In the 45th minute of the first half, Monaco, who was in an extremely passive situation, finally equalized, 1:1.

Falcao felt like he was 20 years old again, leaping from the turf and pushing past his rushing team-mates and yelling into the stands – a remarkably similar to Sergio Aguero's previous goal celebration.

He ran to the first floor of the stands where Taloon and Xiaoyu were and raised his arms and cheered, and the unrestrained Taloon replied with an excited kiss!

Li Liang and his teammates rushed over, and everyone hugged tightly in front of the stands.

City's veteran goalkeeper Willy Caballero roared at his compatriot Otamendi, who spread his hands helplessly – a fatal mistake in a one-on-one situation, and Otamendi could not defend himself and had to turn his hateful gaze to the left.

Frank Lampard in the commentary booth took Dark's words and said: "Extraordinary performance!

I have to be honest and apologize: for the past two seasons, I, like most people, thought Falcao was finished, and it was a resounding slap in the face!

However, I would like to say that more than half of the credit for Monaco's goal goes to their No. 17 player, Li from China! ”

Mendes was speechless in shock, and Mourinho was equally surprised: "How did he do it? Got it on the 3rd attempt? ”

Vieira and Latanzio and Cook beside him looked at each other, and the three of them all had expressions of disbelief.

Vieira spoke first: "Am I right? That's Lee, right?

This is a masterful performance! ”

Guardiola forced his composure and stared at Li Liang who ran back to the field. Torrent on the side was nervous: "Pep, it seems that Mikel is right, replace Fernandinho!" ”

Guardiola didn't say a word, his face was extremely solemn.

There was some deviation from his prediction, and Li Liang, who was very outstanding in his personal ability, did not continue to attack in the middle, and began to target the left wing of Fernandinho's defense and began to make articles.

Of all the options available at left wing-back, Pep Guardiola believes that only Fernandinho, who is very balanced in all aspects, is a man of choice for Monaco at the upper middle level.

He expects repeated one-on-one on the left side, so he would rather use Asuka with a slightly weaker defense but stronger passing ability to guard the left side, just to complete the transition from defense to offense in the first time after cutting off Li Liang's ball.

Unexpectedly, Li Liang wisely chose to use his teammates' running and cutting to plan the final goal in this attack.

Pep Guardiola is still uncertain how Li Liang will attack in the next game and continue to attack the left flank. Or is it hitting back in the middle?

The latter is what worries him the most.

There was jubilation on the visitors' bench and it would have been a huge boon to have scored away at the Etihad Stadium, and it would have been even better if we had kept it until the end.

Caldera shouted at Jardim in joy: "Leonardo, you are right! ”

Yaldim also burst out laughing. After everyone calmed down, he said to Caldeira: "Lee used the Manchester City method to break their high oppression!"

We've never done this before! He learned it immediately when he saw it on the pitch, and he successfully replicated it with his passing and movement......

How's that, Nelson? ”

Caldera said sincerely: "I'm really convinced, I have nothing to say!" ”

The referee blew the whistle at the end of the half immediately after Manchester City finished kick-off, and the home crowd still cheered for Manchester City loudly, but the Manchester City players and the coaching team all lowered their heads and quickly entered the players' tunnel, and everyone's faces were not good-looking.

In stark contrast, Monaco's young and old returned to the dressing room with laughter.

At the start of the second half, neither side made any personnel changes.

Pep Guardiola did not take down the birds, but simply rearranged the defence, telling Sane to stand a little further back to protect the birds.

Pep Guardiola had already set up his pre-match positioning and passing habits for Bernardo Silva, and if Monaco were to attack directly from the left, he would have great confidence in the all-rounder Asuka – who would have the absolute upper hand in one-on-one by all accounts.

It's just that Guardiola and his assistants didn't expect that Li Liang did not choose to go it alone, but with the help of his teammates, he used repeated passes to penetrate the bird's defense zone.

In the face of this style of collective play, Asuka, who is accustomed to the midfield position, has a clear view of his disadvantage in the sense of position on the wing.

Guardiola hesitated again and again but pressed the idea of replacing the bird, and he was still more afraid of Li Liang breaking out in the middle than the passivity on the left.

In order to prevent this extreme situation, according to the pre-game tactics, once the middle of the midfield is tight, the whole team will immediately change to a back 3 play, and Asuka immediately and Toure form a solid defensive double midfield.

That's another big reason why Pep Guardiola insists on playing left wing-back with the birds.

In order to prevent Monaco from continuing to concentrate on attacking Manchester City's left flank, he specially arranged Toure and Sane to assist Asuka in defending.

Pep Guardiola's initiative slowed down City's attack, and Monaco's players gradually became more and more active.

It wasn't just Li Liang who had the ability to learn on the pitch, but Yildim also learned the lessons of the first half and made special arrangements in the dressing room - Monaco did not rush to the speed when Manchester City slowed down, but patiently looked for opportunities.

Yaldim accurately judged the opponent's adjustment this time, and under his arrangement, Sidibi began to try to press to support Li Liang, and Manchester City's attack on the left was completely stopped.

Faced with Sidby and Silva, as well as Fabinho and Li Liang, who switched to the flanks from time to time, Asuka and Sane were supported by Toure and other midfield teammates, and the two sides were evenly matched in attack and defence for the time being.

In the 51st minute of the game, Li Liang took the ball near the center circle to organize an attack, and in the face of the opponent's double pressing, Li Liang skillfully used the "croquette" in an exclamation to get rid of the defense beautifully, Toure failed to steal and directly knocked Li Liang to the ground, and the referee blew a free kick.

When Toure was still arguing with the referee, Li Liang had already quickly got up, and the referee, who had been paying attention, immediately ran forward, because he saw that Li Liang was going to send a free kick directly forward!

Toure was caught off guard, the ball had passed him quickly, and this time Li Liang sprinted towards the right side of Manchester City and sent a smooth through pass!

Magic Bird, Mendes, Vieira, Latanzio and Cook were all taken aback, and Mu Zhaoge and others in the press box also exclaimed!

Dalk shouted directly, "What a ball—"

Everyone saw that the ball crossed between De Bruyne and Otamendi as accurately as it had eyes, and rolled straight towards the corner flag.

Mbappe, who was still near Manchester City's right midfielder Raheem Sterling a second ago, was secretly prepared when Li Liang got up from the ground, and when Sterling reacted, Mbappe had already rushed out at least 5 meters away!