4.042 exciting knockout

The final of the four-match against Manchester City was the most important, but Leeds United took the initiative before the game began. Thanks to the rotation in the previous game, Leeds United's players are more energetic. Manchester City, who lost the first leg, had to take the risk of attacking, which consumed their little physical strength even more.

The game was a big fight from the start, with Manchester City needing to win, while Leeds United are looking for away goals, and if they can score one goal, City will need to score three goals, which is very difficult.

However, City were lucky to equalise in the opening four minutes when Kevin De Bruyne won the ball down the middle and a diagonal pass found Raheem Sterling on the left, who made a slight adjustment and curled a brilliant curling shot past Ederson to make it 1-0.

However, Leeds United's attack was not inferior, in the 7th minute, De Jong's through ball was mistakenly blocked by Potter, Mbappe seized the opportunity to push, the ball grazed the feet of Manchester City goalkeeper Cillessen and flew into the net, 1-1, Leeds United sent Manchester City into the abyss.

In the 10th minute, it was De Jong's diagonal pass that successfully found Mbappe, who stopped the ball and fired a curling shot at goal, 2-1, Leeds United overtook the score and stepped on Manchester City again, making it even more difficult for them to turn over.

However, this Manchester City team is much tougher than Barcelona, only a minute later, Aguero, who was dribbling the ball in front, distributed the ball to Bernardo Silva on the right side, after receiving the ball, Silva did not choose to pass, but unexpectedly completed a shot, the ball passed under De Ligt's crotch and changed the line, Ederson did not have time to react, watched the ball jump out of the goal, 2-2, Manchester City tied the score again.

In the 21st minute, Manchester City played a skillful combination on the right, Bernardo Silva distributed the ball to De Bruyne on the lower line, whose cross from near the bottom line successfully found Sterling in the box, and Sterling scored a push to make it 3-2, and Manchester City exceeded the score again.

In the second half, it was another delicate pass from De Bruyne, and after a breakthrough and internal cut, De Bruyne passed the ball to Aguero on the right side of the penalty area, who took advantage of the situation and scored with a powerful volley, 4-2, Manchester City saw the hope of promotion.

It's a bit difficult now, Li Chengfeng didn't expect Manchester City to be able to do it to this extent. Compared with the team coached by Guardiola before, the current Manchester City team is much better mentally, but at the technical level, because the stubborn problem of material selection still exists, and due to physical problems, Manchester City's shortcomings are magnified. Li Chengfeng replaced Alai in a targeted manner, played a double striker, and became more direct tactically, that is, to take a high ball, take advantage of Alai's header, or attack the goal, or ferry.

Lee's tweaks paid off, with Alli threatening City's goal with frequent header victories, and City could only hope that luck would be on their side.

However, frequent mistakes will be punished, in the 73rd minute, Leeds United took a corner kick from the left, the ball crossed the front point, and the ball was knocked into the Manchester City goal by the high jumping Alle, 4-3, Leeds United once again held the initiative in their own hands.

Seeing that there was not much time left, Li Chengfeng began to shrink, Milner came on to replace De Jong to strengthen the defense, and Manchester City launched a frantic attack.

It wasn't until the second minute of stoppage time that Bernardo Silva's pick pass found Aguero in the box, who returned the pass and assisted Sterling to score a "killer goal", but there was only one minute between heaven and hell, the goal was offside, and the score was still 4-3.

At the end of five minutes of stoppage time, Manchester City came back to make it 4-4 on aggregate, and Leeds United advanced to the last four of the Champions League on the advantage of away goals. And Pep Guardiola, this time fell in the top 8 and could not break through his own confinement. His football strategy is very strong, but the tactical adjustment, as well as the mentality are flawed, if he can't break through himself, it will be difficult to make a difference in the Champions League, unless he can find another young Messi.

Now Pep Guardiola can concentrate on domestic games, but that's not good news for Leeds. Pep Guardiola's side's consistency in the league is terrible, and Li Chengfeng knows it all too well, and he is ashamed of himself in this regard. Fortunately, Leeds still have a two-point advantage, with only four league games left, leaving few opportunities for Manchester City.

These four games have left both teams physically and mentally exhausted, but they still need to grit their teeth and persevere in order to win the league.

Leeds United will next face Arsenal away and Manchester City will host Tottenham Hotspur as they battle for their final Champions League spot.

However, against Arsenal, Leeds United won much easier than expected, and although Arsenal did a good job in attack, they couldn't help but have a colander in defence. The frontcourt players worked hard to score a goal, and then easily lost two of them after consecutive mistakes, and the gods couldn't save this Arsenal team.

In the final analysis, football is a game of money, the Arsenal owner is unwilling to invest, and the team can only buy some third-rate stars, so the results will naturally not be good. In the future, they will get used to the Europa League days, and perhaps even the Europa League may not be guaranteed, and the American owner is not a fan.

