Chapter 551: The Return of the King
Li Liang and Fabinho pressed Toure head-on, with Mbappe and Bernardo Silva following from the flanks in an attempt to cut off Toure's path.
Torrent, who was sitting next to Guardiola, blurted out: "They really did it!" β
De Bruyne, who had been watching, immediately began to retreat at high speed, while Toure turned to protect the ball and passed directly to Caballero from between the two centre-backs.
Falcao also joined the ranks of high pressing, and at one point more than half of Monaco's midfield was moving forward, with two wing-backs, Edouard Mendy and Sidibi, also pressing past the halfway line.
In this high-pressure situation, Li Liang believes that Caballero will never dare to play with fire, the two central defenders Stones and Otamendi are too close to Falcao, Toure is surrounded by heavy sieges, and there are also Monaco players eyeing Sagna and Birds on both sides, Caballero will definitely rush to open his feet.
In this way, the purpose of this oppression was basically achieved, and Li Liang, who was thinking about his next move, suddenly heard Bakayoko's shout behind him: "Be careful! β
A blue figure swept by at high speed beside him, and only Li Liang reacted - De Bruyne, who had been cruising in the front of Manchester City, suddenly retreated for nearly half of the pitch and had run parallel to the central defender.
Caballero didn't get up with a big kick, but as Guardiola had pre-arranged, he steadily passed the ball with the arch of his foot to De Bruyne, who was unattended.
The retreat of an attacking defender and the goalkeeper's midfielder-like ball instantly broke the high pressure of Monaco, and Li Liangxin was shocked, and immediately changed his direction and ran to De Bruyne.
Yaldim, who was standing on the sidelines, suddenly had blood gushing up, and immediately waved his hand and shouted: "Turn back, go back to defense!" β
Mendy and Sidibi, who almost rushed into the 30-metre zone of Manchester City at his reminder, immediately turned around and ran back desperately, because like Yaldim, saw Manchester City's two wingers, Sane and Sterling, driving long down the flank!
Li Liang is aware of the huge danger, and if De Bruyne is allowed to launch a fast attack at the back, his own defense will directly face a huge threat.
Without hesitation, he stretched out his hand to try to pull down De Bruyne, who had already begun to move forward, but the Belgian slammed the ball and dodged Li Liang's foul with a quick stop, and then used his left foot to grab the ball laterally before Fabinho, who stretched out his leg to intercept it.
Seeing that the defensive pressure had disappeared, Toure accurately received the cross and began to push forward, and Mourinho in the stands also became nervous: "Look, Jorge (Mendes)-"
Li Liang and Fabinho rushed towards Toure desperately, as Bakayoko was desperately pulling back to protect the two central defenders facing Aguero's onslaught, and Monaco's midfield was completely open!
Toure pushed the ball diagonally again after attracting two defenders, and De Bruyne got the ball to the man and took it directly with his right foot!
The footwork of this long pass was extremely accurate, flying just above the head of Mendy, who was returning to the defense at full speed, and landed accurately in front of Sterling, who was sprinting!
The pitch from the home fans grew louder and louder, and everyone in the stands saw that Raheem Sterling had thrown Mendy behind him farther and farther away.
Henry exclaimed, "This ball is dangerous! β
Adams clenched his fists even more nervously, and Beckham next to him was also engrossed in staring at Sterling, who was getting closer and closer to the ball.
The England winger stopped and adjusted to control the ball, he watched for a moment and crossed low and flat, Raj appeared in time on the path of the ball's flight, but for this extremely fast half-height ball, Raj can only lean over and rub the ball with his head barely rubbing it.
The ball changed course and bounced high, and instead of pushing the ball far, the awkward clearance still landed towards goal, and it also happened to pass Glick, who was close to Sergio Aguero behind Rajhi!
The tall Polish central defender didn't have time to turn around, and Aguero in front of him suddenly accelerated and swept himself like a ghost!
Glick desperately reached out to try to pull the Argentine striker, and at the same time stretched out his legs and feet to bring the opponent down - if you can organize Aguero, who is already facing the goal, even if you send the red dot package, at least the team will have a chance to live!
Aguero, who was in great form today, didn't give Glick any chance at all, and he only took one step to get out of the Pole's control.
The ball was still in the air and had begun to accelerate its fall, and Subasic roared out of the goal, looking closer to the ball than Aguero.
The Argentine striker showed amazing sprinting speed in front of more than 40,000 spectators, completely driven by his killer instinct to quickly approach the ball, his body became more and more relaxed, and his movements were unusually stretched to measure his body and fall to the ground first-
Subabasic had also made a move to the ground and tried to block Aguero's shot angle with his legs, and the Argentine had already touched the ball that had just bounced off the ground with the outside of his right foot at the moment of his fall!
With a "snap", Aguero used an extremely irregular sideways landing action to complete a beautiful rebound ball to grab the goal!
The ball passed through the last gap between Sucric's legs, which had already instinctively closed his eyes and was about to fall to the ground completely, and rolled into the empty goal accurately!
"Yayββββββββββ"
There were huge cheers in the stands, and all the fans stood up almost at the same time and waved their arms excitedly!
Sergio Aguero and Subaquic collided and immediately got up and turned to the baseline, clenched his fists and roared past the billboard all the way to the sideline and hugged the ecstatic Manchester City fans!
"You're the best!"
"Defeat them!"
"Go ahead, City!"
Amid all the cheers and the countless enthusiastic hands flapping Aguero, it wasn't until the stadium security was laughing and separating him from the excited fans that the Argentine ran back to the pitch surrounded by smiling teammates.
Aguero roared to the sky with a sigh of relief as he ran, and the gloom in his heart was swept away.
He hasn't scored in a game for almost two months, with his last Champions League goal coming in a win over Borussia Monchengladbach on 15 September 2016.
And in the last 522 minutes of Champions League knockout matches in recent seasons, Aguero has not scored a goal.
All kinds of doubts have already been overwhelming, and the arrival and highlight performance of Brazilian JesΓΊs have made Aguero, who has been reduced to a substitute, feel great pressure.
It is no wonder that before the game and even in the press conference, there were many voices questioning Argentina, and now it is undoubtedly the most beneficial response to all kinds of noise to announce their strong comeback with such a wonderful and meaningful goal!
Sergio Aguero stretched out his hand to the sideline as he ran, and Guardiola stood in the command area and clapped him with his hands raised all the time.
Sergio Aguero threw a powerful punch and Pep Guardiola laughed β the stone in his heart finally hit the ground, and the striker delivered the final blow, which was the best sign of his tactical efficiency!
Li Liang and Falcao, who had been waiting in the centre circle for the Manchester City players to return to the pitch with excited celebrations, both looked at Sergio Aguero.
Li Liang's heart has already set off a huge wave, and he has witnessed all this happening in the process of chasing back.
In the 33rd minute of the game, with Aguero's wonderful point, Manchester City, which was fighting at home, led 1:0.