Chapter 006: True Leader!

Aguero 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 Gary Cahill, his forward insertion was just out of the excellent awareness of a striker. Then his diligent running paid off, and after receiving a wonderful pass from Yang Fan, he scored this goal.

In the 31st minute, Manchester City's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, who had been heavily introduced by Manchester City this summer, scored a beautiful goal against offside!

Seeing Sergio Aguero score, the entire Etihad Stadium in Manchester was thrown into a frenzy, with the name of the goalscorer being shouted on the live radio.

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

Thunderous applause!

Manchester Etihad Stadium has now become a sea of joy, and the beating blue jersey is like a ** wave, first a wave after a wave, and then into a vast ocean.

Mancini saw Aguero's goal and excitedly waved his fists to celebrate, and this goal also made him feel a lot more relieved. Don't look at the Manchester City team's offensive is very strong, Bolton has almost no power to fight back, but, as long as he has not scored a goal, then, Mancini's heart seems to be hanging, has been worried, after all, it is also very worrying to be scoreless, and now I am relieved to see the goal coming.

'Bolton have been unable to fight back under Manchester City's attack, but Manchester City have not scored, and now, the goal has finally come, this goal is a heavy blow for Bolton, they will definitely be confused now, do they press out and attack, or continue to defend it?' Lineker said.

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

"However, considering that there are still ten minutes left in the first half, Bolton chose to continue to defend and try not to concede a goal, which should be the most desirable, in case of conceding again, once two goals are down, it is impossible for Bolton 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 Bolton'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.

After kicking off again, Bolton appropriately stepped up their counter-attacking efforts, which they hoped would be able to make a successful counter-attack, and if they found a flaw in Manchester City and then could sneak a successful attack, the game would still be played.

However, Manchester City's backline did not give Bolton any chance, and the defense that has always been criticized has begun to become more solid after the run-in of the past few seasons.

The central defender is a combination of Colo Toure and Kompany, although Colo Toure's form is not very stable, but the Ivorian is also a first-class defender, the combination of central defenders, which can be said to be the top combination in the entire Premier League, facing an opponent like Bolton, it can still be reassured.

Zabaleta and Klich often insert assists, but the problem is that it is still difficult for Bolton to seize the gap after the two wings of the Manchester City team are pressed, why? There is also a De Jong, this Dutchman is like a sweeper in the midfield, where there is danger, in a word, if Bolton wants to attack effectively, he must first find a way to get past De Jong, but unfortunately, now it seems that they are really lacking in skills.

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

Zabaleta received the ball on the side, along the side towards the bottom line near the ball, it should be said that Bolton's return defense is still very timely, even when they counterattacked just now, they were more cautious into the attack, see that it is not right, hurry back to the 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 Aguero, a pass that showed Yaya Toure's passing skills, and his pass flew past the union of the two Bolton defenders to the feet of Aguero on the wing.

Aguero didn't waste Yaya Toure's pass, he didn't hesitate to get the ball into the box.

At the front point, David Silva jumped.

His jump made Knight, who was defending him, jump too.

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

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

At this time, at the back point, a person rushed out, he threw his body out, and the whole person had obvious stagnation in the air, smashing the football into the net!

Bolton's goalkeeper Jascolenen was so stunned by such a wonderful and crazy header that he didn't even have time to make a pounce, just stretched out his hand slightly, and the ball had already smashed into the goal!

Yang Fan who scored a goal!

This is a goal that detonated the excitement and passion of tens of thousands of people in the entire stadium.

Two to zero!

Yang Fan helped Manchester City expand the score!

At the same time as the football entered the net, a tsunami-like shout sounded in the stands!

Yang Fan was like a happy child, he jumped and jumped under the stands of Manchester Etihad Stadium, and kept waving his hand to signal the fans to cheer more enthusiastically, with the action of the Manchester City captain, the whole stadium was like an explosion!

Commentator Mortensen made no secret of his love for Yang Fan, he said loudly: "This is Yang Fan's fourth goal of the new season! He scored consecutive goals, this is Manchester City's first home game of the new season, Yang Fan's goal made Manchester City fans excited! This is Yang Fan's fourth goal in the Premier League! Look, Manchester City fans are crazy, they simply like their captain too much." ”

The smile on Mancini's face was even bigger, although the first half was not over yet, although there was still a second half to play, but Mancini thought that there was a great hope of winning this game, as long as nothing else, the three points were in hand.

This season's Premier League, for Manchester City, is very special, they are the defending champions, they are the target of the public, the pressure of the whole Manchester City team is also very great, for this pressure, but also motivation, but you need to deal with this pressure, the most correct way is: forward! Win the game! From one victory to another, forward! Manchester City can form a belief that they must win, in this case, they can bring confidence to themselves, but also can put the title opponent under great pressure, in this case, even if Manchester City occasionally is not in good shape, the whole team will be emboldened.

Robert Mancini looked up at the clock, the first half was coming to an end, which made him a little regretful, and if there was still time in the first half, it would have been better if his team could take advantage of this morale and score another goal.

