The nearly 30,000 fans who came to cheer on the home team packed the stadium stands, and their enthusiasm even dried the stadium's stagnant water. The game was played in the evening, and it was already a bit chilly, but there were some sturdy fans who were shirtless, riding on the railings of the stands, waving their scarves and clapping loudly. Shout for Stoke City, every action of the Stoke City players will bring them earth-shattering cheers.

Far from being unpleasant, Stoke City fans are proud of the team's nickname Sky City, and they find it very domineering.

Therefore, every time the high-altitude bombardment of Stoke City ends, the fans in the stands will shout in unison as if they have been beaten with chicken blood: Castle in the sky, oh oh, we are Castle in the sky!

Under the double pressure of poor pitch and Stoke City's primitive and brutal style of play, Manchester City were unable to get into the game for a long time, and the attack looked a little messy.

The first half was basically Stoke City bombarding the Manchester City half. Manchester City only had the ability to parry, and there was no way to fight back.

However, he finally managed to hold on to the draw and did not concede a goal, and the score was still 0-0.

When the halftime whistle sounded, the camera gave Yang Fan a close-up, the Manchester City captain's shirt was covered with mud, he was brought down many times in the first half of the game, almost as soon as he got the ball, he was brutally oppressed by the opponent.

Yang Fan got into hand-to-hand combat with his opponents in the game, and he obviously didn't have much advantage against two or three big players in his 70s, and the poor field conditions also limited the players' technical swings. Mortensen said, which also explains the reason why Yang Fan's performance was very average throughout the first half of the game.

Stoke City began to recover from the start of the second half, while Manchester City also began to counter-attack, and the two sides were deadlocked near midfield.

In the sixty-third minute of the game, an accident occurred, Ballack received the ball in the front court, he stopped the ball on his chest, and then faced the pressure of the Stoke City players, and passed the football back to Milner, but because the ground was too slippery, Milner accidentally fell to the ground when receiving the ball, and the football was directly given to the Stoke City players next to him.

In the face of such a big gift, how could Stoke City let it go? They immediately organized a counterattack.

Etherington played a pass to Sarif who slid straight into the ball and Pennant received the ball at the top of the box, and after a few quick passes, Stoke City were able to find themselves in the Manchester City box.

Manchester City were caught off guard by Stoke City's counter-attack, the entire defense was completely penetrated, Pennant split the ball to the wing, Walters dribbled the ball near the bottom line and crossed, Jones headed back, Etherington scored with a header, Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart had nothing to do about the goal.

Britannia Stadium burst into a tsunami of cheers, and everything that shook the stadium creaked as if the sky was about to fall.

Looking at the dazzling white light in front of him and listening to the roar in his ears, Yang Fan raised his head, his fists clenched tightly, he gritted his teeth, this game, he wanted to win it desperately. He doesn't want to lose and can't accept anything other than winning!

Faced with such a predicament, it has aroused the fighting spirit of the young Manchester City leader!

Stoke people are partying. Manchester City's players are depressed, such weather, such venues, opponents, such away ...... There is something they can do about it.

Just when everyone was a little depressed, they heard their captain Yang Fandi roaring: "What's wrong with a lost ball?!

Everyone looked up and saw the captain's resolute face.

"I don't care what you think, but, at this moment, listen to me!

"Winning is the only acceptable result!, remember, nothing can stop us from winning the title...... Tiny Stoke City, damn it!"

Yang Fan shouted loudly, these words were heard by the Stoke City players, their faces were green, this guy is too crazy, too blind, stinky boy, don't forget who is leading now?!

Yang Fan was really not afraid of them hearing it, he didn't care at all.

This match, at this moment, aroused all his fighting spirit, and he vowed to win the match.

In the first half, he was brought down many times by Stoke City players, falling down again and again, getting up again and again, plus a mistake on his side just now that caused the goal to be conceded, which had already aroused all his anger.

The only way to get him out is to score goals, and that's to win games.

On the sidelines, Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini was also thrilled after conceding the goal, and he planned to replace Dzeko, who had a mediocre performance today, with the more impactful Bam Adebayo.

Adebayo joined Manchester City at a high price, but the main position was firmly locked by Yang Fan, and Tevez and Dzeko played in the order before him, Adebayo has only played once so far this season, and his performance is relatively average, and he himself is under a lot of pressure. He's desperate to prove he's got it back to the punch.

And, to be honest, because the games are played relatively rarely, most of the time he comes on as a substitute, so Adebayo's fitness is relatively abundant.

'Hit them in the box. ”

"Make good use of your height and your bounce!" and tell the others to play simpler and pass the ball into the box when you get there. Swing your header to the advantage and Young's ability to grab points. ”

On a dead-goal chance, City made a substitution, Dzeko was replaced and Bam Adebayor came on as a substitute.

Watching the team make this substitution, Mancini did not return to the dugout, but continued to stand on the sidelines. Now the night temperature in Stoke City is relatively low, the night wind is blowing, and it is slightly cold, but Mancini's face is sweating, which is urgent.

In this game, Manchester City must not afford to lose, the team that has always been aiming for the title, when facing the middle and lower teams, the record is absolutely significant for this season. If the team loses away to Stoke City...... Mancini couldn't imagine such a situation, and if he lost to Stoke City, and the team was turned against Chelsea, it would definitely be unacceptable for him and Manchester City.

