Chapter 729: Moyes's Redemption

'Barnes saved on the goal-line and he made a difference. The narrator shouted.

Moyes also thanked Barnes for saving Moyes' heart. The commentator was full of praise for Barnes' goal-line rescue.

Barnes was there just in time before the ball was about to cross the goal line and tipped the ball over the crossbar.

Manchester City won a corner.

David Silva ran towards the corner.

After City's corner, Ballack's header was directly picked up by Howard. Everton then launched a quick counter-attack.

Howard tossed the ball and Mikel Arteta received it and passed it to Neville, who in turn passed it to Fellaini.

Everton's counter-attacks were also quick, they moved through midfield quickly, without too much entanglement with City in midfield, and their counter-attacks were quick and direct.

Moyes understands that the four players in Everton's midfield, Arteta, Hibbert, Rodwell and Neville, are inferior to Manchester City's midfielders De Jong, Yaya Toure and Ballack and David Silva.

If there is too much entanglement with Manchester City in midfield, it is definitely Everton who will end up with the upper hand, so his tactic today is to ask the team to try not to get too entangled with the opponent in midfield, and hand the football to Fellaini's feet as soon as possible at the first opportunity, so that the Belgium international can plan the final blow.

After Fellaini won the ball, he first got past the blind Boateng and then fired a long-range shot to the cheers of the Everton players at Goodison Park. He wanted to hit Joe Hart by surprise, but he didn't expect it to go wide of the goal.

After a brief sigh rang out at Goodison Park. It was immediately replaced by applause again.

Marouane Fellaini is a big man, but he is not clumsy on his feet and is a good player on his feet.

"Both sides started with a good attack...... The quest for victory on both sides is strong. It's going to be a tough game...... "It's the narrator's wishes."

His desire was shattered by the relentless reality in the following matches.

In the ensuing game, Everton, who were playing at home, gradually seized the initiative.

The Manchester City team is fighting on multiple fronts, and the whole team is relatively tired, so it is also more prudent to adhere to the tactics of defending and counterattacking.

In the face of Everton's frantic attack, the Manchester City team was very wise, they quickly chose the defensive counter-attacking tactics, Everton faced the Manchester City team to put down the value of the defensive tactics, there are not many ways, this world-famous battle, shortly after the start of the game, fell into a stalemate.

Manchester City's midfield has an advantage, they pass too much football through the midfield, Everton naturally will not let Manchester City get their way, and the two sides fought fiercely in the midfield.

Defense, turnovers, steals. That's all the key words of the game in the last ten minutes, after each side has dedicated one shot on goal. Their attack suddenly went silent.

In the twelfth minute of the game, the first yellow card of the game appeared, and Hibbert tackled Yang Fan to the ground in a rough defense.

The referee showed Hibbert a yellow card.

After knocking Yang Fan to the ground, Hibbert walked away without looking back, and the referee only showed a yellow card to his back.

Seeing Hibbert's 'tough guy' style, and it was the opponent's number one star Yang Fan who was put down, the fans thought that this was giving the Manchester City captain a dismount, and the Everton fans at Goodison Park broke out into applause.

Hibbert also shook his fist vigorously into the stands to boost the morale of the fans, and he was arranged by Moyes to focus on 'taking care' of Yang Fan in today's game.

"The game was a stalemate, the midfield was fierce. "Maybe that's what Mancini wants to see, because City's midfield is stronger than their opponents and they're not afraid to play against their opponents in midfield. ”

The midfield became the most intense area of the battle.

Most of the time, the football was in the middle of the field, one moment at the feet of Manchester City, and the next moment it was running to Everton.

Because everybody's focused on the midfield. So the offensive side was inefficient, and the number of dangerous shots on goal did not exceed five combined.

'Well, that's the Premier League matchup, and although there hasn't been any impressive attacking play so far, everything seems to have stalled with the midfield scrambling, maybe it's because it's important for both sides, both sides are more cautious?' said Mortensen.

'Manchester City defended solidly and waited for opportunities to counter-attack, while Everton wanted to attack, but they were strangled in midfield and could not have too many chances to threaten the Manchester City goal. Lineker said.

David Moyes got up from his seat in the dugout and paced around the sidelines, a game he had given his team to die for. Everton still have a glimmer of hope of qualifying for next season's Europa League and will have to do everything possible to get it.

The team now appear to have the upper hand, but David Moyes can clearly see that City's defence is methodical and there is no mortal threat. This makes Moyes very nervous, he never dares to underestimate any opponent, let alone a strong opponent like Manchester City, he knows today's opponent, this is a very terrible team, don't look at Manchester City now being passively beaten, but, perhaps, just a moment's effort, this team can give them a fatal blow.

Therefore, what Moyes wants to see most now is that his team can score first, and if he scores first, he will take the initiative first, and his hopes of winning will be greatly increased.

The camera was also written for Moyes, and before the game, the media also played up the grievances between Moyes and Yang Fan, Moyes nodded and agreed to Manchester United's top management to sell Yang Fan, which is also considered to be a reason why Moyes self-destructed the Great Wall and later stepped down from the position of Manchester United manager.

At this time, there was an accident on the field, someone in the Manchester City team was injured, the main central defender, the team's vice-captain Kompany, and French center forward Betford were injured after colliding and had to leave the field.

Mancini's face is very ugly, don't look at the staffing of the Manchester City team, but in the final sprint stage of the season, the Manchester City team was previously a multi-front battle, and now the whole team is extremely tired, and there are many injuries. Injuries at the back are more serious.

