The fears of Manchester City fans were finally released and the Etihad let out a huge cheer.

De Bruyne didn't feel much after the goal, smiling and accepting the congratulations from his team-mates, obviously feeling that this was not particularly difficult for him, although he also knew that timing was crucial.

Wen Sheng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "At the critical moment, I am still reliable!" ”

Adkins shook his head slightly, Manchester City's players are too strong individually, let's just say that De Bruyne's series of shakes are indeed too easy for players to lose their center of gravity, Southampton's players failed to form a trap on him in time, and he shot more ghostly, Adkins is not good to blame his own players.

"Am I really going to put the bus?!" Adkins secretly thought, the bus makes him feel uncomfortable after all, this is not to say that he feels ashamed to put the bus in front of Manchester City, you have to play a counterattack with a bus must have two factors must account for one of them, the first factor is that you have a player with a strong ability to carry the ball and can advance with the ball for a long distance, and the second factor is that you have a striker who can hold the ball.

When the bus is swinging, Southampton is sixty or seventy meters away from Manchester City's goal, and the counterattack as the name suggests is to be fast, the ball must move fast, the personnel must move fast, and the ball must be fast, either you need a strong ability to push the ball forward and force a breakthrough, or you have to pass the ball to find the striker as soon as possible and let the striker respond.

The mobility is not strong, the passing and receiving level is not high, you can't play counterattack, Manchester City itself is a team with strong mobility, the advance is slow, and people have already returned to the defense in place, how good chance can you have?!

Southampton's most commendable aspect of the Championship last season was their attacking prowess, with them scoring the most goals in the Championship and Adkins clearly harboring some illusions about his team's attack.

Although he scored a goal, Wen Sheng was also observing the real performance of Southampton's players, and he soon adjusted his tactics, asking his players to control the ball, press slowly, and press the opposing players back into the half as much as possible.

Manchester City's control still has nothing to say, Yaya Toure finally played his key role at this time, his ability to share the ball really has nothing to say, after all, there is such a long time of cooperation between Silva, the two are very active, firmly help Manchester City control the ball, Manchester City's control rate has increased significantly, and Nasri on the side seems to be eager to prove his worth, and he is very active.

"Looks like this kid hasn't completely fallen yet!" Wen Sheng remembered that this guy was basically in a state of depravity later, as long as he had money, he could do it, and he couldn't work hard.

The reason why he wanted to get rid of Nasri as soon as he joined the team was because he knew what kind of player Nasri was in his previous life, he didn't work hard, he occasionally played a little better, and most of the time he squandered his natural ability.

Now it seems that Nasri still doesn't want to be with the water cooler after all.

In the 34th minute, Manchester City scored another goal.

The standout Nasri split the ball after passing on the left, and Krishnech cut the ball in behind, and Dzeko beat Fonte in the middle to head the ball past Davies.

Dzeko is no better than De Bruyne, this guy has not been used seriously since coming to Manchester City, and he was only promised a heavy responsibility by Wen Sheng this season, so after the goal, he was very excited and celebrated frantically in front of Manchester City fans.

Manchester City fans actually have some criticism of him, this guy can sometimes score in key battles, but there are many times when he wastes opportunities and makes fans hold grudges.

This goal finally made the fans' impression of Dzeko change.

Adkins was disappointed, with the gap in quality evident, "It looks like we're going to need some luck against them!" ”

Luck is of course essential against the weakers, and Southampton have neither good luck nor superhuman form, but Manchester City seem to be in better form.

Wen Sheng was very satisfied, Southampton has a common problem of many weak teams, the players themselves are not very strong, but the defensive attitude is more aggressive, aggressive, and they do not put the bus, the defense is not compact enough, and the gap is easy to be used by Manchester City.

Of course, Wen Sheng thinks that Adkins is very smart, and after playing for a while, he should be aware of this problem and will definitely seek some changes, but today, Wen Sheng hopes that Adkins can continue to be confused.

After playing for more than ten minutes, at the end of the first half, Manchester City created a few good chances, Dzeko showed his flaws in wasting opportunities, he didn't take advantage of the two good chances, and the good feelings that Manchester City fans had just ignited on him seemed to have been almost worn out, but fortunately, Dzeko had scored a goal first, and his confidence should not have been hit.

Going into the break, Manchester City temporarily led Southampton 2-0.

"How's Ah Kun's condition?!" Entering the players' tunnel, Wen Sheng hurriedly asked assistant coach Stephen Hawking.

"The team doctor thinks that there may not be a big problem, but we still need to go to the hospital for further examination to confirm!" Hawking said with a frown.

"Did they go?!"

"Go, Matthew took it!"

"Notify me if there is any news!" Wen Sheng admonished.

From a tactical point of view, Aguero's injury is not entirely a bad thing, because according to Wensheng's assumption of three midfield configurations is a more solid offensive and defensive balance midfielder, he would rather use the 4231 formation, the reason why he went to Manchester City to change the formation, is that the tactical characteristics of Aguero and Dzeko can not be ignored, they are really better, he had to use a double center formation, and the corresponding tactical and formation adjustments have also been made, and now Aguero is injured He can justifiably sacrifice the 4231 formation.

However, this is still temporary, as long as Aguero returns, Wensheng must give him space to play, even if 442 is not as easy as 4231, but he will never do it to waste the power of Aguero's world-class striker.

Manchester City's players are very relaxed, talking and laughing in the dressing room, Southampton did not pose much threat to Manchester City in the first half, Joe Hart had nothing to do in front of the goal, and the combination of Kompany and Van Dijk was not tested much, mainly they have to thank the combination of Melo and Yaya Toure is really in good shape, more powerful, the opponent has not many opportunities to counterattack, and the midfield has been intercepted a lot, so it is naturally easier to defend the backline.

Wen Sheng waited for everyone to arrive in the locker room, and clapped his palms to signal everyone to pay attention.

'We played well in the first half! Each of you has done very well, so I don't need to praise them all here! Wen Sheng made a joke, and then changed the tone and said: "But we are only two goals ahead!" The difference between the two goals is not big, Southampton are very attacking in the Championship, Adkins is also a very thoughtful coach, they will definitely fight back in the second half! I hope you don't take it lightly! ”