Mancini suddenly felt a chill on his face, and this cold feeling also made his heart rain cold.

After a day of rain, it finally fell again, first with a thin strand, and then quickly became heavier.

Mancini's face immediately turned ugly.

There was a low cheer from next door, and the Stoke players and coaches knew that the game was turning in their favour when they saw the rain.

Stoke City head coach Pasley's face turned into a chrysanthemum, and he felt that even God favored Stoke City.

'Manchester City are really unlucky. Lineker's words were more like announcing that the end of the Manchester City team was near, "It's raining, which means that the situation on the pitch is going to get worse, which means that Manchester City's performance is only going to get worse." While the bad condition of the pitch today is indeed questionable, however, it is undeniable that Stoke City are well adapted to this kind of pitch conditions, while Manchester City are not at all, and now, it is raining again, the ground is full of water, and the drainage system at Britannia Stadium is terrible......"

'That's right, Manchester City play hard, but Stoke City's team obviously don't have those problems, they are familiar with the pitch and their style of play is not as demanding...... This is really the best situation for them to swing. ”

"No matter how bad the environment is, we have to win the game. Stoke City's Faye is being treated for an injury, and Yang Fan took advantage of the dead-goal opportunity to summon De Jong, James Milner, Yaya Toure and Bam Adebayo and others. His expression was serious, and there seemed to be a fire burning in his eyes.

Yang Fan glanced at De Jong, the Dutch were also fighting fiercely today, and they were panting for breath at this time.

De Jong understood what Yang Fan meant, and he immediately said bravely, "You all go up and hurry up to score." I'll leave it to me later!"

"Is that okay?" said Milner, worried. Stoke City's counterattack was still impressive.

"I'll come back and help when I need to. Yaya Toure said that he was also extremely tired, and he played the full 90 minutes against AC Milan. Despite his exhaustion, Toure was responsible enough to take responsibility.

Yang Fan patted De Jong and Toure on the shoulders, and did not talk nonsense, but continued, "There is no essential difference between 0-1 and 0-2, they are both losses, so we must press out to attack and gamble." And I'm confident we can win. ”

Adebayo didn't speak, but at this time, he glanced at Yang Fan and everyone, and said, "What the captain said is right!"

Yang Fan glanced at Adebayo unexpectedly, but at this time he didn't have time to pay attention to the change in attitude of this guy who had always been not convinced by him at this time, Yang Fan nodded happily at Adebayo, "Emmanuel, you have to wield your impact and fight their big guys." ”

"Leave it to me. Adebayor nodded vigorously, the Togolese striker is 193cm tall and strong, and he is indeed a strong defensive player who can keep Stoke City at bay.

"Let's fight it. Yang Fan roared.

He knows the physical condition of his teammates, and he also knows that today's game is played under such a field, which will consume more physical strength. But now that he is like this, he can only let his teammates grit their teeth and persevere. Such a passive situation is a time to test the team's ability to perform when facing difficulties.

In any case, this game must be won, and if even the little Stoke City can't win, what qualifies them to compete for the title?!

In the games that followed, it began to be noticed that two of City's full-backs began to assist frequently. The assists were much stronger than ever. Even centre-back Kolo Toure sometimes pressed past half the pitch and continued to push forward with the ball.

It is worth noting that Manchester City's back barrier De Jong, the Dutchman honestly stayed in his own half at this time, even if the central defender Kolo Toure sometimes pressed the half, De Jong still stayed in the half, he is now the most solid and must rely on the barrier in Manchester City's defense, and it can even be said that he is waiting for Stoke City's counterattack by himself.

Zabaleta stepped forward with the ball and Shawcross immediately went up to intercept it, Zabaleta passed the ball to Ballack, who made a gesture to turn and attract Shawcross's attention, but passed it back to Zabaleta, who immediately dribbled the ball down the wing.

"Two over one!"

Etherington went up to intercept Zabaleta's advance, and the Argentine smacked the ball and was about to pass it to Yaya Toure, who came to pick it up, but pulled the ball back, and suddenly crossed directly with his feet, hoisting the ball into the box.

Bam Adebayo was tangling with the opposition defenders when he saw Zabaleta cross diagonally. Suddenly kill, sprint and jump high!

"Adebayo!, he has a header!, wait, goooooa

“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1！”

“greatgooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1！”

'The goal went in, Man City scored, they equalised. ”

In the dense cold rain of Stoke City, Yang Fan rushed into the goal of Stoke City, picked up the football from their goalkeeper Begovic, and then turned and rushed to the center circle, because he ran too quickly, he almost fell, and almost ran forward with a roll......

His goal, Adebayo pressed Huter's header to the goal, and Stoke City goalkeeper Begovic made a beautiful save, but Yang Fan's subsequent follow-up shot Begovic was powerless. ”

"Mancini's substitution of Bam Adebayo had an immediate effect. ”

"The impact of the seventy-six-inch Adebayo on Stoke City's defence is huge. ”

"Yang Fan showed a desperate desire to score, his hard work paid off, and no one could stop him from making a follow-up shot!

Yang Fan rushed to the middle circle with the football in his arms, roaring out of his mouth to vent his inner emotions.

"This is just the first one!"

"Continue! Continue! until you win!" Yang Fan shook his fist vigorously and shouted at his teammates who were running with him to the middle circle, reminding them to work harder. His whole facial expression was quite hideous, like a shark trying to eat people......

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