Mancini asked Kolarov to warm up, and Kolarov was rested on the bench today.

City then made a substitution, with Belgian defender Vincent Kompany replaced by Serbian full-back Kolarov at left-back, Richards switched to right-back and Boateng used to play at left-back, forming City's new centre-back duo with Lescott, a pair of centre-backs that have almost never been paired together, and it is not very reassuring.

Although Moyes's half-season at Manchester United has been criticised for his coaching ability, Moyes is still a good coach and he immediately noticed the opportunity at the back of the Manchester City defence, and he shouted on the sidelines to direct his players to attack the middle of the city.

Mancini couldn't sit still, he walked to the sidelines, called De Jong to the sidelines, and asked De Jong and Ballack to pay attention to strengthening the protection of the backfield.

Everton stormed the middle of Manchester City's pitch and it didn't take long to pay off.

Rodwell, after receiving a pass from Distin, took two steps and passed the ball to Arteta.

Arteta was seen breaking through with the ball. De Jong came to help.

Arteta made a gesture to continue dribbling the ball, but suddenly made a sharp stop and passed the ball to Neville in the middle.

"Neville has the ball. There are no Manchester City players around him for the time being...... He's going to shoot from a distance?!"

Neville made a long-range shot!

Seeing that Neville seemed to be about to shoot from distance, Boateng ignored his defensive area and saved, just as he had just stepped forward. Neville got up and passed the ball!

The football rolled past Boateng. Boateng's reaction was still relatively fast, he fell to the ground to tackle, trying to shovel out of the touchline, but the speed of the man falling to the ground was still not as fast as the football rolling, and the football passed before him.

"Chance!"

'Boateng was not able to make a tackle. ”

"Everton's chance!"

There was a cheer from the stands at Goodison Park in what was a great attacking opportunity for Everton.

'Marouane Fellaini received the ball and there was no one around him...... It's an Everton chance!"

Fellaini received the ball and turned around, Joe Hart thought he was going to go inside, so he was ready to strike to intercept the ball.

Who knew that Fellaini turned around and shot with his feet at the same time, Joe Hart couldn't react at such close range. He watched the soccer ball fly past his face, and he knew what was behind him: an empty goal!

"Fellaini!" the announcer at Goodison Park let out a long, excited roar.

Fellaini receives the football. There was no Manchester City defender around, Boateng was pulled out by the opponent, and the subsequent interception was unsuccessful, causing a vacancy in this position, and Fellaini keenly caught this vacancy, he was here before Kolarov was able to come over to make up for the defense, stopped the ball, turned around and shot without hesitation, the tall Belgian player, made such a move did not look clumsy at all.

The distance is too close. The footwork of the shot was also quite exquisite, and Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart couldn't make a save. I could only watch the football go into the net.

At this moment, Goodison Park erupted with tremendous energy, huge cheers rang out from the stands, and the entire stadium rolled up into turbulent waves, and blue became the crazy hue of the entire stadium.

"Fellaini, Fellaini, Fellaini!" the Everton fans in blue jerseys chanted the name, right now. You can't hear anything but this sound.

See Marouane Fellaini score. There was thunder of cheer in the Everton dugout and on the bench. David Moyes celebrates with his arms held high. This goal is in, and he has a certain amount of confidence in his heart. After a six-month break from Manchester United, Moyes is back at Everton, where he wants to regroup, and this game is a redemptive battle for Moyes, and if he can lead Everton to next season's Europa League, it will be his chance to prove himself!

'Everton took the initiative on the pitch and their hard work finally paid off! Neville's pass tore through the Manchester City defence! Boateng's pressing interception caused an empty space in the ribs of the box! This time City's defense was completely torn apart! 1-0! Belgian star Marouane Fellaini, he scored for his team!"

'The goal came and it was Everton who scored first! Fellaini's goal broke the deadlock and made it 1-0! Everton took the lead at home and they started well at home!

"Man City have conceded a goal, they are now 1-0 down! This is a big blow to their title winning career, of course, it is only 20 minutes into the first half, there is still time, and the first thing they have to do is to equalise as soon as possible. ”

See Fellaini score. In stark contrast to Everton's frantic celebrations, there was a dead silence on Manchester City's side.

Mancini's expression was solemn, and he looked up at the time of the game, and his mind was slightly settled.

He must admit that UU Reading () Kompany's injury and departure was an accident, which also caused a great hidden danger to Manchester City's middle, and Moyes was able to grasp this hidden danger in time and made adjustments, attacking the team's middle, and it really worked.

'Manchester City have to react as soon as possible, they have to equalise as soon as possible, and if the 0-1 score can be maintained until the end of the first half, then in the second half, if David Moyes adopts a conservative tactic, Manchester City will face a lot of difficulties if they want to tear down the Everton defence and score. ”

Mancini knows that he must score as soon as possible, and the longer the game drags on, the less likely it is to score, because Everton will definitely start at some point and adopt a full-fledged defensive posture, Everton must win to be able to fight for European opportunities, and in order to be able to win these three points, Everton will absolutely use all possible tactics.

With a chance to kill the ball, Mancini called Yang Fan to the sidelines.

His instructions to Yang Fan were simple, let Yang Fan be at the front, like an arrow in the heart of Everton, and Dzeko was also asked to strengthen the run to help Yang Fan tear apart Everton's defence.

Manchester City's terrifying attacking machine is on at this moment!