The Manchester City manager's heart blossomed, and not far away, his colleague, Bolton manager Owen Coyle, was in the opposite mood, Owen Coyle's face was ugly, and he was both angry and helpless about the result. If there is still hope for Bolton at 0-1, then this conceded goal is too big a blow for Bolton.

Now, with the first half coming to an end, Owen Coyle knows the most important thing for Bolton now is not to concede another goal in the first half.

He got up and walked to the sideline, whistled to get the attention of the players, and then made a gesture to get the players to pay attention to the defense and at the same time strengthen the scramble.

Manchester City will certainly continue to attack for a few minutes or so in the first half, and if Bolton are desperate to press out and try to pull a goal back at this time, the best possibility is that the opponent will score another goal.

In the next game, although Manchester City continued to attack and tried to take advantage of the situation to expand the score, there was no good way to face Bolton's iron bucket defense.

By half-time, the score was still 2-0 and Manchester City led at home.

At half-time, Roberto Mancini praised the team, and although the goal was scored by a handful of men, the scoreline was a result of the concerted efforts of the whole team. In particular, the fighting spirit and morale shown by the whole team made Mancini quite happy.

After fifteen minutes of half-time, the second half began.

Bolton showed their tactical intent and determination at the start of the second half, and that is: attack!

For Bolton, defending is no longer interesting, and with two goals down, the only way out for them is that maybe a fight will make the difference. Because, Manchester City's back line has always been not very good, which also gave Bolton some hope, Owen Coyle at halftime, to the whole team clear tactical intentions, attack! At the beginning of the second half, put pressure on Manchester City, he even directly explained to all the players of Bolton Wanderers, this is a gambling attack, if you can score first in the second half of the game, narrow the score gap, then this game still has a play, and once the Manchester City team seizes the opportunity, by the Manchester City team to score another goal, then, it is a fiasco. Then he also asked the whole team, and the core of the team's midfield, Scott Riocock, also stood up to speak on behalf of the whole team, and said a big call, which summed up in one meaning, Bolton's players are real men, and they want to fight.

So, after the start of the second half, Bolton began their tragic counterattack.

'Bolton started the second half attacking at Manchester City, they were fighting ......,' said Mortensen, 'and there was only one outcome, either they gambled on it or there was a real carnage for City, but in my opinion, the latter is more likely.' ”

If Bolton's manager Owen Coyle hears this, he probably has the heart to strangle Mortensen.

A 2-0 lead, and total control of the game throughout the first half, gave City some carelessness. In their eyes, Bolton no longer pose a threat to them, and it is difficult to take their opponents to heart.

Bolton, who fought back frantically at the beginning of the second half, burst out with strong combat power in an instant, and Manchester City's absent-mindedness gave Bolton a chance!

With 50 minutes to go, Bolton midfielder Petrov's long-range shot was blocked by Kompany with his body, and the follow-up Davies followed up with another shot, which was touched by Zabaleta and deflected off the line, and Bolton's corner.

Scott Leocock took a corner, Colo Toure was dominated by Bolton's centre-forward Kevin Davies when he was scrambling for a header, however, Kevin Davies's header was too positive and was subconsciously blocked by Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, Zabaleta again headed the ball out of the box, however, his clearance was not far enough, it was won by Bolton midfielder Kakuta, Kakuta passed the ball to the wing, Stenson hit the ball into the box again, this time, Bolton's tallest high school striker Carlton Kevin Davies headed a beautiful turn, and the ball hit the top left corner of the goalManchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart really has nothing to do about it.

With 51 minutes played, Kevin Davies' goal pulled a point back for Bolton.

The originally elated Manchester City fans fell silent in an instant, and in the huge Manchester Etihad Stadium, Manchester City fans seemed to be stunned by Bolton's goal, and for a while, the whole stadium only heard the Bolton fans in the stands of the visiting team, celebrating the goal frantically. They didn't expect that in the first half of the game, Bolton, who had been beaten passively, was able to burst out with such combat effectiveness and score goals at the beginning of the second half.

They seem to see hope!

However, Bolton forgot that they were already inferior to Manchester City, and now they are so crazy that they are exposing more and more holes, and once Manchester City seize the opportunity, then the goal will appear again.

Is there such a good player in the Manchester City squad who is good at taking chances?

As the Bolton players celebrated their goals, Yang Fan clapped vigorously in front of him, and he brought a few Manchester City players over for a short while.

"No one wants to lose the ball just now. Yang Fan said first, "Next, Bolton will definitely attack again." ”

"That's right. Aguero chimed in.

The others nodded.

'So, then there's going to be a lot of pressure at the back, but as long as we can take our chances and attack quickly once we have the ball, that's our chance. Yang Fan said.

"That's right. David Silva thought for a moment and said, "What we need to fight back is speed." ”

Several players on the three lines analyzed the situation at this time in a few words and made a decision. In fact, when a situation arises on the pitch, the players on the pitch are able to make changes according to the immediate situation, which is the key to whether a team is mature and has the ability to play hard.

Just two minutes after Bolton scored.

