Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, Birdie, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling with their heads in their hands – apart from Shiva, the rest of the Manchester City squad was also at a loss.

In this attack, Shiva's two key touches, Sergio Aguero's receiving and pulling, Sane's movement, De Bruyne's timing of the pass and his masterful control of the drop, coupled with Sterling's precise and timely start-up, all of them were impeccable.

From the perspective of time and space, this attack perfectly replicates what Guardiola has repeatedly emphasized and rehearsed in training, and it is also the best attacking mode that he most hopes to see his disciples play on the field.

However, all this was successfully dismantled by Li Liang again.

Lineker exclaimed: "My God, this is so possible, the 17th literally saved Monaco twice!" ”

Rio Ferdinand also praised: "This ability to read the game in defence...... What an amazing talent! ”

He Wei was very happy: "Li Liang successfully defended this must-have goal, and when the offense could not open up the situation, he also made a great contribution to the team on the defensive end!" ”

Lippi and his assistants were also surprised, and Gaudino laughed: "Hopefully this is just a good start!" ”

Thierry Henry, who was in the stands, said to Grimandi: "Now I believe it, including the foul on Kevin De Bruyne just now – that's the value of Lee!"

Gilles (Grimandi), you'd better tell Arsène [Arsene Wenger] that you can't miss a player like this again......"

After witnessing Li Liang's brilliant performance, the morale of the Monaco players was high, and they used a successful defense in the ensuing corner to make the opponent's attack futile again.

Yaldim and his assistants were also excited, excited by Li Liang's unexpected performance in defense, and even more for the morale of the players who had been suppressed for more than half an hour.

The home fans in the stands, including the opponents, were also excited to find that the Monaco team showed obvious signs of momentum!

Pep Guardiola sat motionless in his seat, his face pale. Seeing this, he no longer doubted that everything that he and his assistants had carefully prepared had been fully understood by the 17th.

Unlike ordinary coaches, Guardiola has an almost paranoid attachment to the football philosophy he believes in, and he did not think about Li Liang's performance to immediately make major adjustments to today's tactical arrangement.

Even though his tactics were in danger of failing, he was confident that his team would be able to win in the end.

He strode forward and shouted—just emphasizing a few details.

Under the command of Yaldim, who also saw it, Monaco's double midfielders and the entire defensive line adjusted their defensive strategy in an attempt to limit Xiwa's play.

Xiwa played an amazing performance like a rejuvenation, and with her superhuman individual ability, she still kept instigating and threatening attacks in the front court.

The growing morale of the Monaco players made up for the lack of individual ability, and they were united to withstand Manchester City's onslaught, while the Monaco attackers also regained their attacking rhythm and began to try to attack the door guarded by Caballero.

In the 37th minute, Aguero's cold shot in the box was blocked by Subaquic, and Fabinho quickly launched a counterattack after winning the ball, and he advanced to the midfield and distributed the ball to Li Liang.

After Li Liang forced a failed breakthrough for Asuka, he passed the ball back to Fabinho again, and then immediately stepped back to cut forward, and in order to get rid of Asuka his lateral movement all the way across the penalty area.

With Lemar pulling up the Sagna defence, Mbappe cleverly stepped back to the bottom line.

Fabinho quickly sent a pass in time, Mbappe first shook Sterling, then tried to get past Stones, and finally chose a tight angle to force a left-footed shot under Stones' pressure, and the ball hit the side-netting!

Fabinho shouted behind Mbappe, and Mbappe looked back in the direction of the angry Brazilian's finger and saw that Li Liangzheng was helplessly spreading his hands in the unmarked small penalty area!

City's other centre-back, Kolarov, was busy defending Bernardo Silva with left wing-back Klich, Flying Bird following Fabinho and De Bruyne cutting in from behind, and they only missed Li Liang, who ran out of a brilliant space.

Mbappe raised his hand to apologize to Li Liang, he knew very well that if he had just passed directly like Sterling in the first place, it was likely that Li Liang would have scored directly!

Manchester City's goalkeeper Willy Caballero yelled in dismay, unhappy with the momentary defensive confusion of his team-mates.

Jardim turned around and looked at Caldeira in disbelief, Caldeira couldn't help but shake his head, the whole coaching team knew very well that Monaco had never practiced such an offensive routine!

Vieira muttered to herself, "Oh my God! Plum! Are you mimicking David Silva's movement? ”

There was a brief confusion in Guardiola's thinking, and the opponent's No.17 in the last game was a succession of breakthroughs and escapes in the final moments, which reminded him of Xiwa many years ago.

At this moment, he saw again that Li Liang used passing and running to plan an almost identical offensive that was almost exactly the same as the one launched by Manchester City just now!

I didn't think of this at all in my tactical preparation!

He couldn't believe that the number 17 was trying to attack City's overall defence with City's attacking tactics?

BT Sport's studio was full of exclamations, with Gerrard exclaiming: "Is this true?

Am I not mistaken? Monaco actually played a Pep Guardiola-style attack in front of Manchester City!? ”

Ferdinand laughed and said: "I like this number 17 more and more, it's up to him to beat Manchester City!"

Manchester wants to win the title this year, but it is up to us (Manchester United) to ......"

Owen also praised: "The number 17 is such a good player! I'm afraid I'll have to be careful with him at Manchester City! ”

There was also cheers in the conference room of the hurricane team, Old Man Zhang and Feng Yihan both applauded, and Li Liang's friends also sincerely admired his performance.

Even Lippi said: "Lee's strength is still in the attack, he is very smart and can always find a way to break the balance!" ”

Netizens were also happy: "Good guys! Originally, I saw Xiwa's state and wanted Monaco to finish it today, Li 17 This is going to forcibly continue his life! ”

"I finally got the field back, but I still have to attack, just thunder and no rain and smile in the end, it must be Manchester City!"

……

In the stands, Falcao gave a thumbs up to Xiaoyu, and Talon laughed and said, "Radamel is the person who admires Lee the most in the whole of Latubi!" ”

Mou Zhaoge also became more and more excited in the press box, suppressed almost the entire half, and he began to have confidence in Monaco again.

In the final period of the first half, Monaco's offensive became more and more vigorous, and under the guidance of Li Liang's organization and teammates, Monaco finally played more and more threatening attacks.

They gradually brought out their physical advantage with their relentless running, and Mbappe, who was moving to play, also regained his senses, finding two consecutive chances to attack in front of the goal, creating a considerable threat to Caballero.

Pep Guardiola's face is getting more and more ugly, and his strategy is to prevent Monaco from playing the way they do best.

Now, it seems that after a few struggles, Monaco have found a way to break through the blockade, and the form of the players and the overall style of play of the team are becoming more and more active.

There is no doubt that the momentum has returned to the home side – which means that City's tactics have been successfully cracked by their opponents!

Pep Guardiola understands that he still underestimates Li Liang's true strength in the face of adversity.

Fortunately, although he couldn't score first, the opponent couldn't open up the situation.

Even as the sidelines grew ugly, the 0-0 scoreline meant City still had a huge advantage heading into the second half.

That's what Yaldim is increasingly worried about.

Looking at the sign with one minute of stoppage time held up by the fourth official on the side, he kept frowning and thinking hard about countermeasures.

The referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the first half, and the two sides exchanged blanks and returned to the locker room with a score of 0-0.

Messi got up from the sofa, Li Liang's performance in the game just now left a deep impression on him, and the eldest son Thiago happily ran over and asked: "Can Dad play games with me?" ”

Messi laughed: "Okay, but I can only play with you for 15 minutes,

There's still the second half of the game, so I'll have to take a good look today!

It's about who will win between me and Kun! ”