Leeds won the game without a beat, and City did not miss a beat, and they quickly recovered from the blow of Champions League elimination with a home win over Tottenham. Tottenham, who have lost their leading goalscorer, have dropped a lot of attacking threat and have not posed much of a threat to Manchester City.

With three league games remaining, Manchester City are still two points behind Leeds United and are under pressure. However, Leeds United is no longer a rookie, and has won two Premier League titles and one Champions League title in the previous three years, so they have long been accustomed to this kind of pressure, so they will not be weak.

For the next match against Everton, Leeds United opted for a rotation considering the Champions League semi-final in a few days' time. Thanks to Fernandes' goal, Leeds United won a hard-fought home win over Everton and always kept the points advantage.

You must know that Leeds United can't compare to Manchester City on goal difference, and Manchester City's ability to abuse vegetables is world-class. Manchester City also won away from Burnley in this round, and the two sides chased each other and showed no weakness.

This season's Premier League is really intense, in addition to Leeds United with 92 points, Manchester City with 90 points, and Liverpool with 86 points. With two rounds to go, the Premier League has raised the threshold to such an extent that it is unique and worthy of being the most competitive league in the world.

Next up is the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals, where Leeds United will face Juventus, who have eliminated Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo, who was swept away by Real Madrid and rushed to Juventus this summer, scored two goals in the face of his old boss and helped Juventus eliminate Real Madrid, which is a bad breath.

I didn't expect Ronaldo to be 34 years old and still in such good shape, which surprised Li Chengfeng. Cristiano Ronaldo's almost paranoid harshness towards his body is unmatched, which is probably one of the most important reasons for his success.

Ronaldo is very powerful, and Ronaldo in the knockout round of important games is even more terrifying, Li Chengfeng has repeatedly emphasized it, but if you can't prevent it, you can't prevent it. Before the end of the half, Ronaldo instigated a counterattack and gave it to the younger brother Cancelo on the right side, Cancelo took the ball and pushed the ball inside the inside of his foot to rub the pass, Ronaldo followed up at high speed in the middle, and the fish jumped at the front of the small penalty area to make a contribution, 1-0. At half-time, Juventus temporarily took the lead away from home thanks to the president's goal.

This goal is completely a reflection of Ronaldo's personal ability, and when the team personnel and Ronaldo's characteristics do not match, he can still lead the team forward with super individual ability. A super player, both in ability and in heart.

It's a pity, if it weren't for the fact that his asking price was too high and would suppress Mbappe's growth, Li Chengfeng would try his best to bring him to Leeds United.

Since you can't defend it, it's better to attack, and those old men at Juventus can't prevent Leeds United's attack. In the 47th minute, Leeds United made a long pass, Cancelo made a mistake in stopping the ball, Salah drove straight with the ball, and the curved ball broke through the far corner after bursting into the left side, 1-1.

Leeds United, who equalized the score, is still unforgiving, this is Leeds United's home stadium, how can a draw be acceptable?

In the 48th minute, Leeds United played a high-quality counterattack, Alli was open on the left, fullback Robertson stepped in, and the outside of his left foot hit the goal, and the ball hit the side netting.

In the 51st minute, Leeds United scored again, Mbappe crossed the left side of the arc, Salah pushed the goal from a tight angle, but the linesman raised the flag to signal offside.

Damn it, but Leeds still have a chance. In the 63rd minute, Ajax took a corner kick from the right, Milner nodded and hit the goal, but the ball was confiscated by Szczesny. In the 71st minute, Mbappe half-turned and crossed diagonally near the top of the arc, and Milner, who followed up at the back point, volleyed wide. In the 83rd minute, Leeds United were again linked-up, and De Jong's pass found substitute Fernandes, whose low shot from near the box line was saved by Szczesny. One minute later, Pjanic was yellowed for pulling Salah.

Seriously, Leeds United played very well today, and there were a lot of opportunities, but Leeds United was so bad today, with so many opportunities, they just couldn't score another goal, and they were almost killed by the opponent's counterattack.

In the 86th minute, Douglas Costa ate Wiltman raw on the left side, pushed the far corner of the goal in the penalty area, and the ball was blocked by the right post, almost completing the stunner. At full-time, the two teams played to a draw.

It was really a humiliating draw, and Li Chengfeng can't blame the players' performance, their performance is already very good, but today's luck is not on Leeds United's side.

Instead, he reassures the frustrated players that they are doing a great job and that Leeds will beat Juventus hard in the next leg, even at home stadium.

Can Leeds do it? Of course, Li Chengfeng believes in his players, Juventus is just a one-man team. Luck won't always favor them, and they still have to speak by strength on the pitch after all.