy is in hand. Therefore, they believe that Inter Milan dominates Serie A, not because of Mancini's coaching ability, but because of the general environment. And after Mancini stepped down from Inter Milan, Mourinho led Inter Milan to the long-awaited Champions League trophy in his second season at Inter Milan, which seems to provide evidence for those who question Mancini's ability.

So, Mancini is really holding his breath and intending to prove himself at Manchester City. Manchester City finished runners-up in the league and won the FA Cup last season, and Mancini's success after taking over was quite good, which made Mancini very complacent, and then became more cautious because he wanted City to go further this season.

So, the current Manchester City manager is a little nervous when he faces any opponent, he is too hungry to succeed.

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'Sunderland have no way to fight back under Manchester City's attack, but Manchester City haven't scored before, and now the goal has finally come, this goal is a heavy blow for Sunderland, they will definitely be confused now, do they press out and attack, or continue to defend to the death?' Lineker said.

'If you press out to attack, then Sunderland's backline will be more porous and City will likely score again before the end of the first half. John Mortensen said.

"However, considering that there are still ten minutes left in the first half, Sunderland chose to continue to defend and try not to concede goals, which should be the most desirable, in case they concede again, once they are two goals behind, Sunderland will not be able to turn the tables in the second half." Trailing 0-1, there is hope for them. ”

Of course, there is one sentence that Lineker did not say, and that is that Sunderland's hope is only a theoretical hope. After all, everyone can see that in this game, they were comprehensively suppressed by Manchester City and had no power to fight back.

"The strength of a team is not only that they can win when they are strong and strong, but also that they can win easily when they are facing opponents who are not as strong as them, win clean and beautiful, and win the game like chopping melons and vegetables. Mortenson said something suddenly.

After kicking off again, Sunderland still held on, but the defence moved forward, trying to suppress City's attack as much as possible, of course, if the defense was advanced, it also provided space for their counter-attack, and they hoped to find a flaw in Manchester City. If you can make a sneak attack with a single counterattack, then you will make a lot of money.

However, Sunderland's players were disappointed, although the current Manchester City backline is a bit too much, but in the face of the current Sunderland team that has been suppressed and has no ability to fight back, Manchester City's backline is still quite solid. After all, the difference in strength between the two sides is too obvious.

Kolo. The centre-back duo of Toure and Vincent Kompany is now arguably top of the Premier League in the Premier League, and they are comfortable defending Sunderland, not to mention the presence of Frenkie de Jong, a midfield sweeper.

In a word, if Sunderland wants to attack effectively, they must first find a way to get past De Jong, but unfortunately, now they are really lacking in skills.

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In the 41st minute of the game, Sunderland broke the ball at the back, and they immediately launched a quick counterattack, Campbell passed the ball, Malblanco tried to dribble past De Jong, but he was directly cut off by De Jong, after De Jong broke the ball, he did not press the ball himself, but split the football to the side.

After Zabaleta received the ball on the side, he dribbled the ball along the side towards the bottom line, it should be said that Sunderland's return defense was still very timely, even when they counterattacked just now, they were more cautious to attack, and when they saw that it was wrong, they quickly returned to defense.

Zabaleta watched and saw that there was no chance of crossing, so he took the ball back and passed it to Yaya Toure to reorganise the attack.

Yaya Toure took a few steps forward, caught the attention of his opponent, and immediately distributed the ball back to Tevez, who showed Yaya Toure's passing skills, and his pass flew past the union of the two Sunderland defenders to the feet of Tevez on the wing.

Tevez didn't waste Yaya Toure's pass, and after receiving the football, he didn't hesitate to pass the ball directly into the box.

At the former point, David. Silva jumped.

His jump made Baldsley, who was defending him, jump as well.

However, neither man was able to get to the ball.

Tevez's pass, a little floaty, a little weird, swept over the heads of the two.

At this moment, at the back point, a man rushed out, the whole person was off the ground, the dive bomber arrived, and in the air, a powerful head cone hit the goal, smashing the football into Sunderland's goal!

Sunderland's goalkeeper Gordon was stunned by this header that seemed like a divine soldier, he didn't even have time to make a pounce, only made a slight gesture of reaching out, but the football had already smashed into the goal!R1148