Kompany managed to break the ball at Petrov's feet, and he didn't waste any time, but played a long ball straight to Yaya Toure in front.

"Manchester City hit back quickly!"

Yaya Toure stopped the ball with only three Bolton defenders in front of him. Manchester City's two strikers, Yang Fan and Sergio Aguero, have already arrived, while David Silva has also come to help.

Bolton had to press hard in order to score again, and at this time, as Yang Fan just analyzed, at this time, the Manchester City team had more opportunities to counterattack, and in the counterattack, the most important thing is not possession, but speed.

Yaya Toure didn't stop long after receiving the ball, but passed it sideways. David Silva, who came to pick up, received the ball and distributed it to Zabaleta, who was quickly inserted on the wing.

Bolton's right-back Petrov had just rushed up to join the attack and was tackled by Kompany, and Petrov had not had time to get back into place.

Zabaleta was not polite, and after receiving the ball, he cut directly into the penalty area!

Bolton's central defenders were defending Yang Fan and Aguero, and they directly thought that Manchester City would pass the ball to Yang Fan, but they didn't expect that after Zabaleta on the side received the ball, he was about to cut inside, which made Knight and Gary Cahill panic.

Zabaleta rushed into the goal and slammed her foot to shoot, but Knight flew to block it, but passed the ball sideways......

"Hell—" Gary Cahill saw it clearly, the target of this pass was Yang Fan, and he quickly rushed to intercept it.

Then the England international central defender was stunned, he saw Yang Fan facing the rolling football, beautiful pull the ball and turn, he didn't even look at the goal and the goalkeeper, followed by a shooting action!

Direct volley!

The football flew straight to the goal, Bolton's goalkeeper Jascolenen didn't expect that after Yang Fan pulled the ball and turned around, he didn't adjust at all, so he shot directly, he was caught off guard, he subconsciously flew to save, however, in the face of such a sudden shot, and the force is great, the strong foot force is converted into kinetic energy, such a shot is fast enough, and the goalkeeper simply has no time to react faster......

"!!" Sky TV ace commentator Mortenson jumped out of his seat and shouted a long list of roaring versions of > at the top of his voice

Yang Fan's shot was too sudden, too decisive, at that time, many people thought that Yang Fan would seek to continue to break through after receiving the ball, or pass the ball to Aguero, who was temporarily unguarded on the other side, but who would have thought that he would directly pull the ball and turn around and volley! The football almost brushed the cheeks of Gary Cahill, who came up to intercept, and an inconspicuous fall, extremely fast, as if a white light flashed, and it entered the net!

The whole process was so sudden!

Whether it is Manchester City fans or Bolton Wanderers, and even the Manchester City players on the field, especially Aguero, who is ready to receive Yang Fan's pass, is even more shocked at this time, everyone saw the trembling of the net, and then, when they heard the whistle of the effective goal, they realized that this goal, just like that, went in!

How wonderful!

How suddenly!

That's what a goal was born!

Equally surprising were Bolton manager Owen Coyle on the sidelines, as well as the Bolton players who were still desperately trying to defend on the pitch just now. At this moment, they are all stunned to look at their goal. There's a soccer ball spinning, rubbing against the net.

At this time, Lineker's high-pitched voice also sounded: "The ball is in! Yang Fan's goal! Although we may need to watch the replay to really realize the subtlety of this goal, although this goal is really surprising and sudden, but Yang Fan did score a goal! It was just a goal that all of us didn't expect! Let's take a look at this goal - his shot - it was too sudden - pull the ball and turn around. Shots, all the action in one go, Gary Cahill's snatch, did not affect him in the slightest, but seemed to block the view of goalkeeper Jascolenen——"

At this point, after the goal appeared, after a pause of about a few seconds, a huge cheer erupted from the stands at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.

To be honest, after Bolton pulled a goal back, Manchester City fans were more or less worried, they really didn't expect that their team would immediately expand the score again, this goal would come so smoothly, just two minutes after the opponent's goal, the team extended the lead again!

On the court, the first to react was not Yang Fan's partner Aguero, but Yaya Toure, after he passed the ball, he was inserted forward while looking at the situation in front, he knew that Yang Fan was the core of the team, so he focused more on Yang Fan, which also made him the player on the field who saw this goal most clearly!

This goal, it's hard to say how technical Yang Fan's goal is, it's not the kind of goal that comes after passing several people in a row, but Yang Fan's goal, especially the whole process of shooting, is simply breathtaking!

Yaya Toure rushed up to celebrate the goal, he hugged Yang Fan, which was not enough, he simply threw the captain to the ground, and then more Manchester City players pressed on him. Even goalkeeper Joe Hart ran up from behind, and you could see how excited City's players were.

Yes, they are excited. Because they not only extended their lead again! More importantly, Yang Fan's goal was too timely, the Boltons just wanted to counterattack, and the little momentum that the Boltons had just gotten up was quickly extinguished by this goal!

"That's what the stars do! That's the captain, that's the role of the real leader!" Mortensen continued, "Mr. Key at the moment of time!"

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